Mervin C Tweed was born on August 6,1955 and is a retired politician in Manitoba, Canada.
11 Facts About Merv Tweed
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Merv Tweed was the president of Omnitrax, the American rail company that was responsible for the Churchill rail line.
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Merv Tweed operated a used car dealership for seventeen years, and was for a time an executive member of the Killarney and Area Recreation Committee.
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Merv Tweed began his political career in municipal politics, serving as a councillor in the rural municipality of Brenda for five years, and as deputy reeve for three.
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Merv Tweed returned to municipal politics in 2021 after being elected mayor of the Municipality of Killarney-Turtle Mountain.
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Merv Tweed served as a parliamentary assistant to a variety of ministers in the government of Premier Gary Filmon before being appointed Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism with responsibility for the Development Corporation Act on February 5,1999.
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Merv Tweed was easily re-elected in the 1999 provincial election, although the Progressive Conservatives were defeated at the provincial level by the New Democratic Party under Gary Doer.
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Merv Tweed resigned his cabinet portfolio with the rest of the Filmon ministry.
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When federal Conservative MP Rick Borotsik, announced his retirement in 2004, Merv Tweed resigned his provincial seat and won the Conservative nomination for the riding.
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Merv Tweed received 18,209 votes in the general election, against 8,522 for Liberal Murray Downing.
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Merv Tweed went on to work as President of OmniTRAX Canada, which operates, amongst others, the Port of Churchill.