Doyle Piwniuk

Doyle Piwniuk (/pɪˈnjuːk/ pin-YOOK^[1]) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Manitoba Legislative Assembly in a by-election on January 28, 2014.^[2] He represents the electoral district of Turtle Mountain as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba (PCs).

Doyle Piwniuk MLA
Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure
In office January 18, 2022 – October 17, 2023
Premier	Heather Stefanson
Preceded by	Reg Helwer
Succeeded by	Lisa Naylor
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Turtle Mountain Arthur-Virden 2014-2019
Incumbent
Assumed office September 10, 2019
Preceded by	first member
In office January 28, 2014 – August 12, 2019
Preceded by	Larry Maguire
Succeeded by	riding dissolved
Personal details
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Occupation	Insurance broker

Prior to his election to the legislature, Piwniuk was an insurance broker and financial planner in Virden.^[2] He began his political service in opposition, and served in the party's shadow cabinet as critic for multiculturalism and literacy.^[3] He was re-elected in provincewide general elections in 2016 and 2019, in which the PCs won government, and in 2023 when the party lost government to the NDP. On October 24, 2023, he was appointed as the Shadow Minister for Manitoba Public Insurance.

Electoral record

v t e 2023 Manitoba general election: Turtle Mountain
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Doyle Piwniuk	4,806	55.05	-12.43	$12,216.90
	New Democratic	Lorna Canada-Vanegas Mesa	1,993	22.83	+11.93	$1,865.92
	Keystone	Kevin Friesen	1,507	17.26	–	$5,551.67
	Liberal	Ali Tarar	425	4.87	-1.85	$2,444.23
Total valid votes/expense limit			8,731	99.36	–	$61,679.00
Total rejected and declined ballots			56	0.64	–
Turnout			8,787	55.64	-1.65
Eligible voters			15,794
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-12.18
Source(s) Source: Elections Manitoba[4][5][6]

v t e 2019 Manitoba general election: Turtle Mountain
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Doyle Piwniuk	6,210	67.48	-8.7	$6,900.23
	Green	David Neufeld	1,372	14.91	11.5	$124.08
	New Democratic	Angie Herrera-Hildebrand	1,003	10.90	2.2	$636.58
	Liberal	Richard Davies	618	6.72	2.3	$435.68
Total valid votes			9,203	–	–
Rejected			80	–
Eligible voters / turnout			16,206	57.28	2.89
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). Statement of Votes for the 42nd Provincial General Election, September 10, 2019 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. "Candidate Election Returns". Elections Manitoba. Retrieved 2 March 2020.

v t e 2016 Manitoba general election: Arthur-Virden
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Doyle Piwniuk	6,006	80.59	+12.39	$20,684.63
	Manitoba	Frank Godon	846	11.35	+11.35	$4,340.23
	New Democratic	Lorne M. Topolniski	600	8.05	-2.38	$146.90
Total valid votes/expense limit			7,452	100.0		$
Eligible voters			–
Source: Elections Manitoba[7][8][9]

Manitoba provincial by-election, January 28, 2014: Arthur-Virden
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Doyle Piwniuk	3,137	68.20	+2.23	15,355.65
	Liberal	Floyd Buhler	738	16.04	+12.23	6,463.77
	New Democratic	Bob Senff	480	10.43	-19.78	6,318.45
	Green	Kate Storey	245	5.33		0.00
Total valid votes			4,600	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			10
Turnout			4,610	33.55
Electors on the lists			13,739
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-5.00