Minister of Industry (Canada)

Minister of Industry
Ministry
Federal
Incumbent Christian Paradis PC, MP
Style	The Honourable
Appointed by	David Lloyd Johnston as Governor General of Canada
First	John Manley
Formation	November 1993
Term length	At Her Majesty's pleasure
Website	www.ic.gc.ca

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The Minister of Industry is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for overseeing the federal government's economic development and corporate affairs department, Industry Canada. The Minister of Industry is also the minister responsible for Statistics Canada. By convention, the Minister of Industry also serves as the Registrar General of Canada.

Ministers of Industry

Key:

  Liberal Party of Canada

  Conservative Party of Canada

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Political party	Ministry
1		John Manley	November 1993	October 2000	Liberal	26 (Chrétien)
2		Brian Tobin	October 17, 2000	January 14, 2002	Liberal
3		Allan Rock	January 15, 2002	December 11, 2003	Liberal
4		Lucienne Robillard	December 12, 2003	July 19, 2004	Liberal	27 (Martin)
5		David Emerson	July 20, 2004	February 5, 2006	Liberal
6		Maxime Bernier	February 6, 2006	August 13, 2007	Conservative	28 (Harper)
7		Jim Prentice	August 14, 2007	October 29, 2008	Conservative
8		Tony Clement	October 30, 2008	May 18, 2011	Conservative
9		Christian Paradis	May 18, 2011	Incumbent	Conservative

Prior to 1995, the responsibilities of the current Industry portfolio were divided between the now-defunct posts of Minister of Industry, Science and Technology (List) and Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs (List).

Critics

• Scott Brison March 2008–present