Minister of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development

Minister of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development of Canada
Incumbent
Navdeep Bains
since 4 November 2015
Department of Industry
Style The Honourable
Member of
Appointer Governor General of Canada
Term length At Her Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holder John Manley
Formation 29 March 1995[1]
Website www.ic.gc.ca
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The Minister of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for overseeing the federal government's economic development and corporate affairs department, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. The Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development is also the minister responsible for Statistics Canada. By convention, the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development also serves as the Registrar General of Canada. From 1993 – 2015, the Ministry was known as Minister of Industry before being renamed to its current name in the 29th Canadian Ministry.[2]

List of ministers

Key:

No. Portrait Name Term of office Political party Ministry
1 John Manley November 1993 October 2000 Liberal 26 (Chrétien)
2 Brian Tobin October 17, 2000 January 14, 2002 Liberal
3 Allan Rock January 15, 2002 December 11, 2003 Liberal
4 Lucienne Robillard December 12, 2003 July 19, 2004 Liberal 27 (Martin)
5 David Emerson July 20, 2004 February 5, 2006 Liberal
6 Maxime Bernier February 6, 2006 August 13, 2007 Conservative 28 (Harper)
7 Jim Prentice August 14, 2007 October 29, 2008 Conservative
8 Tony Clement October 30, 2008 May 18, 2011 Conservative
9 Christian Paradis May 18, 2011 July 15, 2013 Conservative
10 James Moore July 15, 2013 November 4, 2015 Conservative
No. Portrait Name Term of office Political party Ministry
11 Navdeep Bains November 4, 2015 Incumbent Liberal 29 (J. Trudeau)

Prior to 1995, the responsibilities of the current Industry portfolio were divided between the now-defunct posts of Minister of Industry, Science and Technology (List) and Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs (List).

Critics

References

  1. ↑ http://www.pco-bcp.gc.ca/mgm/dtail.asp?lang=eng&mstyid=26&mbtpid=1
  2. ↑ Morgan, Geoffrey (4 November 2015). "What happened to Industry Canada? Trudeau elevates scientific research in new cabinet role". Financial Post. Retrieved 4 November 2015.


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