# Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs (Manitoba)

The Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs was a cabinet position in the government of Manitoba, Canada.
The position initially emerged from the offices of Provincial Secretary and Minister of Public Works in the late 1960s. John Carroll and Rene Toupin, who held both of the aforementioned positions in different ministries, were also recognized as Ministers of Consumer and Corporate Affairs.
As with many other government departments in Manitoba, its specific ministerial designation was changed several times. Ben Hanuschak was appointed to succeed Toupin in 1970, and was given the title of Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs and Internal Services. This title was retained until 1978, when the new minister Warner Jorgenson was designated as the Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs. On November 15, 1979, the department was restructured again as the Ministry of Consumer and Corporate Affairs and Environment. Responsibility for the Environment was transferred to a different minister in 1981, and the Consumer and Corporate Affairs title was resumed.
From 1989 to 1993, the portfolio was referred to as the Ministry of Co-operative, Consumer and Corporate Affairs. The simplified title was again resumed when Jim Ernst was appointed as minister.
The department was eliminated in 2002, and its responsibilities folded into the office of Finance Minister Greg Selinger. Manitoba was one of the last provinces in Canada to have a separate Consumer and Corporate Affairs ministry.

## List of ministers of consumer and corporate affairs

| Name | Party | Took office | Left office |
| John Carroll | Progressive Conservative | September 24, 1968 | July 15, 1969 |
| Rene Toupin | New Democratic Party | July 15, 1969 | August 20, 1970 |
| Ben Hanuschak | New Democratic Party | August 20, 1970 | December 1, 1971 |
| Alvin Mackling | New Democratic Party | December 1, 1971 | July 4, 1973 |
| Ian Turnbull | New Democratic Party | July 4, 1973 | September 22, 1976 |
| Rene Toupin | New Democratic Party | September 22, 1976 | October 24, 1977 |
| Edward McGill | Progressive Conservative | October 24, 1977 | October 20, 1978 |
| Warner Jorgenson | Progressive Conservative | October 20, 1978 | January 16, 1981 |
| Gary Filmon | Progressive Conservative | January 16, 1981 | November 30, 1981 |
| Eugene Kostyra | New Democratic Party | November 30, 1981 | August 20, 1982 |
| John Bucklaschuk | New Democratic Party | August 20, 1982 | November 4, 1983 |
| Roland Penner | New Democratic Party | November 4, 1983 | April 17, 1986 |
| Alvin Mackling | New Democratic Party | April 17, 1986 | May 9, 1988 |
| James McCrae | Progressive Conservative | May 9, 1988 | April 21, 1989 |
| Edward Connery | Progressive Conservative | April 21, 1989 | February 5, 1991 |
| Linda McIntosh | Progressive Conservative | February 5, 1991 | September 10, 1993 |
| James Ernst | Progressive Conservative | September 10, 1993 | January 6, 1997 |
| Mike Radcliffe | Progressive Conservative | January 6, 1997 | February 5, 1999 |
| Shirley Render | Progressive Conservative | February 5, 1999 | October 5, 1999 |
| Ron Lemieux | New Democratic Party | October 5, 1999 | January 17, 2001 |
| Scott Smith | New Democratic Party | January 17, 2001 | September 25, 2002 |