Provincial flag of Manitoba Map and location of Manitoba in Canada This is a list of notable people who are from Manitoba , Canada , or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in the province .
Politicians
This list mainly includes those people from Manitoba who had political careers outside of Manitoba, but also includes especially-notable people who had political careers within Manitoba (as presumably most Manitoba politicians are from Manitoba).
Douglas R. Archer , former mayor of Regina Niki Ashton Grant MacEwan , former mayor of Calgary Candice Bergen Rana Bokhari Douglas Lloyd Campbell , Premier of Manitoba , longest-serving Manitoba MLA Maria Chaput Thomas Crerar , Member of Parliament , Senator , leader of the Progressive Party, first politician appointed Companion of the Order of Canada Marlene Cowling Shari Decter Hirst Bev Desjarlais Dorothy Dobbie Ruby Dhalla , Member of Parliament in Ontario Tommy Douglas , father of Medicare in CanadaRonald Duhamel , Veterans Affairs minister in the Jean Chrétien governmentElijah Harper , Native leader, Manitoba MLAJohn Harvard , Member of Parliament, CBC broadcaster, Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor S. I. Hayakawa , United States senatorFrancis Lawrence Jobin , Manitoba Lieutenant-GovernorStanley Knowles , Member of Parliament, Order of Canada recipientPeter Liba , journalist, businessman, Manitoba Lieutenant-GovernorSterling Lyon , Premier of ManitobaHugh John Macdonald , Premier of Manitoba and son of Canada's first prime minister (John A. Macdonald )John Stewart McDiarmid , Manitoba Lieutenant-GovernorPearl McGonigal , Manitoba Lieutenant-GovernorWilliam John McKeag , Manitoba Lieutenant-GovernorGerry McGeer , former mayor of Vancouver Daniel Hunter McMillan , Manitoba Lieutenant-GovernorRoland Fairbairn McWilliams , Manitoba Lieutenant-GovernorArthur Meighen , Prime Minister of Canada Darrell Pasloski , Premier of Yukon Jack Pickersgill , former MP representing Newfoundland Louis Riel , Metis leader, Member of ParliamentDufferin Roblin , Premier of Manitoba Denise Savoie , British Columbia Member of Parliament, Assistant Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Edward Schreyer , Premier of Manitoba, Governor General of Canada John Christian Schultz , Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor Alfred Henry Scott , Louis Riel delegateMitchell Sharp , Liberal federal cabinet ministerWilliam Johnston Tupper , Manitoba Lieutenant-GovernorDaniel Vandal Larissa Waters , Australian senatorJ. S. Woodsworth , Member of Parliament, first leader of CCF 
