relations predecessor successor parliament birth_place constituency_mp cabinet party birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
robert nixon , father harry nixon , grandfather derek blackburn lloyd st. amand canadian brantford , ontario brant minister minister of indian affairs and northern development -lrb- 1997 -- of 1999 -rrb- minister of human resources development -lrb- 1999 -- national 2003 -rrb- revenue -lrb- 1996 -- 1997 -rrb- liberal 25 april 1955 1993 jane stewart -lrb- politician -rrb-
 2004 jane stewart
jane stewart -lrb- politician -rrb-

jane stewart , -lrb- born april 25 , 1955 -rrb- is a former canadian politician who was the minister of human resources development from 1999 to 2003 .
she currently is the special representative and director of the international labour organization 's office to the united nations born in brantford , ontario , stewart was first elected to parliament in the 1993 election .
she was a close friend of prime minister jean chrétien , and was soon appointed to the important position of minister of national revenue and subsequently minister of indian affairs .
in 1999 , she was moved to the department of human resources development -lrb- hrdc -rrb- , the government department that has the largest budget .
stewart was widely viewed to have leadership ambitions , and was closely supported by chrétien .
these ambitions were put to an end by the so-called `` billion-dollar boondoggle '' where ineffective accounting practices at hrdc allegedly left millions of dollars unaccounted for -lrb- subsequent accounting reports revealed that only $ 85,000 were left unaccounted for -rrb- .
while the problems at hrdc mostly date from the time of her predecessor , pierre pettigrew , stewart took the brunt of the attack but was also the minister widely viewed to have cleaned up the mess left behind by her predecessor .
she did not resign and according to some , chrétien stood by her throughout the ordeal .
she remained minister in charge of hrdc until paul martin became prime minister on december 12 , 2003 .
she was moved to the backbenches because of her position as a loyalist to the ousted chrétien .
she retired from politics on february 13 , 2004 , to become an executive director of the international labour organization .
in july 2005 , she left her job with the ilo to return to canada and marry businessman henry stolp .
she has since returned to ilo as its executive director and currently resides in new york city .
with the announcement that martin was stepping down as leader of the liberal party , a group called `` liberals for jane '' had hoped to see stewart seek the party leadership .
this was ruled out when stewart accepted the position of chief of staff to acting leader of the opposition , bill graham .
only weeks later , stewart stepped down from the post due to family obligations .
she was replaced by former cabinet minister andy mitchell .
from 2006 to may 2007 stewart was chief negotiator for the province of ontario in the caledonia land dispute .
in 2008 , jane became the volunteer chair for brant united way .
stewart comes from a family of politicians .
her father robert nixon was leader of the ontario liberal party , while her grandfather was ontario premier harry nixon .
