Summary
Wayne Ewasko is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the 2011 election.[1] He represents the electoral district of Lac du Bonnet as a member of the Manitoba Progressive Conservative Party caucus.[2] He was re-elected in the 2016, 2019 and 2023 provincial elections. He served in the cabinets of Brian Pallister, Kelvin Goertzen and Heather Stefanson as the Minister of Advanced Education, Skills, and Immigration from 2021 to 2022 and then as Minister of Education and Early Childhood Learning from 2022 until the PC government's defeat in the 2023 Manitoba general election. On January 18, 2024, he was named interim leader of the Progressive Conservative Party following the resignation of Heather Stefanson.[3]
Wayne Ewasko | |
|---|---|
| Leader of the Opposition in Manitoba | |
| Assumed office January 18, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Heather Stefanson |
| Interim Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba | |
| Assumed office January 18, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Heather Stefanson |
| Minister of Education and Early Childhood Learning | |
| In office January 18, 2022 – October 18, 2023 | |
| Premier | Heather Stefanson |
| Preceded by | Cliff Cullen |
| Succeeded by | Nello Altomare |
| Minister of Advanced Education, Skills, and Immigration | |
| In office January 5, 2021 – January 18, 2022 | |
| Premier | Brian Pallister Kelvin Goertzen Heather Stefanson |
| Preceded by | Portfolio Created |
| Succeeded by | Jon Reyes |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Lac du Bonnet | |
| Assumed office October 4, 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Gerald Hawranik |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Electoral record edit
| 2019 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Wayne Ewasko | 6,170 | 66.09 | -11.38 | $23,226.73 | |||
| New Democratic | Sidney Klassen | 1,793 | 19.21 | -3.31 | $1,256.85 | |||
| Liberal | Terry Hayward | 1,373 | 14.71 | New | $4,507.33 | |||
| Total valid votes | 100.0 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
| 2016 Manitoba general election: Lac du Bonnet | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Wayne Ewasko | 5,666 | 77.48 | 23.18 | $25,069.13 | |||
| New Democratic | Wendy Sol | 1,647 | 22.52 | -16.01 | $2,955.31 | |||
| Total valid votes | 7,313 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 227 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 13,729 | 54.92 | -3.12 | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (2016). Statement of Votes for the 41st Provincial General Election, April 19, 2016 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. "Election Returns: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2018. | ||||||||
| 2011 Manitoba general election: Lac du Bonnet | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Wayne Ewasko | 4,350 | 54.30 | -4.71 | $20,568.00 | |||
| New Democratic | Elana Spence | 3,087 | 38.53 | 4.91 | $13,574.10 | |||
| Green | Dan Green | 290 | 3.62 | – | $1,517.95 | |||
| Liberal | Charlett Millen | 284 | 3.55 | -3.82 | $2,966.68 | |||
| Total valid votes | 8,011 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 24 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / turnout | 13,844 | 58.04 | -0.48 | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (2011). Statement of Votes for the 40th Provincial General Election, October 4, 2011 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. "Election Returns: 40th General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2018. | ||||||||
Personal life edit
Ewasko is noteworthy as both a politician and a curler having previously been to the 2006, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014 and 2017 provincial championships.[4]
References edit
- ^ Manitoba Votes 2011: Lac du Bonnet. CBC News, October 4, 2011.
- ^ "Clash of colours". Winnipeg Free Press, October 5, 2011.
- ^ Froese, Ian (18 January 2024). "PCs pick Wayne Ewasko as new interim leader". CBC News. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ Paul Wiecek (January 31, 2012). "Ewasko balances politics with curling". Winnipeg Free Press.
External links edit
- Wayne Ewasko