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Blaine Pedersen is a politician in
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, Canada. He was elected to the
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in the 2007 provincial election for the electoral division of Carman. Pederson is a member of the Progressive Conservative Party. Pedersen was re-elected in the new Midland riding in the
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, and
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. On May 3, 2016, Pedersen was appointed to the Executive Council of Manitoba as Minister of Infrastructure. On August 17, 2017, he was named Minister of Growth, Enterprise and Trade. Re-elected in the 2019 election, he announced on July 15, 2021, that he was resigning from cabinet and did not intend to seek re-election.


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Living people Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba MLAs Members of the Executive Council of Manitoba Canadian people of Danish descent 21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) {{Manitoba-MLA-stub