The Honourable Vic Toews

Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada

Provencher (Manitoba)


Vic Toews was elected to the House of Commons in 2000 and re-elected in 2004 and 2006. Mr. Toews has served as Justice Critic since January 2001. He has been Vice-Chair of the Subcommittee on the Process for Appointment to the Judiciary and a member of numerous subcommittees including on National Security, on Agenda and Procedure and on Bill C-17.

Prior to his election to the House of Commons, Mr. Toews was active in provincial politics. In 1995, he was elected the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Rossmere and shortly thereafter, he was appointed the Minister of Labour. From 1997 until September 1999, he served as the Attorney General and Minister of Justice for the Province of Manitoba.

Mr. Toews practised law with the provincial Department of Justice from 1976 to 1991.

In 1987, Mr. Toews was appointed director of constitutional law for the Province of Manitoba. He acted as legal counsel to the Premier of Manitoba at the Meech Lake Accord discussions in 1990. He was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1991.

He obtained his Bachelor of Arts at the University of Winnipeg, and his law degree at the University of Manitoba. Mr. Toews is married to Lorraine and they have two children.

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