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Steve AshtonMinister of Intergovernmental Affairs; minister responsible for Emergency Measures |
Steve Ashton was first elected to the Manitoba Legislature in 1981. He was re-elected in the general elections of 1986, 1988, 1990, 1995, 1999, 2003 and 2007.
He was Minister of Water Stewardship in 2004. Previously Steve was appointed Minister of Highways and Government Services in October 1999, (later changed to Transportation and Government Services) and Minister responsible for The Gaming Control Act in July, 2000. He was appointed Minister responsible for Emergency Measures in October 2001. Steve was the Conservation Minister and in June 2003, also assumed the portfolios of Ministry of Labour and Immigration, Ministry of Multiculturalism, and became the Minister responsible for the Administration of the Workers Compensation Act.
On November 4, 2003, he was appointed the first minister of the new Department of Water Stewardship, responsible for all water management, economic development and clean water initiatives.
Steve is a graduate of R.D. Parker Collegiate in Thompson. He received a B.A. (Hon.) in Political Studies at the University of Manitoba, and an M.A. in Economics from Lakehead University.
Steve has lived in Thompson since 1967. His wife Hari Dimitrakopoulou-Ashton is a college instructor. He has two children, Niki, an instructor in governance at University College of the North (UCN) and Alexander, a graduate of Civil Engineering from the University of Manitoba.
