Kevin Klein (politician)
Kevin Elvis Klein is a Conservative politician in Manitoba, Canada and former City of Winnipeg councilor  . He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the 2022 Kirkfield Park provincial by-election, for the electoral division of Kirkfield Park. Klein is a member of the Progressive Conservative Party and, along with the party, was defeated in the October 3, 2023 provincial election. In the summer of 2023, there was controversy about his claim of having Metis ancestry. Klein stood by his claims to refer to himself as Metis and said he was on a personal journey to discover his heritage. Previously, he served as a Winnipeg City Councillor, serving as the Councillor for Charleswood-Tuxedo-Westwood from 2018 to 2022. Klein also ran in the 2022 Winnipeg mayoral election, placing third. He has acted as chair of the Winnipeg Police Service Board and was a member of the City of Winnipeg Standing Policy Committee on Property and Development. He's an honourary chair for the Homes For Heroes Capital Campaign in support of the Winnipeg Kinsmen Veterans' Village. As a mayoral candidate, he focused on a safer city, crime reduction, addressing homelessness issues, addition of a City of Winnipeg Indigenous Economic Officer & not raising property taxes. Klein's mother was a victim of domestic violence. She was murdered by her partner. Electoral results

2022 Winnipeg mayoral election

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Living people
Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba MLAs
Winnipeg city councillors
21st-century Canadian politicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
Members of the Executive Council of Manitoba
Environment ministers of Canadian provinces