Mervin C. Tweed,
MP (born August 6, 1955 in
Medora, Manitoba) is a politician in
Manitoba,
Canada. He currently sits as the
Member of Parliament for
Brandon—Souris. Prior to that he was a member of the
Manitoba Legislature from 1995 to 2004, representing the constituency of
Turtle Mountain.
Tweed was born in
Medora, Manitoba, and was educated at
Brandon University. He operated a used car dealership for seventeen years, and was for a time an executive member of the
Killarney and Area Recreation Committee.
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. In 1995, he was elected to the Manitoba legislature as a
Progressive Conservative in
Turtle Mountain, a safe seat for the party. He 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.
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. Tweed resigned his cabinet portfolio with the rest of the Filmon ministry.
Despite the NDP's landmark election win of 2003, Tweed was again re-elected in Turtle Mountain without difficulty, receiving 3956 votes against 1893 for New Democrat
Lonnie Patterson.
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