Russ Wyatt
| Russ Wyatt | |
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| Secretary of strategic infrastructure renewal (Winnipeg) | |
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Assumed office 2008 |
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| Preceded by | position created |
| Downtown development committee chair (Winnipeg) | |
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In office 2006–2008 |
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| Preceded by | Franco Magnifico |
| Succeeded by | Mike Pagtakhan |
| Winnipeg City Councillor for Transcona | |
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Assumed office 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Shirley Timm-Rudolph |
| Personal details | |
| Occupation | city councillor, management consultant |
Russ Wyatt is a politician in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He has represented Transcona on the Winnipeg City Council since 2002, and is currently a member of the city's executive policy committee. His father, Reg Wyatt, was a councillor from 1983 to 1986.
Wyatt studied Political Science at the University of Winnipeg and worked for the Wyatt Insurance Group, a family company, before entering public life. In the 1990s, he was an assistant to Transcona councillor Rick Boychuk and chairman of the East Kildonan-Transcona residents advisory group.
In 1993, Wyatt recommended that the City of Winnipeg introduce "park-and-ride" areas to improve public transportation. During the 1997 federal election, he argued that renewed debates over national unity were drawing attention away from pressing issues such as job creation, and credited the New Democratic Party as the only political party willing to discuss the economy. He led a petition drive against bus fare increases in 1998.
Wyatt planned to run for city council in the 1998 municipal election with an endorsement from the New Democratic Party of Manitoba, but withdrew just before the nomination deadline. He led a citizen's campaign to preserve Transcona's health centre in 2000, and criticized the provincial government of Gary Doer when it chose to move the centre.
At the time of the 2002 municipal election, Wyatt was the director of communications for the Association of Manitoba Municipalities.
Wyatt was elected to city council for Transcona in the 2002 municipal election, at age 32. He was no longer affiliated with the NDP by this time, and ran without a party endorsement. He called for improved municipal infrastructure, and an increased police presence in his ward. After the election, he was appointed to the city's protection and community services committee.
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