Doyle Piwniuk

Doyle Piwniuk
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 (/pɪˈnjk/ 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]

2023 Manitoba general election: Turtle Mountain
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Doyle Piwniuk 4,806 55.05 -12.43 $12,216.90
New Democratic Lorna Canada-Vanegas Mesa 1,993 22.83 +11.93 $1,865.92
Keystone Kevin Friesen 1,507 17.26 $5,551.67
Liberal Ali Tarar 425 4.87 -1.85 $2,444.23
Total valid votes/Expense limit 8,731 99.36 $61,679.00
Total rejected and declined ballots 56 0.64
Turnout 8,787 55.64 -1.65
Eligible voters 15,794
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -12.18
Source(s)
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[7][8][9]
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

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