Jeff Wharton

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Jeff Wharton
Minister of Economic Development, Investment and Trade
In office
January 30, 2023 – October 18, 2023
PremierHeather Stefanson
Preceded byCliff Cullen
Succeeded byJamie Moses
Minister of Environment, Climate and Parks
In office
January 18, 2022 – January 30, 2023
PremierHeather Stefanson
Preceded bySarah Guillemard
Succeeded byKevin Klein
Minister of Crown Services
In office
September 25, 2019 – January 18, 2022
PremierBrian Pallister
Kelvin Goertzen
Heather Stefanson
Preceded byColleen Mayer
Succeeded byPortfolio Abolished
Minister of Municipal Relations
In office
August 17, 2017 – October 23, 2019
PremierBrian Pallister
Preceded bynew portfolio
Succeeded byRochelle Squires
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Red River North
Gimli (2016-2019)
Assumed office
April 19, 2016
Preceded byPeter Bjornson
Personal details
Political partyProgressive Conservative
Residence(s)Winnipeg Beach, Manitoba

Jeff Wharton is a Canadian politician and member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Red River North, formerly serving as the Minister of Economic Development, Investment and Trade. A member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba, he was first elected in the 2016 provincial election as MLA for Gimli, and re-elected in 2019 as MLA for Red River North.[1]

Wharton initially ran as the Progressive Conservative candidate for Gimli in the 2011 provincial election, but lost to incumbent NDP MLA Peter Bjornson. When Bjornson retired in 2015, Wharton ran and was elected MLA for Gimli in the 2016 Manitoba election.

On August 17, 2017, Premier Brian Pallister appointed Wharton as Minister of Municipal Relations.[2]

Following electoral boundary changes implemented in 2019, Gimli was dissolved and Wharton successfully sought election in the new constituency of Red River North.

Wharton was appointed Minister of Crown Services on September 26, 2019. He was succeeded by the Honourable Jamie Moses with the election of the NDP government in 2023. [3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "MLA Biographies - Living". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.
  2. ^ "Pallister adds new face, new department in cabinet shuffle". CBC. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  3. ^ "MLA Biographies - Living". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.