Interim Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba
Incumbent
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
Incumbent
Assumed office October 4, 2011
Preceded by
Gerald Hawranik
Personal details
Political party
Progressive Conservative
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]
^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.
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