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Biography
Theodore J. "Ted" Falk MP (born May 23, 1960) is a Canadian politician, who currently represents the electoral district of Provencher in the House of Commons of Canada. A member of the Conservative Party of Canada, he was first elected in a by-election on November 25, 2013, succeeding former cabinet minister Vic Toews, who had retired from politics three months earlier after almost 13 years as the area's MP.
Early life and career
Prior to his election, Falk was chairman and president of the Steinbach Credit Union (SCU), and the president of a construction and gravel-crushing company.
When Falk became SCU President in 1998, the credit union had $728 million in assets. On February 18, 2014, after 16 years with Falk as president, the SCU reported $4.16 billion in assets.
Electoral record
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Provencher | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Ted Falk | 31,821 | 65.9 | |||||
| Liberal | Trevor Kirczenow | 6,347 | 13.1 | |||||
| New Democratic | Erin McGee | 6,187 | 12.8 | |||||
| Green | Janine G. Gibson | 2,884 | 6.0 | |||||
| People's | Wayne Sturby | 1,066 | 2.2 | |||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 48,305 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 322 | |||||||
| Turnout | 48,627 | 70.5 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 68,979 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election: Provencher | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Ted Falk | 25,086 | 56.1 | -14.26 | – | |||
| Liberal | Terry Hayward | 15,509 | 34.7 | +27.97 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Les Lilley | 2,371 | 5.3 | -12.86 | – | |||
| Green | Jeff Wheeldon | 1,779 | 4 | +1.03 | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 44,745 | 100.0 | $215,088.68 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 169 | 0.38 | -0.22 | |||||
| Turnout | 44,914 | 69.52 | +35.67 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 64,598 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -21.12 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada | ||||||||
| Canadian federal by-election, November 25, 2013: Provencher | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Ted Falk | 13,046 | 58.20 | −12.40 | $ 83,542.19 | |||
| Liberal | Terry Hayward | 6,711 | 29.94 | +23.23 | 66,455.27 | |||
| New Democratic | Natalie Courcelles Beaudry | 1,843 | 8.22 | −9.67 | 17,878.16 | |||
| Green | Janine Gibson | 817 | 3.64 | +0.69 | 1,074.97 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 22,417 | 100.0 | – | $ 97,453.98 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 136 | 0.60 | +0.17 | |||||
| Turnout | 22,553 | 33.85 | −27.88 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 66,624 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −17.86 | ||||||
| By-election due to the resignation of Vic Toews. | ||||||||
Source(s) "November 25, 2013 By-elections". Elections Canada. November 26, 2013. Retrieved December 14, 2013. "November 25, 2013 By-election – Financial Reports". Retrieved October 29, 2014. | ||||||||
