Joyce Bateman

Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Bateman was involved in the musical community. After training four summers at the Banff School of Fine Arts, she went to study at the University of Western Ontario under Ralph Aldrich. She put herself through university there by playing viola in the London Symphony Orchestra and received her HBA from the Ivey School of Business.{{citation needed|date=December 2017}}

After attending business school, Bateman articled with Price Waterhouse in Winnipeg.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}} She is a chartered accountant.{{cite web|url=http://joycebateman.ca/main.asp?cat_ID=2|title=Welcome - Joyce Bateman, MP for Winnipeg South Centre - About|website=Joyce Bateman, MP for Winnipeg South Centre|access-date=June 4, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714232842/http://joycebateman.ca/main.asp?cat_ID=2|archive-date=July 14, 2014}}

Bateman was elected to the Winnipeg School Board as a trustee in 2001. She served two terms as chairperson, and one term as vice-chairperson.{{cite web| url = http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/winnipeg-south-centre-1.866198#c1| title = Winnipeg South Centre {{!}} CBC News}} Her tenure saw the reinstatement of the Nursery Program for the Winnipeg School Division in 2005. It had been cut by the Board in 1998.{{citation needed|date=December 2017}}

In late 2003, Bateman became a member of the Liberal Party. She allowed her party membership to lapse in 2009. In 2011, she said that she opted to run as a Conservative due to misgivings over the fiscal policies of the Liberal Party, which she described as "reckless."[http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/liberal-fiscal-plan-reckless-bateman-119110979.html "Liberal fiscal plan 'reckless': Bateman"]. Winnipeg Free Press, April 2, 2011.[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/longtime-liberal-jumping-to-conservatives-1.1058820 "Longtime Liberal jumping to Conservatives"]. CBC News, April 1, 2011.

In 2011, given her four-time successful electoral record as a school trustee (2001, 2002, 2006 and 2010), Bateman was sought out by the Conservative Party of Canada to run in Winnipeg South Centre. She was successful.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

While serving in Parliament there was a serious problem with a rail crossing in her riding. As a result, she introduced a Private Members’ Bill on Rail Safety which makes every rail crossing throughout Canada safer.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

Bateman was defeated in 2015 by former Liberal provincial MLA Jim Carr,{{cite web | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/10/20/controversial-tory-incumbents-paul-calandra_n_8339924.html | title=6 Controversial Tory Incumbents Who Lost (And 2 Who Didn't) | publisher=Huffington Post Canada | date=October 20, 2015 | access-date=October 21, 2015 | author=Maloney, Ryan}} falling to 28 percent of the vote.{{cite news |last=Macintosh |first=Maggie |date=October 21, 2019 |title=Carr holds seat in rematch against Bateman |url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2019/10/21/carr-holds-seat-in-rematch-against-bateman |work=Winnipeg Free Press |location=Winnipeg, Manitoba |access-date=December 15, 2022}}

Bateman re-contested her previous riding in a rematch against Carr in the 2019 federal election but lost. She lost again in the 2021 federal election.{{cite news |last=McKendrick |first=Devon |date=September 20, 2021 |title=Jim Carr stays as MP for Winnipeg South Centre |url=https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/jim-carr-stays-as-mp-for-winnipeg-south-centre-1.5593444 |work=CTV News |location=Winnipeg, Manitoba |access-date=December 15, 2022}}

Bateman has worked and lived in Winnipeg since completing school. She met Darrell Hancock while at Price Waterhouse. Hancock and Bateman are married and have two children.{{citation needed|date=December 2017}}

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