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Mervin C. Tweed, MP (born August 6, 1955 in Medora, Manitoba ) is a politician in Manitoba , Canada . He currently sits as the Member Of Parliament for Brandon—Souris . Prior to that he was a member of the Manitoba Legislature from 1995 to 2004 , representing the constituency of Turtle Mountain . Tweed was born in Medora , Manitoba, and was educated at Brandon University . He operated an automobile business for seventeen years, and was for a time an executive member of the Killarney and Area Recreation Committee. Tweed began his political career in municipal politics, serving as a Councillor in the rural municipality of Brenda for five years, and as deputy Reeve for three. In 1995, he was elected to the Manitoba legislature as a Progressive Conservative in Turtle Mountain , a safe seat for the party. He served as a parliamentary assistant to a variety of ministers in the government of Premier Gary Filmon before being appointed Minister Of Industry, Trade And Tourism with responsibility for the Development Corporation Act on February 5 , 1999 . Tweed was easily re-elected in the provincial election of October 1999 , although the Progressive Conservatives were defeated at the provincial level by the New Democratic Party until Gary Doer . Tweed resigned his cabinet portfolio with the rest of the Filmon ministry. Despite the NDP's landmark election win of 2003 , Tweed was again re-elected in Turtle Mountain without difficulty, receiving 3956 votes against 1893 for New Democrat Lonnie Patterson . When federal Conservative MP Rick Borotsik ( Brandon-Souris ), announced his retirement in 2004 , Tweed resigned his provincial seat and won the Conservative nomination for the riding. He received 18209 votes in the general election, against 8522 for Liberal Murray Downing . Following the election, Tweed was named opposition critic for Western Economic Diversification by Conservative leader Stephen Harper . He easily retained his seat in the 2006 Election . EXTERNAL LINKS
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