Peter James Maloway was born on November 10,1952 and is a Canadian politician, who has served as a member of both the House of Commons of Canada and the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.
37 Facts About Jim Maloway
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Jim Maloway is the longest-serving current member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.
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Jim Maloway originally served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1986 to 2008, representing Elmwood for the New Democratic Party of Manitoba.
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Jim Maloway subsequently ran in the 2011 provincial election in his former provincial riding of Elmwood, winning re-election to the provincial legislature.
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Jim Maloway was born in Sioux Lookout, Ontario, and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of Manitoba.
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Jim Maloway later worked for the Manitoba Liquor Control Commission as a liquor inspector, and was executive assistant to the Minister of Colleges and Universities and Tourism.
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Jim Maloway was the Returning Officer for the Winnipeg division of Wolseley in the 1973 provincial election.
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Jim Maloway initially cast a tiebreaking vote for MacKay, although a subsequent recount showed Asper elected by four votes.
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Jim Maloway was a candidate for the Winnipeg City Council in 1974 and 1983, and unsuccessfully sought the federal NDP nomination for Winnipeg North Centre in 1984.
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Jim Maloway was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1986 provincial election over incumbent Russell Doern, a former New Democrat who had left the party two years earlier.
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The NDP won a narrow majority government under Howard Pawley, and Jim Maloway served as a government backbencher.
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The Pawley government was unexpectedly defeated in the legislature in early 1988, when disgruntled backbencher Jim Maloway Walding voted with the opposition on a motion of non-confidence.
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Jim Maloway supported Maureen Hemphill's bid to succeed Pawley in the leadership contest that followed; she finished fourth against Gary Doer.
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Jim Maloway narrowly retained the Elmwood division against a strong challenge from the Liberal Party.
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In opposition, Jim Maloway served as his party's critic for Consumer and Corporate Affairs, and deputy critic for Finance.
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Jim Maloway was an opponent of the Meech Lake Accord, an unsuccessful attempt at constitutional reform that would have delegated powers from the federal government to the provinces and recognized Quebec as a distinct society within Canada.
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The accord required approval from all ten of Canada's provincial legislatures to be passed into law; Jim Maloway supported the decision of fellow NDP MLA Elijah Harper to block the accord's passage through procedural tactics, and indicated that he considered taking a similar approach himself.
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Jim Maloway was re-elected in the 1990 provincial election, defeating Progressive Conservative candidate Vic Toews.
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Jim Maloway argued that the Public Utilities Board should be given the power to regulate gas prices, in order to prevent price gouging.
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Jim Maloway criticized the state of Manitoba's real estate sector later in the same year, arguing that it was being run in a haphazard manner.
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Jim Maloway later expressed concern that parts of Manitoba's Autopac system would be sold off to the private sector, and accused the Filmon government of privatizing the Manitoba Liquor Control Commission by stealth.
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Jim Maloway was returned in Elmwood without difficulty, and was re-elected again in 2003 and 2007 by significant margins.
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Jim Maloway sat as a backbench supporter of Gary Doer's government, and was described in a 2007 newspaper report as a left-leaning maverick.
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Jim Maloway criticized Winnipeg Mayor Glen Murray's "New Deal for Winnipeg" in the early 2000s, arguing that the city should correct its own finances instead of appealing for aid from other levels of government.
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Jim Maloway argued that the change would take power away from ordinary party members.
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In May 2008, Jim Maloway called on the provincial government to ensure that municipal repairs to the Disraeli Bridge in northeast Winnipeg would be carried out in a way that benefited the public interest.
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Jim Maloway expressed concern that traffic bottlenecks would occur if the bridge was completely blocked for several months, and called for the bridge to be expanded from four to six lanes.
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Jim Maloway was among a group of Manitoba MLAs who sought to persuade former Manitoba Premier Edward Schreyer to run for the federal NDP leadership in 1989.
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Jim Maloway supported Lorne Nystrom's bid to become NDP leader in 1995, and endorsed Bill Blaikie in 2003.
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Jim Maloway won the nomination over rival candidates Lorene Mahoney and Kevin Rebeck on September 7,2008.
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Jim Maloway made the Disraeli bridge his main issue in the 2008 federal election, and was elected over former Winnipeg Jets player Thomas Steen, who had been recruited as a star candidate by the Conservatives.
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The Conservatives won a minority government nationally, and Jim Maloway was appointed as the NDP Critic for Science and Technology.
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Jim Maloway introduced a Private Member's Bill known as the "Airline Passenger's Bill of Rights" in February 2009.
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On May 29,2009, Jim Maloway wrote a guest editorial defending the bill in the National Post newspaper.
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Jim Maloway has spoken against proposed free trade deals between Canada and the governments of Peru and Colombia.
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Jim Maloway was defeated by Conservative candidate Lawrence Toet in the 2011 federal election.
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Jim Maloway was re-elected in the 2016,2019 and 2023 provincial elections.