Minister of Western Economic Diversification

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Minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada of Canada
Incumbent Dan Vandal since October 26, 2021
Government of Canada
Style	The Honourable
Member of	Cabinet Privy Council
Appointer	Governor General of Canada
Term length	At Her Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holder	Bill McKnight
Formation	June 28, 1988

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The Minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada (French: Ministre responsable de Développement économique des Prairies Canada du Canada) is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who served as the chief executive of Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD). The post was traditionally held by an MP from Western Canada, although occasionally the responsibilities were accorded to a more senior cabinet minister, such as the Industry minister.

As of November 4, 2015, WD, along with Canada's other regional development agencies, is operated as part of the Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) portfolio, led by Minister Navdeep Bains.

Related regional development posts include Minister for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, positions which have also been folded into ISED under Minister Bains.

On August 5, 2021, the Government of Canada announced that Western Economic Diversification would be divided into two new agencies—PacifiCan for BC; and PrairiesCan for Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan.

Ministers

Key:

Liberal Party of Canada Progressive Conservative Party of Canada Conservative Party of Canada

No.	Name	Term of office		Political party	Ministry
Minister of Western Economic Diversification
1	Bill McKnight	June 28, 1988	January 29, 1989	Progressive Conservative	24 (Mulroney)
2	Charlie Mayer	January 30, 1989	January 3, 1993	Progressive Conservative
3	Mary Collins	January 4, 1993	June 24, 1993	Progressive Conservative
4	Larry Schneider	June 25, 1993	November 3, 1993	Progressive Conservative	25 (Campbell)
5	Lloyd Axworthy	November 4, 1993	January 24, 1996	Liberal	26 (Chrétien)
6	John Manley	January 25, 1996	October 16, 2000	Liberal
7	Brian Tobin	October 17, 2000	January 14, 2002	Liberal
8	Allan Rock	January 15, 2002	December 11, 2003	Liberal
9	Rey Pagtakhan	December 12, 2003	July 20, 2004	Liberal	27 (Martin)
10	Stephen Owen	July 20, 2004	February 6, 2006	Conservative	27 (Martin)
11	Carol Skelton	February 6, 2006	January 4, 2007	Conservative	28 (Harper)
12	Rona Ambrose	January 4, 2007	October 30, 2008	Conservative
13	Jim Prentice	October 30, 2008	November 5, 2010	Conservative
(12)	Rona Ambrose	November 5, 2010	May 18, 2011	Conservative
14	Lynne Yelich	May 18, 2011	July 16, 2013	Conservative
15	Michelle Rempel	July 16, 2013	November 4, 2015	Conservative
16	Navdeep Bains	November 4, 2015	October 26, 2021	Liberal	29 (Trudeau)
Minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada
17	Dan Vandal	October 26, 2021	Incumbent	Liberal	29 (Trudeau)

References

West at aglance wd-deo.gc.ca
"About Western Economic Diversification Canada". www.wd-deo.gc.ca. Retrieved 2021-05-21.

v t e Ministers of western economic diversification
McKnight Mayer Collins Schneider Axworthy Manley Tobin Rock Pagtakhan Owen Skelton Ambrose Prentice Ambrose Yelich Rempel Bains

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