Drew Caldwell
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Drew Caldwell BA, BEd |
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| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba | |
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In office September 21, 1999 – April 19, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Leonard Evans |
| Succeeded by | Len Isleifson |
| Constituency | Brandon East |
| Manitoba Minister of Family Services and Housing | |
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In office September 25, 2002 – November 4, 2003 |
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| Premier | Gary Doer |
| Preceded by | Tim Sale |
| Succeeded by | Christine Melnick |
| Manitoba Minister of Education, Training and Youth | |
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In office January 17, 2001 – September 25, 2002 |
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| Premier | Gary Doer |
| Preceded by | new portfolio |
| Succeeded by | portfolio abolished |
| Manitoba Minister of Education and Training | |
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In office October 5, 1999 – January 17, 2001 |
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| Premier | Gary Doer |
| Preceded by | James McCrae |
| Succeeded by | portfolio abolished |
| Member of the Brandon City Council | |
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In office 1992–1999 |
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| Preceded by | James Harwood |
| Succeeded by | Marion Robinsong |
| Constituency | Rosser |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
April 10, 1960 Brandon, Manitoba |
| Political party | New Democratic Party |
| Alma mater |
Brandon University Queen's University |
Drew Caldwell (born April 10, 1960) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba since 1999, is a cabinet minister in the government of Greg Selinger, and served in the cabinet of Gary Doer. Caldwell is a member of the New Democratic Party.
Caldwell was born in Brandon, Manitoba. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brandon University (1982) and a Bachelor of Education degree from Queen's University in Kingston (1983), and has taken graduate studies in History at McGill University. He returned to Brandon as an adult, worked as a substitute teacher, and was active with community organizations such as the Brandon Folk Music and Art Festival, the Brandon Poverty Forum and the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba.
Caldwell was a member of the Brandon city council from 1992 to 1999, representing the Rosser Ward (Ward Two). He was a founding director of the Brandon Regional Health Authority, and an Executive Member of the Union of Manitoba Municipalities, the Manitoba Association of Urban Municipalities and the Association of Manitoba Municipalities between 1997 and 1999. He opposed tax increases while on council, and supported owners of single-family homes in calling for parts of the city to be re-zoned from high-density residential to low-density residential. In 1998, he led a movement to establish a $50,000 reserve fund for social development.
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