Lawrence Toet
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Lawrence Toet
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|birth_date={{birth date and age|1962|1|2}}
| birth_place= Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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| party=Conservative
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| residence=Transcona, Winnipeg
| parliament=Canadian
| riding=Elmwood—Transcona
| term_start=May 2, 2011
| term_end= October 19, 2015
| predecessor= Jim Maloway
| spouse=
| successor= Daniel Blaikie
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Lawrence Toet (born January 2, 1962) is a Canadian politician. Born a child of Dutch parents who moved to Canada in the early fifties, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the federal Conservative Party of Canada in the 2011 election, representing the electoral district of Elmwood—Transcona.[https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/conservative-s-toet-takes-elmwood-by-narrow-margin-1.639230 "Conservative's Toet takes Elmwood by narrow margin"]. CTV, May 3, 2011. In the 2015 election, Toet was defeated by NDP candidate Daniel Blaikie by 61 votes.{{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=20 October 2015 | accessdate=21 October 2015 | author=Maloney, Ryan}}
He later won again the candidacy for the Conservative Party of Canada for the riding of Elmwood-Transcona in March 2018 but failed to win back his seat in 2019.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}
He attempted to be the Conservative candidate in the 2023 Portage—Lisgar federal by-election.{{Cite web |title=With former Conservative MP Toet entering the nomination contest, field of high-profile candidates in Portage-Lisgar, Man., is growing |url=https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2023/02/03/with-former-conservative-mp-toet-entering-the-nomination-contest-field-of-high-profile-candidates-in-portage-lisgar-is-growing/377358/ |access-date=2023-05-31 |website=The Hill Times |language=en-CA}} He was endorsed by the constituency's former MP Charles Mayer, however he was unsuccessful in the nomination.{{Cite web |title=Long serving MP for Portage-Lisgar endorses Toet for Conservative Nomination |url=https://thegraphicleader.com/news/local-news/long-serving-mp-for-portage-lisgar-endorses-toet-for-conservative-nomination |access-date=2023-05-31 |website=thegraphicleader |language=en-CA}}
Before politics
From 1984 to 2009, Toet was a partner at Premier Printing, a family owned business in Transcona.
Electoral record
{{2019 Canadian federal election/Elmwood—Transcona}}
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2015|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Daniel Blaikie|14,709|34.14|-10.67|$109,753.17}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Lawrence Toet|14,648|34.00|-12.92|$127,718.93}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Andrea Richardson-Lipon|12,713|29.51|+24.32|$23,842.58}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Kim Parke|1,016|2.36|-0.71|–}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|43,086|99.58| |$199,824.02}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|182|0.42|–}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|43,268|66.35|–}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|65,207}}
{{CANelec/gain|CA|NDP|Conservative|+1.12}}
{{CANelec/source|Source: Elections Canada[http://www.elections.ca/Scripts/vis/candidates?L=e&ED=46005&EV=41&EV_TYPE=1&PC=&PROV=MB&PROVID=46&MAPID=&QID=8&PAGEID=17&TPAGEID=&PD=&STAT_CODE_ID=-1 Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Elmwood—Transcona, 30 September 2015][http://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=can&dir=cand/canlim&document=index&lang=e Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150815061116/http://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=can&dir=cand%2Fcanlim&document=index&lang=e |date=August 15, 2015 }}{{cite web|title=Election Results|url=http://enr.elections.ca/ElectoralDistricts.aspx?lang=e|website=Elections Canada|access-date=20 October 2015}}|}}
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{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2011|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Lawrence Toet|15,298|46.40|+5.66|– }}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Jim Maloway|14,998|45.49|-0.29|– }}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Ilona Niemczyk|1,660|5.03|-1.59|– }}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Ellen Young|1,017|3.08|-2.78|– }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|32,973|99.66| |– }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|112|0.34|+0.02 }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|33,085|55.93|+1.89}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters| 59,154|–|–| }}
{{CANelec/gain |CA |Conservative|NDP|+2.97}}
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References
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External links
- [http://www.lawrencetoet.ca/ Link to official website]
- [http://www.parl.gc.ca/MembersOfParliament/ProfileMP.aspx?Key=170541&Language=E/ Official parliament profile]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX8smVaDebk/ Canada Day Message 2012]
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Category:Canadian people of Dutch descent
Category:Conservative Party of Canada MPs
Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Manitoba
Category:Politicians from Winnipeg
Category:21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada
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