Andrew Smith (Canadian politician)

Andrew Smith
Minister of Municipal Relations
In office January 30, 2023 – October 18, 2023
Premier	Heather Stefanson
Preceded by	Eileen Clarke
Succeeded by	Ian Bushie
Minister of Sport, Culture and Heritage
In office January 18, 2022 – January 30, 2023
Premier	Heather Stefanson
Preceded by	Cathy Cox
Succeeded by	Obby Khan
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Lagimodière
In office September 10, 2019 – September 5, 2023
Preceded by	new district
Succeeded by	Tyler Blashko
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Southdale
In office April 19, 2016 – August 12, 2019
Preceded by	Erin Selby
Succeeded by	Audrey Gordon
Personal details
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Residence(s)	Winnipeg, Manitoba

Andrew Smith is a Canadian politician and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. He served as a legislator from the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba. He was first elected in the 2016 election as MLA for Southdale,^[1] and re-elected in 2019 as MLA for the new electoral district of Lagimodière, which was created partly from his former constituency. He served until he lost the seat in 2023.

Electoral record

v t e 2023 Manitoba general election: Lagimodière
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Tyler Blashko	5,711	46.24	+18.37	$29,394.93
	Progressive Conservative	Andrew Smith	5,599	45.33	-6.45	$41,864.78
	Liberal	Walt Nilsson	1,041	8.43	-6.36	$304.63
Total valid votes/expense limit			12,351	99.56	–	$75,746.00
Total rejected and declined ballots			54	0.44	–
Turnout			12,405	64.05	+1.78
Eligible voters			19,367
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+12.41
Source(s) Source: Elections Manitoba[2][3][4]

v t e 2019 Manitoba general election: Lagimodière
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Andrew Smith	5,187	51.78	-12.1	$22,483.72
	New Democratic	Billie Cross	2,792	27.87	+5.8	$11,981.93
	Liberal	Jake Sacher	1,481	14.78	+0.9	$5,080.09
	Green	Bob Krul	557	5.56	+5.4	$0.00
Total valid votes			10,017	99.47
Total rejected ballots			53	0.53
Turnout			10,070	62.27
Eligible voters			16,172
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-9.0

v t e 2016 Manitoba general election: Southdale
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Andrew Smith	6,663	63.82	+18.83	$43,062.01
	New Democratic	Dashi Zargani	2,460	23.56	-28.45	$19,423.93
	Liberal	Ryan Colyer	1,318	12.62	+9.62	$1,526.57
Total valid votes/expense limit			10,441	97.78	-	$53,274.00
Total rejected ballots			237	2.22	+1.90
Turnout			10,678	62.31	-7.82
Eligible voters			17,137
	Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic		Swing		+23.64
Source: Elections Manitoba[5][6][7]

References

1. "Manitoba election results". Global News. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
2. "Summary of Votes Received" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
3. "CANDIDATE ELECTION RETURNS GENERAL ELECTION 2023". Elections Manitoba. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
4. "2023 GENERAL ELECTION CANDIDATE AND REGISTERED PARTY ELECTION EXPENSE LIMITS - FINAL EXPENSE LIMIT" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
5. "Candidates: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
6. "41ST GENERAL ELECTION, APRIL 19, 2016 - OFFICIAL RESULTS". Elections Manitoba. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
7. "Election Returns: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2018.