Peter Bjornson

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{BLP sources|date=July 2009}}

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|office = Minister of Education and Advanced Learning

|term_start = November 3, 2014

|term_end = April 29, 2015

|premier = Greg Selinger

|predecessor = James Allum

|successor = James Allum

|office1 = Manitoba Minister of Housing and Community Development

|term_start1 = October 18, 2013

|term_end1 = November 3, 2014

|premier1 = Greg Selinger

|predecessor1 = Kerri Irvin-Ross

|successor1 = Kerri Irvin-Ross

| office2 = Minister of Entrepreneurship, Training and Trade

|term_start2 = November 3, 2009

|term_end2 = October 18, 2013

|premier2 = Greg Selinger

|predecessor2 = Andrew Swan

|successor2 = Theresa Oswald

|office3 = Minister of Education, Citizenship and Youth

|term_start3 = November 4, 2003

|term_end3 = November 3, 2009

|premier3 = Gary Doer
Greg Selinger

|predecessor3 = Ron Lemieux

|successor3 = Nancy Allan

|office4 = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Gimli

|term_start4 = June 3, 2003

|term_end4 = August 7, 2015

|predecessor4 = Ed Helwer

|successor4 = Jeff Wharton

|office5 = Town Councillor Gimli

|term_start5 = 1988

|term_end5 = 2002

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|party = New Democratic Party

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Peter Bjornson is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a cabinet minister in the NDP government of Premier Greg Selinger.{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/members/mla_bio_living.html#b |title=MLA Biographies - Living |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Manitoba}}

Bjornson has lived for his entire life in the community of Gimli, Manitoba. He worked as a teacher before entering politics, and has extensive experience in local community service. Bjornson received a Governor General's Award for excellence in teaching Canadian history in 2000, and a Prime Minister's Medal in 2001. He also served as a town councillor in Gimli between 1988 and 2002.

Bjornson was one of the new MLAs in the New Democratic Party caucus following the party's provincial election victory in 2003. He was elected in the riding of Gimli, which had been won by the Progressive Conservatives in the election of 1999. With the incumbent MLA retiring, Bjornson defeated Tory candidate by 5,500 votes to 3,651.

After the election, Bjornson was appointed as Manitoba's Minister of Education, Citizenship and Youth. In November 2009, he became Minister of Entrepreneurship, Training and Trade under Premier Selinger.

He was re-elected in the 2007 and 2011 provincial elections.