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Derek Johnson (politician)

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Derek Johnson
Minister of Agriculture
In office
January 18, 2022 – October 18, 2023
PremierHeather Stefanson
Preceded byRalph Eichler
Succeeded byRon Kostyshyn
Minister of Municipal Relations
In office
January 5, 2021 – January 18, 2022
PremierBrian Pallister
Kelvin Goertzen
Heather Stefanson
Preceded byRochelle Squires
Succeeded byEileen Clarke
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Interlake-Gimli
Interlake 2016-2019
Assumed office
September 10, 2019
Preceded byRiding Created
In office
April 19, 2016 – September 10, 2019
Preceded byTom Nevakshonoff
Succeeded byRiding Abolished
Personal details
Political partyProgressive Conservative

Derek Johnson is a Canadian provincial politician, who was elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for the riding of Interlake in the 2016 election.[1] He is a member of the Progressive Conservative party, and defeated NDP incumbent Tom Nevakshonoff in the election.

Johnson was elected again in the 2019 and 2023 general elections in the riding of Interlake-Gimli. On October 24, 2023, he was appointed as the Shadow Minister for Seniors and Long-Term Care.

Electoral record

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2023 Manitoba general election: Interlake-Gimli
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Derek Johnson 5,143 49.59 -9.03 $40,272.35
New Democratic Sarah Pinsent-Bardarson 4,460 43.01 9.94 $50,266.72
Keystone Larry Brandt 393 3.79 $4,816.90
Liberal Sean James 374 3.61 -0.20 $1,617.68
Total valid votes/expense limit 10,370 99.24 $63,090.00
Total rejected and declined ballots 79 0.76
Turnout 10,449 65.04 -0.52
Eligible voters 16,065
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -9.48
Source(s)
2019 Manitoba general election: Interlake-Gimli
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Derek Johnson 6,165 58.62 -1.8 $33,875.10
New Democratic Sarah Pinsent 3,478 33.07 8.5 $34,329.54
Green Dwight Harfield 473 4.50 1.5 $0.00
Liberal Mary Lou Bourgeois 400 3.80 -7.3 $0.00
Total valid votes 10,516
Rejected 39
Eligible voters / turnout 16,100 65.56
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.
2016 Manitoba general election: Interlake
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Derek Johnson 3,685 51.32 7.90 $27,224.05
Liberal Jamal Abas 2,068 28.80 25.90 $8,951.25
New Democratic Tom Nevakshonoff 1,428 19.89 -30.58 $19,403.09
Total valid votes 7,181
Rejected 58
Eligible voters / turnout 11,868 61.00 7.64
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.

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