Doyle Piwniuk
Doyle Piwniuk | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure | |
| In office January 18, 2022 – October 17, 2023 | |
| Premier | Heather Stefanson |
| Preceded by | Reg Helwer |
| Succeeded by | Lisa Naylor |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Turtle Mountain Arthur-Virden 2014-2019 | |
| Assumed office September 10, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | first member |
| In office January 28, 2014 – August 12, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Larry Maguire |
| Succeeded by | riding dissolved |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Occupation | Insurance broker |
Doyle Piwniuk (/pɪˈnjuːk/ pin-YOOK[1]) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Manitoba Legislative Assembly in a by-election on January 28, 2014.[2] He represents the electoral district of Turtle Mountain as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba (PCs).
Prior to his election to the legislature, Piwniuk was an insurance broker and financial planner in Virden.[2] He began his political service in opposition, and served in the party's shadow cabinet as critic for multiculturalism and literacy.[3] He was re-elected in provincewide general elections in 2016 and 2019, in which the PCs won government, and in 2023 when the party lost government to the NDP.
Electoral record[edit]
| 2019 Manitoba general election: Turtle Mountain | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Doyle Piwniuk | 6,210 | 67.48 | -8.7 | $6,900.23 | |||
| Green | David Neufeld | 1,372 | 14.91 | 11.5 | $124.08 | |||
| New Democratic | Angie Herrera-Hildebrand | 1,003 | 10.90 | 2.2 | $636.58 | |||
| Liberal | Richard Davies | 618 | 6.72 | 2.3 | $435.68 | |||
| Total valid votes | 9,203 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 80 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 16,206 | 57.28 | 2.89 | |||||
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). Statement of Votes for the 42nd Provincial General Election, September 10, 2019 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. "Candidate Election Returns". Elections Manitoba. Retrieved 2 March 2020. | ||||||||
| 2016 Manitoba general election: Arthur-Virden | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Doyle Piwniuk | 6,006 | 80.59 | +12.39 | $20,684.63 | |||
| Manitoba | Frank Godon | 846 | 11.35 | +11.35 | $4,340.23 | |||
| New Democratic | Lorne M. Topolniski | 600 | 8.05 | -2.38 | $146.90 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 7,452 | 100.0 | $ | |||||
| Eligible voters | – | |||||||
| Source: Elections Manitoba[4][5][6] | ||||||||
| Manitoba provincial by-election, January 28, 2014: Arthur-Virden | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Doyle Piwniuk | 3,137 | 68.20 | +2.23 | 15,355.65 | |||
| Liberal | Floyd Buhler | 738 | 16.04 | +12.23 | 6,463.77 | |||
| New Democratic | Bob Senff | 480 | 10.43 | -19.78 | 6,318.45 | |||
| Green | Kate Storey | 245 | 5.33 | 0.00 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,600 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Rejected and declined votes | 10 | |||||||
| Turnout | 4,610 | 33.55 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 13,739 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -5.00 | ||||||
References[edit]
- ^ "Doyle Piwniuk - Arthur-Virden". YouTube. December 3, 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Progressive Conservatives sweep Manitoba byelections". Winnipeg Free Press, January 28, 2014.
- ^ "New Tory MLAs join shadow cabinet". Brandon Sun, January 29, 2014.
- ^ "Candidates: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ^ "41ST GENERAL ELECTION, APRIL 19, 2016 - OFFICIAL RESULTS". Elections Manitoba. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
- ^ "Election Returns: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
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