Memorable Manitobans: Government of Manitoba: Deputy Premiers of Manitoba

The Deputy Premier is generally considered the most senior member of the provincial cabinet.

Term	Premier
c1943	John Stewart McDiarmid (1882-1965)
c1943-1948	?
1948-1950	Errick French Willis (1896-1967)
1950-1952	?
1952-1955	Ivan Schultz (1891-1974)
1955-1958	Charles Edwin Greenlay (1899-1984)
1958-?	Errick French Willis (1896-1967)
c1963-c1966	Edward Gurney Vaux Evans (1907-1987)
c1970	Saul Mark Cherniack (1917-2018)
c1973-1977	Andrew Russell “Russ” Paulley (1909-1984)
1977-1981	Donald William Craik (1931-1985)
1981-1988	Muriel Ann Lipsey Smith
1988-1991	James Glen Cummings
1991-1999	James Erwin “Jim” Downey
1999-2003	Jean Friesen
2003-2009	Rosann Harapiak Wowchuk
2009-2016	Eric Robinson
2015-2016	Kerri Irvin-Ross
2016-2021	Heather D. Stefanson
2021	Kelvin Goertzen
2021-2022	Rochelle Squires
2022-2023	Cliff Cullen
2023-?	Uzoma Asagwara

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Government of Manitoba

Sources:

“Manitoba coalition shuffle sees Willis named Deputy,” Winnipeg Free Press, 8 November 1948, page 1.

“Greenlay Deputy Premier,” Winnipeg Free Press, 31 January 1955, page 3.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 25 December 2024

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