Mark Wasyliw
Canadian politician
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Mark Wasyliw is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the 2019 Manitoba general election.[2] He represents the electoral district of Fort Garry.
James Allum (2019)
affiliationsNew Democratic (until 2024)
Mark Wasyliw | |
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| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Fort Garry | |
| Assumed office September 10, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Riding re-established James Allum (2019) |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Independent (since 2024) |
| Other political affiliations | New Democratic (until 2024) |
| Alma mater | University of Manitoba (BA) McGill University (MA) University of Ottawa (LLB) Osgoode Hall Law School (LLM)[1] |
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After having been elected as a member of the New Democratic Party of Manitoba, on September 16, 2024, Wasyliw was removed from the NDP's provincial caucus following revelations that his legal partner was a defence lawyer for former Winnipeg-based businessman and convicted sex offender Peter Nygård. The party criticized his judgment.[3][4][5] Wasyliw criticized Premier Wab Kinew as a "toxic and dysfunctional" leader and a "bully" in response, and said he would continue to serve as an independent MLA.[3][6] It was announced in January of 2026 that Wasyliw had filed a defamation lawsuit on December 23, 2025 against three NDP MLAs—Kinew, Billie Cross and cabinet minister Ian Bushie—over the claims he was associated with Nygård.[7]
Electoral history
| 2023 Manitoba general election: Fort Garry | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Mark Wasyliw | 5,319 | 58.82 | +16.47 | $26,232.97 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Rick Shone | 2,405 | 26.60 | -5.22 | $7,032.45 | |||
| Liberal | Shandi Strong | 1,082 | 11.97 | -6.22 | $11,604.00 | |||
| Green | Aaron Kowal | 237 | 2.62 | -5.03 | $749.43 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 9,043 | 99.46 | – | $60,307.00 | ||||
| Total rejected and declined ballots | 49 | 0.54 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 9,092 | 58.75 | -2.94 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 15,476 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +10.84 | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||||
| 2019 Manitoba general election: Fort Garry | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Mark Wasyliw | 4,003 | 42.35 | +6.5 | $23,569.90 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Nancy Cooke | 3,007 | 31.81 | -5.9 | $29,491.08 | |||
| Liberal | Craig Larkins | 1,719 | 18.19 | +4.7 | $5,839.65 | |||
| Green | Casey Fennessy | 723 | 7.65 | -4.8 | $15.08 | |||
| Total valid votes | 9,452 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 47 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / turnout | 15,399 | 61.69 | -4.37 | |||||
| New Democratic notional gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +6.2 | ||||||
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. Elections Manitoba. Retrieved 2 March 2020. | ||||||||
| 2006 Canadian federal election: Winnipeg South Centre | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Anita Neville | 16,296 | 39.25 | −7.35 | $71,377 | |||
| Conservative | Michael Richards | 13,077 | 31.49 | +4.47 | $72,385 | |||
| New Democratic | Mark Wasyliw | 9,055 | 21.81 | +0.56 | $19,492 | |||
| Green | Vere H. Scott | 1,848 | 4.45 | +0.58 | $1,237 | |||
| Progressive Canadian | Dale Swirsky | 934 | 2.25 | – | $11,137 | |||
| Independent | Jeffrey Anderson | 246 | 0.59 | – | $3,204 | |||
| Canadian Action | Magnus Thompson | 66 | 0.16 | −0.13 | $2,750 | |||
| Total valid votes | 41,522 | 99.64 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 150 | 0.36 | +0.00 | |||||
| Turnout | 41,672 | 69.49 | +6.85 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 59,971 | – | – | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -5.91 | ||||||