Background
Mihychuk was born in Vita, Manitoba, the daughter of Katherine Salamandyk and Métro Mihychuk.
executive geologist politician
Mihychuk was born in Vita, Manitoba, the daughter of Katherine Salamandyk and Métro Mihychuk.
She received the degrees Bachelor of Arts from the University of Winnipeg in 1979, and Master of Science from Brock University in 1984.
She was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 2015, representing the riding of Kildonan-Saint Paul for the Liberal Party of Canada, and now serves as Minister of Employment, Workforce and Labour in the federal Cabinet, headed by Justin Trudeau. She was previously a cabinet minister in the government of Manitoba New Democratic Premier Gary Doer from 1999 to 2004. Mihychuk resigned to run for Mayor of Winnipeg in 2004, but was defeated by Sam Katz.
She is certified as a Practicing Professional Geoscientist.
Mihychuk worked as a geologist in Newfoundland and Labrador from 1984 to 1986 and in Manitoba from 1986 to 1992. Mihychuk was first elected as a Winnipeg School Division Trustee first in 1989 and was re-elected in 1992.
Provincial politics
She was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in 1995, defeating Liberal leader Paul Edwards by 3109 votes to 2853 in the Winnipeg constituency of Saint James. Mihychuk and 22 other New Democrats formed the Official Opposition.
This time Mihychuk was elected in the constituency of Minto, defeating Progressive Conservative Harry Lehotsky by 4534 votes to 2035.
Gary Doer was sworn in as Premier and named Mihychuk Minister of Industry, Trade and Mines. Mihychuk was re-elected to the provincial legislature in 2003, winning almost 70% of the votes cast in her constituency. On November 4, 2003, she was named Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Trade, with responsibility for International Relations Coordination.
Post-provincial politics
Mihychuk resigned from cabinet and the legislature on May 21, 2004, to seek election as Mayor of Winnipeg.
The 2004 election was held to determine the successor to former mayor Glen Murray. Murray had resigned to seek election to the Canadian House of Commons.
Mihychuk"s campaign platform focussed on increasing Winnipeg"s population. She then ran Mihychuk Consulting, offering professional advice in a variety of fields.
In 2005 Mihychuk relocated to Toronto, Ontario to work for the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) as Director of Regulatory Affairs.
Mihychuk supported Lorne Nystrom"s campaigns to lead the federal New Democratic Party in 1995 and 2003. In 2014, Mihychuk was chosen as the Liberal candidate in the riding of Kildonan—Saint Paul for the 2015 federal election, defeating the previous Liberal candidate, Victor Andres. She was subsequently elected to the seat.
On November 4, 2015, she was named Minister of Employment, Workforce, and Labour.
Federal politics
Mihychuk said that her views on the economy and social views were closer to those of the federal Liberals.