MANITOBA EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
IN ORDER OF PRECEDENCE BY DATE OF ELECTION
Greg Selinger– premier of Manitoba, president of the executive council, minister of federal-provincial relations, minister responsible for Francophone affairs and minister responsible for skills strategy;
Steve Ashton – minister of infrastructure and transportation, and minister responsible for emergency measures;
David Walter Chomiak – minister of mineral resources, minister responsible for liquor and gaming control and government house leader;
Gord Mackintosh – minister of justice and attorney general, keeper of the Great Seal of the Province of Manitoba, minister responsible for constitutional affairsand minister charged with the administration of the Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation Act;
Eric Robinson – deputy premier, minister of Aboriginal and northern affairs, minister responsible for Aboriginal education, minister charged with the administration of the Communities Economic Development Fund Act and minister responsible for Manitoba Hydro;
Ron Lemieux – minister of tourism, culture, heritage, sport and consumer protection, and minister responsible for Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries Corporation;
Drew Caldwell – minister of municipal government and minister responsible for relations with the City of Winnipeg within the Department of Municipal Government;
Kerri Irvin-Ross – deputy premier, minister of family services, minister responsible for the civil service, minister responsible for persons with disabilities and minister responsible for status of women;
Florfina Marcelino – minister of multiculturalism and literacy;
Kevin Chief – minister of jobs and the economy;
Ron Kostyshyn – minister of agriculture, food and rural development;
Sharon Blady – minister of health;
Erna Braun – minister of labour and immigration, and minister charged with the administration of the Workers Compensation Act;
James Allum – minister of education and advanced learning;
Greg Dewar – minister of finance and minister charged with the administration ofthe Crown Corporations Public Review and Accountability Act;
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Deanne Crothers – minister of healthy living and seniors;
Melanie Wight – minister of children and youth opportunities;
Thomas Nevakshonoff – minister of conservation and water stewardship; and
Mohinder Saran – minister of housing and community development.
Tom Nevakshonoff – MLA for Interlake
Nevakshonoffwas raised in the Interlake communities of Poplarfield and Fisher Branch. In 1999, he was elected to the Manitoba legislative assembly as the member for the Interlake and was re-elected in 2003, 2007 and 2011.
He follows in the footsteps of his great-grandfather, Henry Mabb, who was elected as the first MLA for Fisher in 1920, and his great-great-great grandfather, Fredrick Bird, who was a member of the first legislative assembly of Manitoba.
Nevakshonoffchairs the Legislative Review Committee of the NDP caucus, the Standing Committee on Agriculture of the legislative assembly, and has also been the legislative assistant to the minister of agriculture, food and rural initiatives. In 2009, he was appointed legislative assistant to the minister of conservation as well as to the minister of infrastructure and transportation, positions he maintained after the 2011 election. He was also appointed deputy speaker in 2011.
Nevakshonoff graduated from Carleton University in 1987 with a BA with honours in Eastern European studies.
He is married to Rozanne Imlah and has two children, Jade and Caitlin.
Mohinder Saran – MLA for the Maples
Saran was first elected to represent the Maples in 2007. Prior to that, he was a well-known community activist in his riding, dividing much of his volunteer time between the Sikh Society of Manitoba andthe India Association. Saran also served as the Maples NDP president for three years.
He has also served inthe Manitoba legislature as legislative assistant responsible for the premier’s office, deputy chair of the Committees of the Whole House and as the caucus whip.