Wayne Ewasko
Wayne Ewasko | |
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| Leader of the Opposition in Manitoba | |
| In office January 18, 2024 – April 26, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Heather Stefanson |
| Succeeded by | Obby Khan |
| Interim Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba | |
| In office January 18, 2024 – April 26, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Heather Stefanson |
| Succeeded by | Obby Khan |
| Minister of Education and Early Childhood Learning | |
| In office January 18, 2022 – October 18, 2023 | |
| Premier | Heather Stefanson |
| Preceded by | Cliff Cullen |
| Succeeded by | Nello Altomare |
| Minister of Advanced Education, Skills, and Immigration | |
| In office January 5, 2021 – January 18, 2022 | |
| Premier | Brian Pallister Kelvin Goertzen Heather Stefanson |
| Preceded by | Portfolio Created |
| Succeeded by | Jon Reyes |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Lac du Bonnet | |
| Assumed office October 4, 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Gerald Hawranik |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Occupation | Teacher, curler, politician |
Wayne Ewasko is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the 2011 election.
He represents the electoral district of Lac du Bonnet as a member of the Manitoba Progressive Conservative Party caucus. He was re-elected in the 2016, 2019, and 2023 provincial elections. He served in the cabinets of Brian Pallister, Kelvin Goertzen and Heather Stefanson as the Minister of Advanced Education, Skills, and Immigration from 2021 to 2022 and then as Minister of Education and Early Childhood Learning from 2022 until the PC government's defeat in the 2023 Manitoba general election.
On October 24, 2023, he was appointed as the Shadow Minister for Education and Early Childhood Learning. On January 18, 2024, he was named interim leader of the Progressive Conservative Party following the resignation of Heather Stefanson. As interim leader, he apologized in March 2025 for PC campaign ads in the 2023 election that promoted their decision not to search for two victims' bodies in the 2022 Winnipeg serial killings.