# Wayne Ewasko

Wayne Ewasko is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the 2011 election.
He represents the electoral district of Lac du Bonnet as a member of the Manitoba Progressive Conservative Party caucus. He was re-elected in the 2016, 2019, and 2023 provincial elections. He served in the cabinets of Brian Pallister, Kelvin Goertzen and Heather Stefanson as the Minister of Advanced Education, Skills, and Immigration from 2021 to 2022 and then as Minister of Education and Early Childhood Learning from 2022 until the PC government's defeat in the 2023 Manitoba general election.
On October 24, 2023, he was appointed as the Shadow Minister for Education and Early Childhood Learning. On January 18, 2024, he was named interim leader of the Progressive Conservative Party following the resignation of Heather Stefanson.

## Electoral record

vte2023 Manitoba general election: Lac du Bonnet :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Progressive Conservative | Wayne Ewasko | 5,670 | 58.51 | -7.40 | $27,306.37 |
| | New Democratic | Kathy Majowski | 3,447 | 35.57 | +16.22 | $10,975.34 |
| | Green | Blair Mahaffy | 573 | 5.91 | – | $759.06 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 9,690 | 99.13 | – | $62,732.00 |
| Total rejected and declined ballots | Total rejected and declined ballots | Total rejected and declined ballots | 85 | 0.87 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,775 | 60.85 | -0.39 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 16,064 |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -11.81 |
| Source(s) Source: Elections Manitoba |||||||
vte2019 Manitoba general election: Lac du Bonnet :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Progressive Conservative | Wayne Ewasko | 6,177 | 65.91 | -11.57 | $23,226.73 |
| | New Democratic | Sidney Klassen | 1,814 | 19.36 | -3.17 | $1,256.85 |
| | Liberal | Terry Hayward | 1,381 | 14.74 | – | $4,507.33 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 9,372 | – | – |
| Rejected | Rejected | Rejected | 106 | – |
| Eligible voters / turnout | Eligible voters / turnout | Eligible voters / turnout | 15,477 | 61.24 | 6.32 |
| 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. Elections Manitoba. Retrieved 2 March 2020. |||||||
vte2016 Manitoba general election: Lac du Bonnet :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Progressive Conservative | Wayne Ewasko | 5,666 | 77.48 | 23.18 | $25,069.13 |
| | New Democratic | Wendy Sol | 1,647 | 22.52 | -16.01 | $2,955.31 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 7,313 | – | – |
| Rejected | Rejected | Rejected | 227 | – |
| Eligible voters / turnout | Eligible voters / turnout | Eligible voters / turnout | 13,729 | 54.92 | -3.12 |
| Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (2016). Statement of Votes for the 41st Provincial General Election, April 19, 2016 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. "Election Returns: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2018. |||||||
vte2011 Manitoba general election: Lac du Bonnet :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Progressive Conservative | Wayne Ewasko | 4,350 | 54.30 | -4.71 | $20,568.00 |
| | New Democratic | Elana Spence | 3,087 | 38.53 | 4.91 | $13,574.10 |
| | Green | Dan Green | 290 | 3.62 | – | $1,517.95 |
| | Liberal | Charlett Millen | 284 | 3.55 | -3.82 | $2,966.68 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 8,011 | – | – |
| Rejected | Rejected | Rejected | 24 | – |
| Eligible voters / turnout | Eligible voters / turnout | Eligible voters / turnout | 13,844 | 58.04 | -0.48 |
| Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (2011). Statement of Votes for the 40th Provincial General Election, October 4, 2011 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. "Election Returns: 40th General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2018. |||||||

## Personal life

Ewasko is noteworthy as both a politician and a curler having previously been to the 2006, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014 and 2017 provincial championships.