Mike Moyes

Mike Moyes is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the 2023 Manitoba general election. He represents the district of Riel as a member of the New Democratic Party of Manitoba.^[2] Moyes is currently the Minister of Environment and Climate Change. He previously served as Legislative Assistant to Environment and Climate Change and Education and Early Childhood Learning and was the NDP Caucus Chair

The Honourable Mike Moyes MLA
Minister of Environment and Climate Change
Incumbent
Assumed office January 23, 2025
Premier	Wab Kinew
Preceded by	Tracy Schmidt
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Riel
Incumbent
Assumed office October 3, 2023
Preceded by	Rochelle Squires
Personal details
Political party	New Democratic
Spouse	Michelle[1]
Children	2[1]

Before his election to the legislature, Moyes was a teacher at Glenlawn Collegiate. He defeated Progressive Conservative cabinet minister Rochelle Squires to win his seat. He had previously unsuccessfully challenged Squires in 2019.^[3]

Electoral results

v t e 2023 Manitoba general election: Riel
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Mike Moyes	6,160	54.65	+19.26	$31,115.65
	Progressive Conservative	Rochelle Squires	4,278	37.95	-6.80	$37,725.59
	Liberal	LéAmber Kensley	834	7.40	-6.51	$2,610.52
Total valid votes/expense limit			11,272	99.23	–	$67,371.00
Total rejected and declined ballots			88	0.77	–
Turnout			11,360	65.70	+2.46
Eligible voters			17,291
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+13.03
Source(s) Source: Elections Manitoba[4][5][6]

v t e 2019 Manitoba general election: Riel
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Rochelle Squires	4,734	44.75	-6.2	$40,281.22
	New Democratic	Mike Moyes	3,744	35.39	+6.3	$19,468.95
	Liberal	Neil Johnston	1,471	13.90	-5.5	$773.76
	Green	Roger Schellenberg	630	5.96	+5.3	$5.54
Total valid votes			10,579	99.13
Total rejected ballots			93	0.87
Turnout			10,672	63.24
Eligible voters			16,875
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-6.2