Jim Carr

Jim Carr
Carr in 2016
Chair of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security
In office
December 8, 2021 – September 29, 2022
Preceded byJohn McKay
Succeeded byRon McKinnon
Minister without Portfolio
In office
January 12, 2021 – October 26, 2021
Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau
Preceded byGilles Lamontagne (1978)
Succeeded byVacant
Special Representative for the Prairies
In office
November 20, 2019 – October 26, 2021
Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Minister of International Trade Diversification
In office
July 18, 2018 – November 20, 2019
Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau
Preceded byFrançois-Philippe Champagne
Succeeded byMary Ng (Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade)
Minister of Natural Resources
In office
November 4, 2015 – July 18, 2018
Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau
Preceded byGreg Rickford
Succeeded byAmarjeet Sohi
Member of Parliament
for Winnipeg South Centre
In office
October 19, 2015 – December 12, 2022
Preceded byJoyce Bateman
Succeeded byBen Carr
Deputy Leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party
In office
April 26, 1988 – January 27, 1992
LeaderSharon Carstairs
Member of the Manitoba Legislative Assembly
for Crescentwood
In office
September 11, 1990 – January 27, 1992
Preceded byWarren Steen
Succeeded byAvis Gray
Member of the Manitoba Legislative Assembly
for Fort Rouge
In office
April 26, 1988 – September 11, 1990
Preceded byRoland Penner
Succeeded byTim Sale
Personal details
Born
James Gordon Carr

(1951-10-11)October 11, 1951
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
DiedDecember 12, 2022(2022-12-12) (aged 71)
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Political partyLiberal
ChildrenBen Carr
ResidenceCrescentwood, Winnipeg
Alma materMcGill University
Occupation
  • Politician
  • businessman
  • writer
  • editor

James Gordon Carr PC OM (October 11, 1951 – December 12, 2022) was a Canadian politician, cabinet minister, journalist, and professional oboist. A member of the Liberal Party, he served as the member of Parliament for Winnipeg South Centre from 2015 until his death on December 12, 2022. Carr died days after his Private Members Bill, Bill C-235, An Act respecting the building of a green economy in the Prairies,[1] passed the House and went to the Senate. He last served as the Chair of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security, until his resignation on September 29, 2022.

Carr previously served as the Minister of Natural Resources from 2015 to 2018 and Minister of International Trade Diversification from 2018 to 2019.[2] He left Cabinet in 2019 after being diagnosed with cancer, but soon after was named the Special Representative for the Prairies. In 2021, he returned to Cabinet to concurrently serve as a Minister without Portfolio and the Special Representative for the Prairies. He previously was a member of the Manitoba Legislature from 1988 to 1992 for the Manitoba Liberal Party.[3]

  1. ^ "C-235 (44–1) – LEGISinfo – Parliament of Canada". www.parl.ca. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  2. ^ "Jim Carr becomes Minister of International Trade Diversification in cabinet shuffle". Global News. July 18, 2018. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  3. ^ "MLA Biographies – Living". www.gov.mb.ca. Retrieved September 17, 2019.