Eric Stefanson

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For Stefanson's father, a Manitoba Member of Canadian Parliament, see
Eric Stefanson, Sr.

Eric Stefanson (born October 14, 1950) is a politician in

Eric Stefanson,[2] was a Progressive Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada
from 1958 to 1968.

Stefanson was born in

Deputy Mayor from 1986 to 1988.[3]

In the

Minister of Finance and Chair of the Treasury Board.[1]

Stefanson was easily re-elected in the 1995 provincial election, defeating Liberal Vic Wieler by over 3000 votes. On May 9, 1995, he was relieved of the Treasury Board portfolio and given responsibility for the Manitoba Lotteries Corporation Act (remaining Minister of Finance). On January 6, 1997, he was again given responsibility for the Boxing and Wrestling Commission Act and the Fitness and Amateur Sport Act.[1]

In a cabinet shuffle on February 5, 1999, Stefanson was appointed

Minister of Health and Deputy Premier, also retaining responsibilities of the Boxing/Wrestling Commission and Fitness/Amateur Sport Acts.[1] He scored another easy victory in the 1999 provincial election (defeating New Democrat Dennis Kshyk by over 3000 votes), but the Progressive Conservative party was defeated by the NDP at the provincial level and Stefanson moved into opposition. Although touted by many as a possible party leader after the resignation of Gary Filmon, he decided not to run for the position. On September 7, 2000, Stefanson resigned from the legislature[1] to provide a seat for the party's incoming leader, Stuart Murray
.

During his time in government, Stefanson was one of the most powerful ministers in Gary Filmon's cabinet. He presided over a series of balanced budgets, achieved at the cost of considerable cuts in public funding for various programs. In 1998, Stefanson was accused by some of exercising undue ministerial influence in the appointment of his brother,

Manitoba Telecom Services; no formal charges of impropriety were made, however. In 2000, he supported Tom Long for the leadership of the Canadian Alliance party.[4]

From 2004 to 2009, Stefanson was a regional managing partner for

BDO Dunwoody.[3]

In January 2007, he was appointed by federal transport minister Lawrence Cannon to the board of directors of Via Rail Canada.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e "MLA Biographies - Living". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  2. ^ a b Normandin, Pierre G (1989). Canadian Parliamentary Guide.
  3. ^ a b "Eric Stefanson". FWS Group of Companies. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  4. ^ National Post. 10 May 2000. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ Transport Canada - Media Release - No. H 006/07 January 26, 2007 - Appointments to Via Rail Canada Inc.
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