Andrew James Swan (born August 9, 1968) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the

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from 2004 to 2019. He was first elected in a 2004

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, replacing

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, who resigned to run for

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. Swan graduated from the

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in 1990. After graduating, he practised law at the firm of Thompson Dorfman Sweatman, becoming a partner in 2000. His specialty was

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. Swan was appointed to the Residential Tenancies Commission in 2000, and is also a member of the Manitoba Running Association. Swan first ran for the Manitoba legislature as a

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in the 1990 provincial election, placing third in the west-end Winnipeg riding of Sturgeon Creek. Gerry McAlpine of the Progressive Conservatives won, while incumbent Liberal MLA

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came second. Swan did not seek political office again until 2004. On June 22, 2004, Swan was elected as a New Democrat for the riding of Minto, defeating his next closest competitor, Liberal Wayne Helgason, by 2,848 votes to 1,616. He was re-elected in the 2007 provincial election. He was appointed to

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's cabinet on February 4, 2008, as Minister of Competitiveness, Training and Trade, Minister charged with the administration of the Liquor Control Act, and Minister charged with the administration of The Manitoba Lotteries Corporation Act. On September 2, 2009, after Doer resigned from the Assembly to become Ambassador to the United States, Swan resigned his cabinet position and announced his candidacy for the leadership of the NDP. His cabinet colleagues Steve Ashton and

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also announced they would seek the leadership. Nancy Allan replaced Swan as interim Minister of Competitiveness, Training and Trade. The

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took place on October 17, 2009. On September 28, Swan dropped out of the leadership race and endorsed Selinger. He regained his ministerial positions on October 5, 2009. After winning the leadership race, Selinger appointed Swan as Minister of Justice and Attorney General on November 3. He was re-elected in

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. Swan resigned his cabinet position on November 3, 2014, along with Jennifer Howard, Theresa Oswald,

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and Stan Struthers, due to concerns about Premier Selinger's leadership. He remained an NDP MLA after resignation. Despite a collapse in NDP support for the 2016 election, he retained his seat by a comfortable margin. On January 20, 2019, Swan announced he would seek the federal NDP nomination in the riding of

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in the

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. He lost the nomination to community activist Leah Gazan, who went on to become the MP for Winnipeg Centre. He did not seek re-election in the snap

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, at which the 2018 electoral redistribution, which eliminated Minto, took effect.

References

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