Peter Bjornson

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Peter Bjornson is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He is a cabinet minister in the NDP government of Premier Greg Selinger.^[1]

Bjornson has lived for his entire life in the community of Gimli, Manitoba. He worked as a teacher before entering politics, and has extensive experience in local community service. Bjornson received a Governor General's Award for excellence in teaching Canadian history in 2000, and a Prime Minister's Medal in 2001. He also served as a town councillor in Gimli between 1988 and 2002.

Bjornson was one of the new MLAs in the New Democratic Party caucus following the party's provincial election victory in 2003. He was elected in the riding of Gimli, which had been won by the Progressive Conservatives in the election of 1999. With the incumbent MLA retiring, Bjornson defeated Tory candidate by 5500 votes to 3651.

After the election, Bjornson was appointed as Manitoba's Minister of Education, Citizenship and Youth. In November 2009, he became Minister of Entrepreneurship, Training and Trade under Premier Selinger.

He was re-elected in the 2007 and 2011 provincial elections.

References

↑ Manitoba Legislature biographies

Political offices
Preceded by Andrew Swan as Manitoba Minister of Competitiveness, Training and Trade	Manitoba Minister of Entrepreneurship, Training and Trade November 3, 2009 – present	Incumbent
Preceded by Ron Lemieux as Manitoba Minister of Education and Youth	Manitoba Minister of Education, Citizenship and Youth November 4, 2003 – November 3, 2009	Succeeded by Nancy Allan as Manitoba Minister of Education
		Succeeded by Jim Rondeau as Manitoba Minister of Healthy Living, Youth and Seniors
Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
Preceded by Ed Helwer	Member of the Legislative Assembly for Gimli June 3, 2003 – present	Incumbent
Order of precedence
Preceded by Jim Rondeau as a member of the Executive Council of Manitoba	Order of precedence in Manitoba as a member of the Executive Council of Manitoba	Succeeded by Christine Melnick as a member of the Executive Council of Manitoba

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	Bjornson, Peter
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Short description	Canadian politician
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