Mike Moyes
Canadian politician
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Mike Moyes is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the 2023 Manitoba general election. He represents the district of Riel as a member of the New Democratic Party of Manitoba.[2] Moyes is currently the Minister of Environment and Climate Change. He previously served as Legislative Assistant to Environment and Climate Change and Education and Early Childhood Learning and was the NDP Caucus Chair.
Mike Moyes | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Environment and Climate Change | |
| Assumed office January 23, 2025 | |
| Premier | Wab Kinew |
| Preceded by | Tracy Schmidt |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Riel | |
| Assumed office October 3, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Rochelle Squires |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 9, 1980 |
| Party | New Democratic |
| Spouse | Michelle Moyes[1] |
| Children | 2[1] |
Before his election to the legislature, Moyes was a teacher at Glenlawn Collegiate. He defeated Progressive Conservative cabinet minister Rochelle Squires to win his seat. He had previously unsuccessfully challenged Squires in 2019.[3]
Electoral results
| 2023 Manitoba general election: Riel | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Mike Moyes | 6,160 | 54.65 | +19.26 | $31,115.65 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Rochelle Squires | 4,278 | 37.95 | -6.80 | $37,725.59 | |||
| Liberal | LéAmber Kensley | 834 | 7.40 | -6.51 | $2,610.52 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 11,272 | 99.23 | – | $67,371.00 | ||||
| Total rejected and declined ballots | 88 | 0.77 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 11,360 | 65.70 | +2.46 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 17,291 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +13.03 | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||||
| 2019 Manitoba general election: Riel | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Rochelle Squires | 4,734 | 44.75 | -6.2 | $40,281.22 | |||
| New Democratic | Mike Moyes | 3,744 | 35.39 | +6.3 | $19,468.95 | |||
| Liberal | Neil Johnston | 1,471 | 13.90 | -5.5 | $773.76 | |||
| Green | Roger Schellenberg | 630 | 5.96 | +5.3 | $5.54 | |||
| Total valid votes | 10,579 | 99.13 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 93 | 0.87 | ||||||
| Turnout | 10,672 | 63.24 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 16,875 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -6.2 | ||||||
