Greg Dewar
Template:Short description Template:Use Canadian English Template:BLP sources Template:Infobox officeholder Gregory Dewar, Template:Post-nominals (born January 9, 1956) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He is a former member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.<ref name=members>Template:Cite web</ref>
Dewar was born in Selkirk, Manitoba, the grandson of former mayor Ben Massey.<ref name=ndp>Template:Cite web</ref> He was educated at the University of Winnipeg, and worked as a steelworker and as a small businessman prior to entering political life. Dewar served as treasurer of the Selkirk local of the Manitoba Metis Federation, and was a founding director of the Maurepas Village Housing Cooperative. He was also involved in the Selkirk Restitution and Reconciliation Committee, a program which assists young offenders.<ref name=votes/>
Dewar was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the provincial election of 1990, running as a New Democrat in the riding of Selkirk.<ref name=members/> He received 3735 votes, against 3467 for Progressive Conservative Russ Farrell (incumbent Liberal Gwen Charles was third with 3009). Dewar was re-elected by a wider margin in the 1995 election, and by a comfortable margin in 1999.<ref name=votes>Template:Cite news</ref> The NDP formed government following the 1999 election, and Dewar was appointed Government Whip.<ref name=votes/>
Dewar supported Lorne Nystrom's bid to become leader of the federal New Democratic Party in 1995. In 2003, he supported Bill Blaikie.
Dewar was easily re-elected in the provincial election of 2003, receiving more than 60% of the vote in his riding.<ref name=votes/>
He was re-elected in the 2007 provincial election and in the 2011 provincial election.<ref name=members/> Dewar was the legislative assistant to the Minister of Finance.<ref name=votes/> He resumed the role of Government Whip following the 2011 election and held that position until 2014.<ref name=ndp/>
On November 3, 2014, Dewar was appointed as Minister of Finance after then-Minister Jennifer Howard, along with four other ministers, resigned from cabinet over concerns about Premier Selinger's leadership.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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- 1956 births
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- New Democratic Party of Manitoba MLAs
- People from Selkirk, Manitoba
- Members of the Executive Council of Manitoba
- Ministers of finance of Manitoba
- Métis politicians
- Manitoba Métis Federation people
- 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
- 21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba