Bill McKnight

William Hunter "Bill" McKnight, SOM PC (born July 12, 1940) is a former Canadian politician who serves as the Treaty Commissioner for the Province of Saskatchewan.

The Honourable Bill McKnight, PC

Biography

Born in Wartime, Saskatchewan, he served as Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Minister of National Defence during the first Gulf War, Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources and Minister of Labour in the Progressive Conservative government of Brian Mulroney. He was sworn into the Queen's Privy Council for Canada on September 17, 1984. He is the Honorary Chief of the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation. A 36-acre (15 ha) parcel of commercial land in Saskatoon was named after McKnight by the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation in recognition of his role in creating federal policy for Land Claims Settlements. It is known as the McKnight Commercial Centre.

Airbus affair

McKnight testified on the first day of the Airbus Affair inquiry on 30 March 2009.

Honours

He is a Member of the Saskatchewan Order of Merit.^[1]

References

↑ "Saskatchewan Order of Merit".

External links

Agriculture and Agri-Food Biography

Parliament of Canada
Preceded by None	Member of Parliament from Kindersley—Lloydminster 1979–1993	Succeeded by Elwin Hermanson
Political offices
Preceded by André Ouellet	Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources 1993	Succeeded by Bobbie Sparrow
Preceded by David Crombie	Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development 1986–1989	Succeeded by Pierre Cadieux

Cabinet of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney (1984–1993)

Ministers of Agriculture

Ministers of Agriculture (1867–1995)	Chapais Dunkin Pope Saint-Just Burpee (acting) Pelletier Pope Carling Angers Ouimet (acting) Montague Ferguson (acting) Montague Fisher Burrell Crerar Calder (acting) Tolmie Motherwell Stevens (acting) Tolmie Motherwell Weir Crerar (acting) Gardiner Harkness Hamilton Hays Greene Olson Whelan Wise Whelan Ferguson Wise Mazankowski McKnight Mayer Goodale

Ministers of Agriculture and Agri-Food (1995–)	Goodale Vanclief Speller Mitchell Strahl Ritz MacAulay

Ministers of Defence

Ministers of Militia and Defence (1867–1923)	Cartier Langevin (acting) McDonald Ross Vail Jones Masson Campbell Caron Bowell Patterson Dickey Bowell Desjardins Tisdale Borden Hughes Kemp Mewburn Calder (acting) Guthrie G. Graham

Ministers of National Defence (1923–)	G. Graham E. Macdonald Guthrie Robb (acting) Ralston Sutherland Stirling Mackenzie Rogers Power (acting) Ralston McNaughton Abbott Claxton Campney Pearkes Harkness Churchill Hellyer Cadieux Drury (acting) D. Macdonald Benson Dubé (acting) Drury (acting) Richardson Danson McKinnon Lamontagne Blais Coates Clark (acting) Nielsen Beatty McKnight Masse Campbell Siddon Collenette Young Eggleton McCallum Pratt B. Graham O'Connor MacKay Nicholson Kenney Sajjan

Associate Ministers of National Defence (1953–2013, 2015-)	Power Campney Hellyer Sévigny Cardin Cadieux Andre Dick Collins Guarnieri Bélanger Fantino Valcourt Findlay Fantino Hehr

Ministers of the Naval Service (1910–1922)	Brodeur Lemieux Hazen Ballantyne G. Graham

World War I	Ministers of the Overseas Military Forces (1916–1920) Perley Kemp

World War II	Ministers of National Defence for Air (1940–1946) Power Macdonald (acting) Gibson Ministers of National Defence for Naval Services (1940–1946) Macdonald Abbott Ministers of National War Services (1940–1948) Gardiner Thorson Laflèche McCann

Ministers of Labour

Ministers of Labour (1900–1996)	Mulock Aylesworth Lemieux¹ W. L. M. King Crothers Robertson Murdock J. H. King (acting) Elliott Manion (acting) Jones Heenan Robertson Gordon Rogers McLarty Mitchell Martin (acting) Gregg Starr MacEachen Nicholson Pépin Mackasey O'Connell Munro Ouellet (acting) O'Connell Alexander Regan Caccia Ouellet McKnight Cadieux Corbeil Danis Valcourt Axworthy Robillard

Ministers of Human Resources Development (1996–2005)²	Young Pettigrew Stewart Frulla Dryden

Ministers of Human Resources and Skills Development (2005–2013)	Stronach Finley Solberg Finley

Ministers of Employment and Social Development (2013–2015)	Kenney Poilievre

Minister of Families, Children and Social Development (2015–present)	Duclos

Ministers of Labour (1996–2015)	Robillard Gagliano MacAulay Bradshaw Fontana³ Blackburn Ambrose Raitt Leitch

Minister of Employment, Workforce and Labour (2015–present)	Mihychuk

¹Until 1909, the office of the minister of Labour was a secondary function of the Postmaster-General of Canada. W. L. M. King was the first to hold the office independently. ²The office of Minister of Employment and Immigration, and Minister of Labour were abolished and the office of Minister of Human Resources Development went in force on July 12, 1996. Under the new provisions, a Minister of Labour may be appointed. However, when no Minister of Labour is appointed, the Minister of Human Resources Development shall exercise the powers and perform the duties and functions of the Minister of Labour. ³Styled "Minister of Labour and Housing".

Ministers of Natural Resources

Ministers of Energy, Mines and Resources (1966-1995)	Jean-Luc Pépin John James Greene Donald Stovel Macdonald Alastair William Gillespie Ramon John Hnatyshyn Marc Lalonde Jean Chrétien Gerald A. Regan Patricia Carney Marcel Masse Arthur Jacob Epp Bill McKnight Bobbie Sparrow Anne McLellan

Ministers of Forestry (1993-1995)	Frank Oberle, Sr. Bobbie Sparrow Anne McLellan

Ministers of Natural Resources (1995-)	Anne McLellan Ralph Goodale Herb Dhaliwal John Efford John McCallum Gary Lunn Lisa Raitt Christian Paradis Joe Oliver Greg Rickford Jim Carr

Ministers of Western Economic Diversification

McKnight Mayer Collins Schneider Axworthy Manley Tobin Rock Pagtakhan Owen Skelton Ambrose Prentice Ambrose Yelich Rempel

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 104705870

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