Greg Rickford

Greg Rickford
Minister of Indigenous Affairs and First Nations Economic Reconciliation
Assumed office
June 29, 2018
PremierDoug Ford
Preceded byDavid Zimmer
Minister of Northern Development
Assumed office
June 24, 2022
PremierDoug Ford
Preceded byHimself (as Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines)
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for Kenora—Rainy River
Assumed office
June 7, 2018
Preceded bySarah Campbell
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Kenora
In office
October 14, 2008 – August 4, 2015
Preceded byRoger Valley
Succeeded byBob Nault
Additional offices held
Ontario Minister of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry
In office
June 18, 2021 – June 24, 2022
PremierDoug Ford
Preceded byHimself (as Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines) John Yakabuski (as Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry)
Succeeded byHimself (as Minister of Northern Development) Graydon Smith (as Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry)
Ontario Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines
In office
June 29, 2018 – June 18, 2021
PremierDoug Ford
Preceded byGlenn Thibeault (Energy)
Michael Gravelle (Northern Development & Mines)
Succeeded byTodd Smith (Energy)
Minister of Natural Resources
In office
March 19, 2014 – November 4, 2015
Prime MinisterStephen Harper
Preceded byJoe Oliver
Succeeded byJim Carr
Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario
In office
July 15, 2013 – November 4, 2015
Prime MinisterStephen Harper
Preceded byTony Clement
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Minister of State for Science and Technology
In office
July 15, 2013 – March 19, 2014
Prime MinisterStephen Harper
Preceded byGary Goodyear
Succeeded byEd Holder
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs
In office
January 30, 2011 – July 15, 2013
Prime MinisterStephen Harper
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byMark Strahl
Personal details
Born (1967-09-24) September 24, 1967 (age 57)
Paris, Ontario, Canada
Political partyProgressive Conservative Party of Ontario
Other political
affiliations
Conservative Party of Canada
Alma materMohawk College (Dipl.)
University of Victoria (BScNursing)
McGill University (JD, BCL)
Université Laval (MBA)
OccupationNurse, lawyer, politician

David Gregory Rickford PC KC MPP (born September 24, 1967) is a Canadian politician. He is the Minister of Northern Development and Minister of Indigenous Affairs in the Executive Council of Ontario under Premier Doug Ford. He represents the Kenora—Rainy River riding in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

Rickford previously served as the federal Minister of Natural Resources and as the Minister of State for Science and Technology in the cabinet of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. He was elected to the House of Commons in the 2008 federal election[1] and represented the electoral district of Kenora as a member of the Conservative Party until his defeat in the 2015 election.

  1. ^ "Kenora: 2008 Results". CBC News, October 14, 2008.