Blaine Pedersen is a politician in
Manitoba
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, Canada. He was elected to the
Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba () is the deliberative assembly of the Manitoba Legislature in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Manitoba. Fifty-seven members are elected to this assembly at List of Manitoba genera ...
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
2011
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, and
2016 elections
Africa
Benin Republic
*2016 Beninese presidential election 6 March 2016
Cape Verde
* 2016 Cape Verdean presidential election 2 October 2016
Chad
* 2016 Chadian presidential election 10 April 2016
Djibouti
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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.
Electoral record
References
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)
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