Mervin Tweed
| Mervin C. Tweed | |
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| Member of Parliament for Brandon—Souris | |
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In office 2004 – August 31, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Rick Borotsik |
| Succeeded by | Larry Maguire |
| MLA for Turtle Mountain | |
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In office 1995–2004 |
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| Preceded by | Bob Rose |
| Succeeded by | Cliff Cullen |
| Chair of the Standing Committee on Agriculture |
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In office 25 September 2012 – 23 October 2013 |
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| Minister | Gerry Ritz |
| Preceded by | Larry Miller |
| Succeeded by | Bev Shipley |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
August 6, 1955 Medora, Manitoba |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Residence | Brandon, Manitoba |
| Profession | Automobile dealer |
Mervin C. Tweed, MP (born August 6, 1955 in Medora, Manitoba) is a retired politician in Manitoba, Canada. He represented Brandon—Souris in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to August 31, 2013. Prior to that he was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1995 to 2004, representing the constituency of Turtle Mountain. He is currently the president of Omnitrax, the American rail company responsible for the Churchill rail line. Despite under contract for maintenance of the line, the company is attempting to sue the Canadian government, to not fulfill its obligations.
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.
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