British Columbia's Ministers of Education
| Robertson, Alexander Rocke | 14 November 1871 - 23 December 1872 |
| Ash, John | 23 December 1872 - 27 January 1876 |
| Elliott, Andrew Charles | 1 February 1876 - 15 May 1877 |
| Davie, Alexander Edmund Batson | 15 May 1877 - 8 August 1877 |
| Elliott, Andrew Charles | 23 October 1877 - 25 June 1878 |
| Humphreys, Thomas Basil | 26 June 1878 - 22 August 1882 |
| Armstrong, William James | 22 August 1882 - 29 January 1883 |
| Robson, John | 29 January 1883 - 28 May 1892 |
| Baker, James | 28 May 1892 - 8 August 1898 |
| Martin, Joseph (acting) | 17 August 1898 - 9 March 1899 |
| Semlin, Charles Augustus | 9 March 1899 - 27 February 1900 |
| Yates, James Stuart | 12 March 1900 - 14 June 1900 |
| Prentice, James Douglas | 14 June 1900 - 3 September 1901 |
| Brown, John Cunningham | 3 September 1901 - 30 September 1901 |
| Prentice, James Douglas (acting) | 30 September 1901 - 21 November 1902 |
| Murphy, Dennis | 22 November 1902 - 28 November 1902 |
| McInnes, William Wallace Burns | 1 December 1902 - 27 May 1903 |
| Green, Robert Francis | 8 June 1903 - 18 September 1903 |
| Goodeve, Arthur Samuel | 18 September 1903 - 2 November 1903 |
| McBride, Richard | 5 November 1903 - 18 May 1904 |
| Fulton, Frederick John | 18 May 1904 - 31 December 1906 |
| Manson, William | 31 December 1906 - 27 February 1907 |
| Young, Henry Esson | 27 February 1907 - 15 December 1915 |
| Taylor, Thomas | 15 December 1915 - 6 June 1916 |
| McGuire, George Albert | 6 June 1916 - 23 November 1916 |
| MacLean, John Duncan | 30 November 1916 - 20 August 1928 |
| Hinchliffe, Joshua | 21 August 1928 - 15 November 1933 |
| Weir, George Moir | 15 November 1933 - 17 November 1941 |
| Pattullo, Thomas Dufferin | 18 November 1941 - 9 December 1941 |
| Perry, Henry George | 10 December 1941 - 19 November 1945 |
| Weir, George Moir | 19 November 1945 - 29 December 1947 |
| Straith, William Thomas | 29 December 1947 - 1 August 1952 |
| Rolston, Tilly Jean | 1 August 1952 - 12 October 1953 |
| Bonner, Robert William | 19 October 1953 - 14 April 1954 |
| Williston, Ray Gillis | 14 April 1954 - 27 September 1956 |
| Peterson, Leslie Raymond | 27 September 1956 - 27 May 1968 |
| Brothers, Donald Leslie | 27 May 1968 - 15 September 1972 |
| Dailly, Eileen Elizabeth | 15 September 1972 - 22 December 1975 |
| McGeer, Patrick Lucey | 22 December 1975 - 24 November 19791 |
| Smith, Brian R. D. | 24 November 1979 - 10 August 19822 |
| Vander Zalm, William Nick | 10 August 1982 - 26 May 1983 |
| Heinrich, John Herbert (Jack) | 26 May 1983 - 11 February 1986 |
| Hewitt, James Junior | 11 February 1986 - 14 August 1986 |
| Brummet, Anthony Julius | 14 August 1986 - 13 December 1990 |
| Hewitt, James Junior | 13 December 1990 - 2 April 1991 |
| Hagen, Stanley Brian | 2 April 1991 - 5 November 1991 |
| Hagen, Anita | 5 November 1991 - 15 September 1993 |
| Charbonneau, Art | 15 September 1993 - 22 February 19963 |
| Ramsey, Paul | 28 February 1996 - 17 June 1996 |
| Sihota, Moe | 17 June 1996 - 12 December 1996 |
| MacPhail, Joy | 12 December 1996 - 6 January 1997 |
| Ramsey, Paul | 6 January 1997 - 18 February 19984; - 21 September 1999 |
| Wilson, Gordon | 22 September 1999 - 29 February 2000 |
| Priddy, Penny | 1 March 2000 - 31 October 2000 |
| MacPhail, Joy | 1 November 2000 - 4 June 2001 |
| Clark, Christy | 5 June 2001 - 26 January 2004 |
| Christensen, Tom | 26 January 2004 - 16 June 2005 |
| Bond, Shirley | 16 June 2005 - 10 June 2009 |
| Margaret MacDiarmid | 10 June 2009 - 24 October 20105 |
| George Abbott | 25 October 2010 - |
- 1
- On 5 December 1978 the Ministry of Education was renamed Ministry of Education, Science and Technology.
- 2
- On 24 November 1979 a new ministry -- the Ministry of Universities, Science and Communications -- was established. Dr. Pat McGeer was responsible for the new ministry. The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology was renamed Ministry of Education. The Education portfolio was assigned to Brian R. D. Smith.
- 3
- On 15 September 1993 the Ministry of Education was renamed Ministry of Education, Skills and Training.
- 4
- On 15 February 1998 the Ministry of Education, Skills and Training was disestablished and two separate ministries were established -- the Ministry of Education (responsible for the K - 12 sector) and the Ministry of Advanced Education, Training and Technology (responsible for post-secondary education). The latter was renamed Ministry of Advanced Education on 5 June 2001. Effective 15 April 2007 it was called the Ministry of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development. It was re-organized and renamed the Ministry of Science and Universities on 25 October 2010. The new ministry jettisoned provincial colleges and institutes, which were transferred to the Ministry of Regional, Economic and Skills Development on 25 October 2010.
- 5
- The Minister of Education, the Hon. Margaret MacDiarmid, was also named Minister responsible for Early Learning and Literacy on 10 June 2009. She retained the portfolio for Early Learning and Literacy when she moved from the Ministry of Education to the Minstry of Tourism, Trade and Investment on 25 October 2010.
Sources:
Judith Antonick Bennett and Frederike Verspoor, British
Columbia Executive Council Appointments, 1871-1986 (Victoria:
British Columbia Legislative Library, 1989); Reference Desk,
Legislative Library.
