Joyce Bateman
Bateman in 2018
Member of Parliament
for Winnipeg South Centre
In office
May 2, 2011 – October 19, 2015
Preceded byAnita Neville
Succeeded byJim Carr
Personal details
Born1957
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Political partyLiberal (to 2009)
Conservative (2011-present)
Residence(s)Winnipeg, Manitoba
ProfessionAccountant

Joyce Bateman (born 1957) is a Canadian politician. She served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the electoral district of Winnipeg South Centre from 2011 to 2015.

Early and personal life

Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Bateman was involved in the musical community. After training four summers at the Banff School of Fine Arts, she went to study at the University of Western Ontario under Ralph Aldrich. She put herself through university there by playing viola in the London Symphony Orchestra and received her HBA from the Ivey School of Business.[citation needed]

After attending business school, Bateman articled with Price Waterhouse in Winnipeg.[citation needed] She is a chartered accountant.[1]

Bateman was elected to the Winnipeg School Board as a trustee in 2001. She served two terms as chairperson, and one term as vice-chairperson.[2] Her tenure saw the reinstatement of the Nursery Program for the Winnipeg School Division in 2005. It had been cut by the Board in 1998.[citation needed]

Federal politics

In late 2003, Bateman became a member of the Liberal Party. She allowed her party membership to lapse in 2009. In 2011, she said that she opted to run as a Conservative due to misgivings over the fiscal policies of the Liberal Party, which she described as "reckless."[1][3][4]

In 2011, given her four-time successful electoral record as a school trustee (2001, 2002, 2006 and 2010), Bateman was sought out by the Conservative Party of Canada to run in Winnipeg South Centre. She was successful.[citation needed]

While serving in Parliament there was a serious problem with a rail crossing in her riding. As a result, she introduced a Private Members’ Bill on Rail Safety which makes every rail crossing throughout Canada safer.[citation needed]

Bateman was defeated in 2015 by former Liberal provincial MLA Jim Carr,[5] falling to 28 percent of the vote.[6]

Bateman re-contested her previous riding in a rematch against Carr in the 2019 federal election but lost.[6] She lost again in the 2021 federal election.[7]

Personal life

Bateman has worked and lived in Winnipeg since completing school. She met Darrell Hancock while at Price Waterhouse. Hancock and Bateman are married and have two children.[citation needed]

Electoral record

2021 Canadian federal election: Winnipeg South Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Jim Carr 22,214 45.55 +0.54 $84,273.45
Conservative Joyce Bateman 13,566 27.82 −1.89 $83,919.18
New Democratic Julia Riddell 10,064 20.64 +2.94 $12,522.59
People's Chase Wells 1,352 2.77 +1.65 $1,885.74
Green Douglas Hemmerling 1,341 2.75 −3.51 $21,799.84
Communist Cam Scott 234 0.48 N/A N/A
Total valid votes/expense limit 48,771 99.26   $106,382.19
Total rejected ballots 364 0.74 +0.22
Turnout 49,135 69.60 -1.37
Eligible voters 70,592
Liberal hold Swing +1.22
Source: Elections Canada[8][9]
2019 Canadian federal election: Winnipeg South Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Jim Carr 22,799 45.00 −14.72 $83,512.07
Conservative Joyce Bateman 15,051 29.71 +1.52 $37,521.63
New Democratic Elizabeth Shearer 8,965 17.70 +8.74 $8,170.86
Green James Beddome 3,173 6.26 +3.13 $3,211.69
People's Jane MacDiarmid 569 1.12 – $7,017.57
Christian Heritage Linda Marynuk 104 0.21 – none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 50,661 99.48
Total rejected ballots 267 0.52 +0.17
Turnout 50,928 70.97 -5.30
Eligible voters 71,760
Liberal hold Swing −8.12
Source: Elections Canada[10][11]
2015 Canadian federal election: Winnipeg South Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Jim Carr 31,993 59.72 +23.13 $138,860.30
Conservative Joyce Bateman 15,102 28.19 −12.96 $92,738.43
New Democratic Matt Henderson 4,799 8.96 −9.39 $29,074.48
Green Andrew Park 1,677 3.13 −0.09 $26,901.85
Total valid votes/expense limit 53,571 99.65   $203,341.22
Total rejected ballots 188 0.35 –
Turnout 53,759 76.27 –
Eligible voters 70,487
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +18.05
Source: Elections Canada[12][13]
2011 Canadian federal election: Winnipeg South Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Joyce Bateman 15,506 38.82 +2.56 $72,590.37
Liberal Anita Neville 14,784 37.02 −5.25 $79,128.33
New Democratic Dennis Lewycky 7,945 19.89 +5.78 $15,656.19
Green Joshua McNeil 1,383 3.46 −3.89 $1,586.80
Independent Matt Henderson 218 0.55 – $129.79
Independent Lyndon B. Froese 103 0.26 – $0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit 39,939 99.62   –
Total rejected ballots 154 0.38 −0.00
Turnout 40,093 69.04 +3.36
Eligible voters 58,075 – –
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +3.91

References

  1. ^ a b "Welcome - Joyce Bateman, MP for Winnipeg South Centre - About". Joyce Bateman, MP for Winnipeg South Centre. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Winnipeg South Centre | CBC News".
  3. ^ "Liberal fiscal plan 'reckless': Bateman". Winnipeg Free Press, April 2, 2011.
  4. ^ "Longtime Liberal jumping to Conservatives". CBC News, April 1, 2011.
  5. ^ Maloney, Ryan (October 20, 2015). "6 Controversial Tory Incumbents Who Lost (And 2 Who Didn't)". Huffington Post Canada. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
  6. ^ a b Macintosh, Maggie (October 21, 2019). "Carr holds seat in rematch against Bateman". Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Manitoba. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
  7. ^ McKendrick, Devon (September 20, 2021). "Jim Carr stays as MP for Winnipeg South Centre". CTV News. Winnipeg, Manitoba. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
  8. ^ "forty-fourth general election 2021 — Poll-by-poll results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  9. ^ "Candidate Campaign Returns". Elections Canada. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
  10. ^ "forty-third general election 2019 — Poll-by-poll results". Elections Canada. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
  11. ^ "Candidate Campaign Returns". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  12. ^ Elections Canada – forty-second general election 2015 — Poll-by-poll results
  13. ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

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