Global InformationDiane McGifford information
Diane McGifford | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Advanced Education and Literacy | |
| In office September 21, 2006 – March 28, 2011 | |
| Premier | Gary Doer Greg Selinger |
| Preceded by | new portfolio |
| Succeeded by | Erin Selby |
| Minister of Advanced Education and Training | |
| In office January 17, 2001 – September 21, 2006 | |
| Premier | Gary Doer |
| Preceded by | new portfolio |
| Succeeded by | portfolio abolished |
| Minister of Culture, Heritage and Tourism | |
| In office October 5, 1999 – January 17, 2001 | |
| Premier | Gary Doer |
| Preceded by | Rosemary Vodrey |
| Succeeded by | Ron Lemieux |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Lord Roberts Osborne 1995–1999 | |
| In office September 21, 1999 – October 4, 2011 | |
| Preceded by | new constituency |
| Succeeded by | constituency abolished |
| In office April 25, 1995 – September 21, 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Norma McCormick |
| Succeeded by | constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 26, 1945 Manchester, United Kingdom |
| Political party | New Democratic Party |
| Residence(s) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Alma mater | University of Manitoba |
Diane Ethel McGifford (born March 26, 1945[1]) is a former Manitoba politician, and was a member of cabinet under Premiers Gary Doer and Greg Selinger.
McGifford was born in Manchester, England, and moved to Manitoba at a young age.[2] She was educated at the University of Manitoba, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1970, a Master of Arts degree in 1974, and a Ph.D. in English in 1979. She subsequently worked as a professor at the University of Saskatchewan, the University of Manitoba and the University of Winnipeg, and has served as a director of the Fort Garry Women's Resource Centre and Kali-Shiva AIDS Services. McGifford has edited Shakti's Words: An Anthology of South Asian Canadian Women's Poetry and The Geography of Voice: Canadian Literature of the South Asian Diaspora.[3]
McGifford was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the provincial election of 1995, defeating incumbent Liberal Norma McCormick by almost one thousand votes in the central Winnipeg riding of Osborne. She was easily re-elected in the 1999 election in the redistributed riding of Lord Roberts.[4]
The New Democratic Party won the election of 1999, and McGifford was appointed to Premier Gary Doer's first cabinet as Minister of Culture, Heritage and Tourism on October 5, 1999.[1]
On January 17, 2001, she was transferred to the Ministry of Advanced Education and Training.[5] On her initial appointment to cabinet, she was also given responsibility for the Status of Women and Seniors, and the administration of the Manitoba Lotteries Corporation Act. She was relieved of the last responsibility on September 25, 2002, and of the first two on November 4, 2003.[1]
In 2003, McGifford supported Bill Blaikie's campaign to become leader of the federal New Democratic Party.[6]
McGifford was easily re-elected in the 2003 provincial election, and again in the 2007 provincial election.[4] She was replaced as Minister of Advanced Education and Literacy by Southdale MLA Erin Selby, in a brief ceremony in March 2011.[7] McGifford did not stand for election in the 2011 Manitoba general election.[1]
- ^ a b c d "MLA Biographies - Living". The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- ^ "McGifford thankful for 'uncannily good' career". The Sou'wester. 23 February 2011.
- ^ O'Handley, Kathryn (1909). Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1998-1999. ISBN 0-7876-3558-8.
- ^ a b "Lord Roberts". Manitoba Votes 2007. CBC News.
- ^ "Doer shuffles cabinet, splits Education portfolio". CBC News. 17 January 2001. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
- ^ "Cross Canada Support for Bill". Bill Blaikie, Elmwood—Transcona. Archived from the original on 1 April 2007. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
- ^ Owen, Bruce (29 March 2011). "Selby new minister of advanced education". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 31 March 2011.