Joyce Bateman

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Joyce Bateman
Joyce Bateman in Winnipeg - 2018 (27036409688) (cropped).jpg
Bateman in 2018
Member of Parliament
for Winnipeg South Centre
In office
May 2, 2011 – October 19, 2015
Preceded byAnita Neville
Succeeded byJim Carr
Personal details
Born1957
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Political partyLiberal (to 2009)
Conservative (2011-present)
ResidenceWinnipeg, Manitoba
ProfessionAccountant

Joyce Bateman is a Canadian politician. She served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the electoral district of Winnipeg South Centre from 2011 to 2015.

Early and personal life[]

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]

After attending business school, Bateman articled with Price Waterhouse in Winnipeg and has worked and lived in Winnipeg ever since. She met Darrell Hancock while at Price Waterhouse. Hancock and Bateman are married and have two children.[citation needed]

Joyce Bateman is a Chartered Accountant. Prior to her election to Parliament, Bateman was a trustee on the Winnipeg School Board. First elected to the Winnipeg School Board in 2001, she served two terms as chairperson, and one term as vice-chairperson.[1] She was formerly a member of the federal Liberal party, although her party membership lapsed 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."[2][3][4][5]

Federal politics[]

Bateman successfully ran for School Trustee in 2001. As Chair of the Board of Trustees, her fiscal prudence enabled the full reinstatement of the Nursery Program in 2005 for the Winnipeg School Division. It had been cut by the Board in 1998 before Bateman was elected.[citation needed]

Bateman successfully ran for School Trustee with no political affiliation. In late 2003, she purchased a membership, under the Paul Martin push, in the Liberal Party of Canada. She left that party in 2009.[citation needed]

In 2011, given her four-time successful electoral record (2001, 2002, 2006 and 2010), Bateman was sought out by the Conservative Party of Canada to run in Winnipeg South Centre. She was successful.

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.

Bateman was defeated in 2015 by former Liberal provincial MLA Jim Carr,[6] falling to 28 percent of the vote.

Bateman re-contested her previous riding in a rematch against Carr in the 2019 federal election but lost. She is running again in the 2021 federal election.

Electoral record[]

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2019 Canadian federal election: Winnipeg South Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Jim Carr 22,799 45.0 -14.72 $83,512.07
Conservative Joyce Bateman 15,051 29.7 +1.51‬ $37,521.63
New Democratic Elizabeth Shearer 8,965 17.7 +8.74 $8,170.86
Green James Beddome 3,173 6.3 +3.17 $3,211.69
People's Jane MacDiarmid 569 1.1 – $7,017.57
Christian Heritage Linda Marynuk 104 0.2 – none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit 50,661 100.0
Total rejected ballots 267
Turnout 50,928 71.6
Eligible voters 71,156
Liberal hold Swing -8.12
Source: Elections Canada[7][8]
hide2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Jim Carr 31,993 59.72 +23.13 $138,860.30
Conservative Joyce Bateman 15,102 28.19 -12.96 $92,738.43
New Democratic Matt Henderson 4,799 8.96 -9.39 $29,074.48
Green Andrew Park 1,677 3.13 -0.09 $26,901.85
Total valid votes/Expense limit 53,571 100.00   $203,341.22
Total rejected ballots 188 0.35 –
Turnout 53,759 77.02 –
Eligible voters 69,799
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +18.05
Source: Elections Canada[9][10]
hide2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Joyce Bateman 15,506 38.82 +2.56 $72,590.37
Liberal Anita Neville 14,784 37.02 -5.24 $79,128.33
New Democratic Dennis Lewycky 7,945 19.89 +5.78 $15,656.19
Green Joshua McNeil 1,383 3.46 -3.89 $1,586.80
Independent Matt Henderson 218 0.55 – $129.79
Independent Lyndon B. Froese 103 0.26 – $0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit 39,939 100.00   –
Total rejected ballots 154 0.38 -0.01
Turnout 40,093 70.80 +5.12
Eligible voters 56,628 – –

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/winnipeg-south-centre-1.866198#c1
  2. ^ "Liberal fiscal plan 'reckless': Bateman". Winnipeg Free Press, April 2, 2011.
  3. ^ "Longtime Liberal jumping to Conservatives". CBC News, April 1, 2011.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2014-07-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Welcome - Joyce Bateman, MP for Winnipeg South Centre - About". Joyce Bateman, MP for Winnipeg South Centre. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  6. ^ Maloney, Ryan (20 October 2015). "6 Controversial Tory Incumbents Who Lost (And 2 Who Didn't)". Huffington Post Canada. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  7. ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
  8. ^ "Candidate Campaign Returns". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  9. ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Winnipeg South Centre, 30 September 2015
  10. ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

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