Carol Skelton, PC (born December 12, 1945, in Biggar, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian politician.
She is the former official opposition critic of Family Issues, Children and Youth, Human Resources Development, the Deputy Prime Minister, Social Economy, Western Economic Diversification, Public Health and Social Development, where she was instrumental in developing the party's child care policies.
In 2006, she was re-elected again, defeating NDP candidate Nettie Wiebe by 6.3 percentage points.
She was appointed to the federal cabinet on February 6, 2006, by the new prime minister Stephen Harper, making her the first ever female Canadian federal cabinet minister from the province of Saskatchewan.
In January 2007, she lost the portfolio of Minister of Western Economic Diversification when it was transferred to Rona Ambrose in a minor cabinet shuffle.