Lawrence Toet

Lawrence Toet
Member of Parliament
for Elmwood—Transcona
In office
May 2, 2011 – October 19, 2015
Preceded byJim Maloway
Succeeded byDaniel Blaikie
Personal details
Born (1962-01-02) January 2, 1962 (age 62)
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Political partyConservative
ResidenceTranscona, Winnipeg

Lawrence Toet (born January 2, 1962) is a Canadian politician. Born a child of Dutch parents who moved to Canada in the early fifties, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the federal Conservative Party of Canada in the 2011 election, representing the electoral district of Elmwood—Transcona.[1] In the 2015 election, Toet was defeated by NDP candidate Daniel Blaikie by 61 votes.[2] He later won again the candidacy for the Conservative Party of Canada for the riding of Elmwood-Transcona in March 2018 but failed to win back his seat in 2019.[citation needed]

He attempted to be the Conservative candidate in the 2023 Portage—Lisgar federal by-election.[3] He was endorsed by the constituency's former MP Charles Mayer, however he was unsuccessful in the nomination.[4]

  1. ^ "Conservative's Toet takes Elmwood by narrow margin". CTV, May 3, 2011.
  2. ^ Maloney, Ryan (October 20, 2015). "6 Controversial Tory Incumbents Who Lost (And 2 Who Didn't)". Huffington Post Canada. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
  3. ^ "With former Conservative MP Toet entering the nomination contest, field of high-profile candidates in Portage-Lisgar, Man., is growing". The Hill Times. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  4. ^ "Long serving MP for Portage-Lisgar endorses Toet for Conservative Nomination". thegraphicleader. Retrieved May 31, 2023.