Before entering provincial politics, Eichler served for eight years as the administrator of the Interlake School Division. He also owned and operated Prairie Farm Ranch Supply, an exporter of livestock handling equipment. In the latter capacity, he oversaw the invention of a device known as "The Stockdoctor", now used internationally. Eichler has also served as a director of the Prairie Implements Manufacturers Association and the Teulon Golf and Country Club, as well as serving as president of the Interlake Riding Club.[1]
In the 2003 Manitoba general election, Eichler was elected to the Manitoba legislature as a Progressive Conservative, defeating New Democrat Robert Marshall by 4102 votes to 3012.[2] He was only the third person to hold the riding in 81 years. For the first 47 years after the creation of the district, Douglas Lloyd Campbell had represented it, and following Campbell's retirement, Harry Enns represented it for 34 years. Eichler himself was nominated and elected following Enns' retirement.
The NDP government was re-elected in 2003, and Eichler sat in opposition until 2016.
On October 4, 2022 he announced he would not seek re-election in the 43rd provincial election and would serve the rest of his term.[9] He retired with the call of the 2023 election.
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^ abGoy. "Ralph Eichler - Our Team". Progressive Conservative Caucus of Manitoba web site. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: PC Manitoba. Retrieved 9 February 2011.[permanent dead link]
ralph, eichler, this, biography, living, person, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, adding, reliable, sources, contentious, material, about, living, persons, that, unsourced, poorly, sourced, must, removed, immediately, from, article, ta. This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Ralph Eichler news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2011 Learn how and when to remove this message Ralph Eichler born March 23 1950 is a retired politician in Manitoba Canada He is a member of Manitoba legislature for the riding of Lakeside 1 Ralph EichlerMinister of Agriculture and Resource DevelopmentIn office July 15 2021 January 18 2022PremierBrian PallisterKelvin GoertzenHeather StefansonPreceded byBlaine PedersenSucceeded byDerek JohnsonMinister of Economic Development and JobsIn office January 5 2021 July 15 2021PremierBrian PallisterPreceded byPortfolio RenamedSucceeded byJon ReyesMinister of Economic Development and TrainingIn office October 23 2019 January 5 2021PremierBrian PallisterPreceded byBlaine PedersenSucceeded byPortfolio RenamedMinister of AgricultureIn office May 3 2016 October 23 2019PremierBrian PallisterPreceded byRon KostyshynSucceeded byBlaine PedersenMember of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for LakesideIn office June 3 2003 September 5 2023Preceded byHarry EnnsSucceeded byTrevor KingPersonal detailsBorn 1950 03 23 March 23 1950 age 74 Political partyProgressive ConservativeOccupationBusinessperson school administrator Before entering provincial politics Eichler served for eight years as the administrator of the Interlake School Division He also owned and operated Prairie Farm Ranch Supply an exporter of livestock handling equipment In the latter capacity he oversaw the invention of a device known as The Stockdoctor now used internationally Eichler has also served as a director of the Prairie Implements Manufacturers Association and the Teulon Golf and Country Club as well as serving as president of the Interlake Riding Club 1 In the 2003 Manitoba general election Eichler was elected to the Manitoba legislature as a Progressive Conservative defeating New Democrat Robert Marshall by 4102 votes to 3012 2 He was only the third person to hold the riding in 81 years For the first 47 years after the creation of the district Douglas Lloyd Campbell had represented it and following Campbell s retirement Harry Enns represented it for 34 years Eichler himself was nominated and elected following Enns retirement The NDP government was re elected in 2003 and Eichler sat in opposition until 2016 He was re elected in the 2007 3 2011 4 and 2016 provincial elections 5 6 On May 3 2016 after the new Progressive Conservative government under the leadership of Brian Pallister was sworn in Eichler was appointed to the Executive Council of Manitoba as Minister of Agriculture 7 8 He was re elected in the 2019 election On October 4 2022 he announced he would not seek re election in the 43rd provincial election and would serve the rest of his term 9 He retired with the call of the 2023 election References edit a b Goy Ralph Eichler Our Team Progressive Conservative Caucus of Manitoba web site Winnipeg Manitoba Canada PC Manitoba Retrieved 9 February 2011 permanent dead link Manitoba Votes 2003 Lakeside Manitoba Votes 2003 Toronto CBC News Retrieved 9 February 2011 Manitoba Votes 2007 Riding Profiles Lakeside Manitoba Votes 2007 Toronto CBC News Retrieved 9 February 2011 It s Eichler all around in Lakeside vote The Interlake Spectator 12 October 2011 Retrieved 20 May 2016 Local PC candidates part of provincial sweep The Headliner Winnipeg Free Press 25 April 2016 Retrieved 20 May 2016 Eichler wins fourth term says health care at top of list The Stonewall Argus 21 April 2016 Retrieved 20 May 2016 Brian Pallister sworn in as Manitoba premier CBC News 3 May 2016 Retrieved 20 May 2016 Meet Manitoba s new government cabinet members CBC News 3 May 2016 Retrieved 20 May 2016 The Canadian Press Former Manitoba cabinet minister Ralph Eichler won t seek re election Winnipeg Free Press October 4 2022 External links edit Ralph Eichler MLA HOME Stonewall MB Retrieved 9 February 2011 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ralph Eichler amp oldid 1221468817, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
