MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND RURAL INITIATIVES (MANITOBA)

The 'Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives' is a cabinet minister in the province of Manitoba, Canada. The minister oversees Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives, a department is often referred to as 'MAFRI'. MAFRI was created on November 4, 2003 when the department of Agriculture and Food was merged with Rural Initatives and Cooperative Development (both from the Department of Intergovernmental Affairs).
Prior to 1999, the minister was styled as the 'Minister of Agriculture'. During the early 20th century, executive responsibilities for Agriculture and Immigration were included in the same portfolio.
The current Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives is Rosann Wowchuk.

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Ministers of Agriculture in Manitoba

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Ministers of Agriculture in Manitoba

''Note: This list has some omissions.''

	'Name '	'Party'	'Took Office'	'Left Office'	Thomas Howard		January 13, 1871	January 23, 1871	Alfred Boyd		January 23, 1871	December 14, 1871	John Norquay		December 14, 1871	July 8, 1874	Edward Hay	Liberal	July 8, 1874	December 2, 1874	James McKay		December 16, 1875	October 16, 1878	Pierre Delorme	Conservative	January 14, 1979	June 4, 1879	Maxime Goulet	Conservative	January 7, 1880	November 16, 1881	Marc-Amable Girard	Conservative	November 16, 1881	January 1883	Alphonse La Riviere	Conservative	September 6, 1883	August 27, 1886	David Howard Harrison	Conservative	August 27, 1886	December 24, 1887	Thomas Greenway	Liberal	January 19, 1888	January 6, 1990	John Andrew Davidson	Conservative	January 10, 1900	December 22, 1900	Rodmond Palen Roblin	Conservative	December 22, 1900	October 11, 1911	George Lawrence	Conservative	October 11, 1911	May 2, 1915	Valentine Winkler	Liberal	May 15, 1915	June 7, 1920	George Malcolm	Liberal	September 30, 1920	June 6, 1922	John Williams	Liberal	June 6, 1922	August 8, 1922	Neil Cameron	Progressive	August 8, 1922	December 3, 1923	John Bracken	Progressive	December 3, 1923	January 12, 1925	Albert Prefontaine	Progressive	January 12, 1925	May 29, 1932	Donald Gordon McKenzie	Liberal-Progressive	May 27, 1932	April 28, 1936	John Bracken	Liberal-Progressive	April 28, 1936	September 21, 1936	Francis Bell	Liberal-Progressive	December 21, 1936	December 14, 1948	Douglas Campbell	Liberal-Progressive	December 14, 1948	November 7, 1952	Ronald Robertson	Liberal-Progressive	November 7, 1952	July 6, 1956	Charles Shuttleworth	Liberal-Progressive	July 6, 1956	June 30, 1958	Errick Willis	Progressive Conservative	June 30, 1958	August 7, 1959	George Hutton	Progressive Conservative	August 7, 1959	June 30, 1966	Harry Enns	Progressive Conservative	July 30, 1966	September 24, 1968	James Douglas Watt	Progressive Conservative	September 24, 1968	July 15, 1969	Sam Uskiw	New Democratic Party	July 15, 1969	October 24, 1977	James Downey	Progressive Conservative	October 24, 1977	November 30, 1981	Bill Uruski	New Democratic Party	November 30, 1981	September 21, 1987	Leonard Harapiak	New Democratic Party	September 21, 1987	May 9, 1988	Glen Findlay	Progressive Conservative	May 9, 1988	September 10, 1993	Harry Enns	Progressive Conservative	September 10, 1993	October 5, 1999	Rosann Wowchuk	New Democratic Party	October 5, 1999	''incumbent''

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