Mel Baxter
President
Government Relations Chair

Mel Baxter graduated from the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Manitoba in 1970. He is employed in community retail pharmacy as a Pharmacist Manager at Valley Super Thrifty Pharmacy in Morris. Mel has been a Director on the Board of the Manitoba Society of Pharmacists since 2005 and is currently President. He is a Chair of the Government Relations Committee, and a member of the Economics and Pharmacare Committees. He was the MSP representative on the Manitoba Government Pharmacare Expert Review Advisory Panel to review the Auditor General’s Report on the Provincial Pharmacare Program. Mel was a member of the MSP-MPhA Steering Committee Working Group to develop new regulations to Bill 41 which were successfully passed in 2010. Mel, will strive to increase the scope of practice for pharmacists through medication therapy review and management, prescription adaptation and injection authority. With drug shortages and dwindling health dollars, Mel will continue to advocate for pharmacists at government and stakeholders levels to enhance the delivery of healthcare to Manitobans. Mel is married to Yvonne and they have four grown children and three grandchildren.