The Minister of Education is a cabinet minister in the province of Manitoba, Canada. The department's primary responsibility is oversight of Manitoba's public school system.
The Department of Education is one of Manitoba's oldest government departments, although its specific designation has changed several times. It was known as the Minister of Youth and Education from 1968 to 1971, before returning to its original name. On April 21, 1989, it was retitled as the Minister of Education and Training. It was further restructured as the Minister of Education, Training and Youth in 2001, the Minister of Education and Youth in 2002, the Minister of Education, Citizenship and Youth in 2003, and back to the Minister of Education in 2009.
Responsibility for Training was moved to the Ministry of Advanced Education and Training in 2001, and to the Ministry of Competitiveness, Training and Trade in 2006 (renamed the Ministry of Entrepreneurship, Training and Trade in 2010). On May 3, 2016 the Pallister government returned the training portion of the ministry back to education under the name Education and Training.
The current Minister of Education and Early Childhood Learning is Nello Altomare.
List of ministers of education
| Name | Party | Took office | Left office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred Boyd |
No party | March 1873 | October 1873 | |
| Vacant | ||||
| George Coldwell |
Conservative | November 14, 1907 | May 12, 1915 | |
| Robert Thornton |
Liberal | May 12, 1915 | August 8, 1922 | |
| John Bracken |
Progressive | August 8, 1922 | December 3, 1923 | |
| Charles Cannon |
Progressive | December 3, 1923 | April 21, 1927 | |
| Robert Hoey |
Progressive | April 28, 1927 | 1932 | |
| Liberal-Progressive | 1932 | September 21, 1936 | ||
| Ivan Schultz |
Liberal-Progressive | September 21, 1936 | February 5, 1944 | |
| John C. Dryden |
Liberal-Progressive | February 5, 1944 | December 14, 1948 | |
| Charles Rhodes Smith |
Liberal-Progressive | December 14, 1948 | August 16, 1950 | |
| Wallace C. Miller |
Liberal-Progressive | August 16, 1950 | June 30, 1958 | |
| Stewart McLean |
Progressive Conservative | June 30, 1958 | December 9, 1963 | |
| George Johnson |
Progressive Conservative | December 9, 1963 | September 24, 1968 | |
| Donald Craik |
Progressive Conservative | September 24, 1968 | July 15, 1969 | |
| Saul Miller |
New Democratic Party | July 15, 1969 | September 9, 1971 | |
| Ben Hanuschak |
New Democratic Party | September 9, 1971 | September 22, 1976 | |
| Ian Turnbull |
New Democratic Party | September 22, 1976 | October 24, 1977 | |
| Keith Cosens |
Progressive Conservative | October 24, 1977 | November 30, 1981 | |
| Maureen Hemphill |
New Democratic Party | November 30, 1981 | April 17, 1986 | |
| Jerry Storie |
New Democratic Party | April 17, 1986 | September 21, 1987 | |
| Roland Penner |
New Democratic Party | September 21, 1987 | May 9, 1988 | |
| Len Derkach |
Progressive Conservative | May 9, 1988 | January 14, 1992 | |
| Rosemary Vodrey |
Progressive Conservative | January 14, 1992 | September 10, 1993 | |
| Clayton Manness |
Progressive Conservative | September 10, 1993 | May 9, 1995 | |
| Linda McIntosh |
Progressive Conservative | May 9, 1995 | February 5, 1999 | |
| James McCrae |
Progressive Conservative | February 5, 1999 | October 5, 1999 | |
| Drew Caldwell |
New Democratic Party | October 5, 1999 | September 25, 2002 | |
| Ron Lemieux |
New Democratic Party | September 25, 2002 | November 4, 2003 | |
| Peter Bjornson |
New Democratic Party | November 4, 2003 | November 3, 2009 | |
| Nancy Allan |
New Democratic Party | November 3, 2009 | October 18, 2013 | |
| James Allum |
New Democratic Party | October 18, 2013 | May 3, 2016 | |
| Ian Wishart |
Progressive Conservative | May 3, 2016 | August 1, 2018 | |
| Kelvin Goertzen |
Progressive Conservative | August 1, 2018 | January 15, 2021 | |
| Cliff Cullen |
Progressive Conservative | January 15, 2021 | January 18, 2022 | |
| Wayne Ewasko |
Progressive Conservative | January 18, 2022 | October 18, 2023 | |
| Nello Altomare |
New Democratic Party | October 18, 2023 | Present | |