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- Steve_Ashton abstract "Steven John "Steve" Ashton (born February 29, 1956 in Surrey, England) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He is a long-serving member of the Manitoba legislature, and is currently a cabinet minister in the New Democratic Party government of Greg Selinger.The son of John Stewart Ashton and Nedra May Childs, he moved with his family to Thompson, in northern Manitoba, at age eleven. He was educated at R.D. Parker Collegiate in that community, the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg and Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario. He was President of the University of Manitoba Students' Union in 1978-79 and has lectured in Economics for the former Inter Universities North in Thompson and Cross Lake.Ashton was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1981 provincial election, defeating Progressive Conservative incumbent Ken MacMaster by 72 votes in the constituency of Thompson. At the time of his first election, Ashton was involved in an INCO strike in the Thompson area as a member of the United Steelworkers of America. He was re-elected in the 1986 election by a greater margin. Ashton did not serve in the cabinet of Howard Pawley.The NDP were defeated in the provincial election of 1988, although Ashton won his own riding by a comfortable margin. He would later serve as House Leader for the NDP in opposition, and was easily re-elected in the provincial elections of 1990, 1995 and 1999. In 1995, he supported Lorne Nystrom's bid to lead the federal New Democratic Party.When NDP leader Gary Doer became Premier of Manitoba in October 1999, Ashton was appointed Minister of Highways and Government Services. On July 4, 2000, he was charged with administration of the Gaming Control Act; his ministry was renamed as Transportation and Government Services on January 17, 2001. Following a cabinet shuffle on September 25, 2002, Ashton became Minister of Conservation (in which capacity he argued for national approval of the Kyoto Accord on climate change). On June 25, 2003, he was also made Minister of Labour and Immigration with responsibility for Multiculturalism and administration of the Worker's Compensation Act.In 2003, Ashton supported Bill Blaikie's campaign to become leader of the federal NDP.Ashton was re-elected in the 2003 election with over 82% of the vote in his constituency. On November 4, 2003, he was named as the province's first Minister of Water Stewardship (created after highly publicized water contamination tragedies in Walkerton, Ontario and North Battleford, Saskatchewan).Ashton is also Secretary of the Canadian Committee for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles, seeking the return of the treasured sculptures from Britain to Greece. He speaks Greek, and has written on the political culture of that nation.In 1979, Ashton married Hariklia "Hari" Dimitrakopoulou. His daughter, Niki Ashton, is also a politician and is the New Democratic Party Member of Parliament for the riding of Churchill.Ashton was re-elected in the 2007 provincial election and in September 2007 he was appointed Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister responsible for the Emergency Measures Organization.On September 4, 2009, Ashton announced his candidacy to succeed Gary Doer as leader of the Manitoba NDP.Upon Greg Selinger's election as premier, Ashton was made Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation, with the added responsibilities of Emergency Measures and the administration of the Manitoba Lotteries Corporation Act. He is also the lead minister for Canada-Manitoba Infrastructure programs.".
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- Steve_Ashton activeYearsEndDate "2009-09-14".
- Steve_Ashton activeYearsStartDate "1981-11-17".
- Steve_Ashton activeYearsStartDate "1999-10-05".
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- Steve_Ashton birthDate "1956-02-29".
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- Steve_Ashton office "Manitoba Minister of Conservation".
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- Steve_Ashton office "Manitoba Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs".
- Steve_Ashton office "Manitoba Minister of Labour and Immigration".
- Steve_Ashton office "Manitoba Minister of Transportation and Government Services".
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- Steve_Ashton office "Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba".
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- Steve_Ashton party New_Democratic_Party_of_Manitoba.
- Steve_Ashton region Thompson_(electoral_district).
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- Steve_Ashton office Minister_of_Conservation_(Manitoba).
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- Steve_Ashton office Minister_of_Labour_and_Immigration_(Manitoba).
- Steve_Ashton office Minister_of_Local_Government_(Manitoba).
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- Steve_Ashton office "Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba".
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- Steve_Ashton party New_Democratic_Party_of_Manitoba.
- Steve_Ashton placeOfBirth England.
- Steve_Ashton placeOfBirth Surrey.
- Steve_Ashton predecessor Becky_Barrett.
- Steve_Ashton predecessor Ken_MacMaster.
- Steve_Ashton predecessor Oscar_Lathlin.
- Steve_Ashton predecessor Ron_Lemieux.
- Steve_Ashton predecessor Scott_Smith_(Canadian_politician).
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- Steve_Ashton shortDescription "Canadian politician".
- Steve_Ashton successor Christine_Melnick.
- Steve_Ashton successor Nancy_Allan.
- Steve_Ashton successor Ron_Lemieux.
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- Steve_Ashton termEnd "1979".
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- Steve_Ashton termEnd "2006-09-21".
- Steve_Ashton termEnd "2009-09-14".
- Steve_Ashton termStart "1978".
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- Steve_Ashton termStart "1999-10-05".
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- Steve_Ashton termStart "2002-09-25".
- Steve_Ashton termStart "2003-06-25".
- Steve_Ashton termStart "2003-11-04".
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- Steve_Ashton termStart "2009-11-03".
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