Doyle Piwniuk
MLA
Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure
In office
January 18, 2022 – October 17, 2023
PremierHeather Stefanson
Preceded byReg Helwer
Succeeded byLisa Naylor
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Turtle Mountain
Arthur-Virden 2014-2019
Assumed office
September 10, 2019
Preceded byfirst member
In office
January 28, 2014 – August 12, 2019
Preceded byLarry Maguire
Succeeded byriding dissolved
Personal details
Political partyProgressive Conservative
OccupationInsurance 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

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

  1. ^ "Doyle Piwniuk - Arthur-Virden". YouTube. December 3, 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Progressive Conservatives sweep Manitoba byelections". Winnipeg Free Press, January 28, 2014.
  3. ^ "New Tory MLAs join shadow cabinet". Brandon Sun, January 29, 2014.
  4. ^ "Candidates: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  5. ^ "41ST GENERAL ELECTION, APRIL 19, 2016 - OFFICIAL RESULTS". Elections Manitoba. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Election Returns: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2018.


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