Greg Dewar

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Greg Dewar MLA
Manitoba Government Whip
Incumbent
Assumed office before 2011
Premier	Greg Selinger
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
Incumbent
Assumed office September 11, 1990
Preceded by	Gwen Charles
Constituency	Selkirk
Personal details
Born	(1956-01-09) January 9, 1956 Selkirk, Manitoba
Political party	New Democratic Party
Alma mater	University of Winnipeg
Website	gregdewar.ca

Gregory "Greg" Dewar, MLA (born January 9, 1956) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.^[1]

Dewar was born in Selkirk, Manitoba, the grandson of former Mayor Ben Massey. He was educated at the University of Winnipeg, and worked as a small businessman prior to entering political life. Dewar served as treasurer of the Selkirk local of the Manitoba Metis Federation, and was a founding director of the Maurepas Village Housing Cooperative. He was also involved in the Selkirk Restitution and Reconciliation Committee, a program which assists young offenders.

Dewar was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the provincial election of 1990, running as a New Democrat in the riding of Selkirk. He received 3735 votes, against 3467 for Progressive Conservative Russ Farrell (incumbent Liberal Gwen Charles was third with 3009). Dewar was re-elected by a wider margin in the 1995 election, and by a comfortable margin in 1999. The NDP formed government following the 1999 election, and Dewar was appointed Government Whip.

Dewar supported Lorne Nystrom's bid to become leader of the federal New Democratic Party in 1995. In 2003, he supported Bill Blaikie.

Dewar was easily re-elected in the provincial election of 2003, receiving more than 60% of the vote in his riding.

He was re-elected in the 2007 provincial election. Dewar is the Legislative Assistant to the Minister of Finance.

References

↑ Towns, John (4 February 2011). "New CT scanner announced". Selkirk Journal. Retrieved 21 February 2011.

External links

Official website

v t e Current members of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

New Democrat	Selinger Allan Allum Altemeyer Ashton Bjornson Blady Braun Caldwell Chief Chomiak Crothers Dewar Gaudreau Howard Irvin-Ross Jha Kostyshyn Lemieux Mackintosh Maloway F. Marcelino T. Marcelino Melnick Nevakshonoff Oswald Pettersen Reid Robinson Rondeau Saran Selby Struthers Swan Whitehead Wiebe Wight

Progressive Conservative	Pallister Briese Cullen Driedger Eichler Ewasko Friesen Goertzen Graydon Helwer Martin Mitchelson Pedersen Piwniuk Rowat Schuler Smook Stefanson Wishart

Liberal	Gerrard

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Name	Dewar, Gregory
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Short description	Canadian politician
Date of birth	January 9, 1956
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