Kevin Elvis Klein is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. A member of the Progressive Conservative Party, Klein has served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba and is a former City of Winnipeg councilor.
Kevin Klein | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Environment and Climate | |
| In office January 30, 2023 – October 18, 2023 | |
| Premier | Heather Stefanson |
| Preceded by | Jeff Wharton |
| Succeeded by | Tracy Schmidt |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Kirkfield Park | |
| In office December 13, 2022 – September 5, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Scott Fielding |
| Succeeded by | Logan Oxenham |
| Winnipeg City Councillor for Charleswood-Tuxedo-Westwood | |
| In office 2018–2022 | |
| Preceded by | Marty Morantz |
| Succeeded by | Evan Duncan |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Political career
Klein served as the Winnipeg City Councillor for Charleswood-Tuxedo-Westwood from 2018 to 2022. Klein also ran in the 2022 Winnipeg mayoral election, placing third.[1] As a mayoral candidate, he focused on crime reduction, homelessness, addition of a City of Winnipeg Indigenous Economic Officer and not raising property taxes.[2]
Klein has acted as chair of the Winnipeg Police Service Board[3][better source needed] and was a member of the City of Winnipeg Standing Policy Committee on Property and Development. He has been named an honorary chair for the Homes For Heroes Capital Campaign in support of the Winnipeg Kinsmen Veterans' Village.[4]
Klein was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the 2022 Kirkfield Park provincial by-election for the electoral division of Kirkfield Park.[5][6]
In the summer of 2023, there was controversy about Klein's claim of Métis ancestry. Klein stood by his claims and said he was on a personal journey to discover his heritage.[7][8][9]
Along with his party, Klein was defeated in the October 3, 2023 provincial election.[10]
Newspaper career
Klein served as publisher of the Winnipeg Sun from 2007 to 2013. He was a regular columnist for the paper following his defeat in 2023 provincial election. On May 27, 2024, Postmedia Network announced it will sell the Sun, Portage la Prairie Graphic Leader, Kenora Miner and News, along with Postmedia's Winnipeg printing operations, to The Klein Group, of which Klein is president and CEO.[11][12]
Personal life
Klein's mother was a victim of domestic violence and was murdered by her partner.[13] His stepfather served seven years in prison.[14]
Electoral results
| 2023 Manitoba general election: Kirkfield Park | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Logan Oxenham | 5,067 | 44.55 | +18.87 | $23,228.82 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Kevin Klein | 4,406 | 38.74 | -11.62 | $59,804.69 | |||
| Liberal | Rhonda Nichol | 1,696 | 14.91 | -0.76 | $13,290.09 | |||
| Green | Dennis Bayomi | 205 | 1.80 | -6.48 | $2,776.31 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 11,374 | 99.63 | – | $69,804.00 | ||||
| Total rejected and declined ballots | 42 | 0.37 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 11,416 | 63.76 | +2.51 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 17,906 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +15.24 | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||||
| Manitoba provincial by-election, December 13, 2022: Kirkfield Park Resignation of Scott Fielding | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Kevin Klein | 2,356 | 37.03 | -13.33 | ||||
| New Democratic | Logan Oxenham | 2,196 | 34.51 | +8.83 | ||||
| Liberal | Rhonda Nichol | 1,741 | 27.36 | +11.69 | ||||
| Green | Dennis Bayomi | 70 | 1.10 | -7.19 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,363 | 99.86 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 9 | 0.14 | -0.61 | |||||
| Turnout | 6,372 | 36.48 | -24.77 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 17,468 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -11.08 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Manitoba[18] | ||||||||
2022 Winnipeg mayoral election
| Candidate | Votes[19] | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Gillingham | 53,663 | 27.54 | |
| Glen Murray | 49,272 | 25.29 | |
| Kevin Klein | 28,806 | 14.78 | |
| Shaun Loney | 28,567 | 14.66 | |
| Robert-Falcon Ouellette | 15,029 | 7.71 | |
| Jenny Motkaluk | 7,443 | 3.82 | |
| Rana Bokhari | 5,900 | 3.03 | |
| Rick Shone | 2,570 | 1.32 | |
| Don Woodstock | 1,889 | 0.97 | |
| Idris Adelakun | 1,263 | 0.65 | |
| Chris Clacio | 451 | 0.23 | |
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Kevin Klein | 7,403 | 41.87 |
| Grant Nordman | 5,922 | 33.50 |
| Kevin Nichols | 2,690 | 15.22 |
| Ken St. George | 1,664 | 9.41 |