Steve Ashton

Quick Facts

Full Name	Steve Ashton
Occupation	Canadian Politician
Date Of Birth	Feb 29, 1956(1956-02-29)
Age	68
Birthplace	Surrey
Country	United Kingdom
Horoscope	Pisces

Steve Ashton Biography

Steve Ashton is one of the most popular and richest Canadian Politician who was born on February 29, 1956 in Surrey, United Kingdom. Steven John “Steve” Ashton (born February 29, 1956) is a British- born Canadian politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a long-serving member of the Manitoba legislature, and was a long-time cabinet minister in the New Democratic Party governments of Gary Doer and Greg Selinger. He resigned from cabinet on December 22, 2014 to challenge Selinger for the leadership of the party. Ashton was eliminated from the race, after finishing last on the first ballot at the 2015 NDP leadership convention. Selinger was reelected party leader on the second ballot.

The NDP were defeated in the provincial election of 1988, although Ashton won his own riding by a comfortable margin. He would later serve as House Leader for the NDP in opposition, and was easily re-elected in the provincial elections of 1990, 1995 and 1999. In 1995, he supported Lorne Nystrom’s bid to lead the federal New Democratic Party.

Ashton was re-elected in the 2003 election with over 82% of the vote in his constituency. On November 4, 2003, he was named as the province’s first Minister of Water Stewardship (created after highly publicized water contamination tragedies in Walkerton, Ontario and North Battleford, Saskatchewan).

In 2003, Ashton supported Bill Blaikie’s campaign to become leader of the federal NDP.

Ashton was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1981 provincial election, defeating Progressive Conservative incumbent Ken MacMaster by 72 votes in the constituency of Thompson. At the time of his first election, Ashton was involved in an INCO strike in the Thompson area as a member of the United Steelworkers of America. He was re-elected in the 1986 election by a greater margin. Ashton did not serve in the cabinet of Howard Pawley.

Steve Ashton Net Worth

Steve Ashton is one of the richest Canadian Politician from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Steve Ashton 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Ashton was born in Surrey, England, the son of John Stewart Ashton and Nedra May Childs. He moved with his family to Thompson, in northern Manitoba, at age eleven. He was educated at R.D. Parker Collegiate in that community, the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg and Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario. He was President of the University of Manitoba Students’ Union in 1978-79 and has lectured in Economics for the former Inter Universities North in Thompson and Cross Lake.

In 1979, Ashton married Hariklia “Hari” Dimitrakopoulou, and the couple have two children, Niki and Alexander. His daughter, Niki Ashton, is also a politician and is the New Democratic Party Member of Parliament for the riding of Churchill—Keewatinook Aski, while his son Alexander was elected chairman of the board of trustees for the Mystery Lake School Division. Ashton is also Secretary of the Canadian Committee for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles, seeking the return of the treasured sculptures from Britain to Greece. He speaks Greek, and has written on the political culture of that nation.

When NDP leader Gary Doer became Premier of Manitoba in October 1999, Ashton was appointed Minister of Highways and Government Services. On July 4, 2000, he was charged with administration of the Gaming Control Act; his ministry was renamed as Transportation and Government Services on January 17, 2001. Following a cabinet shuffle on September 25, 2002, Ashton became Minister of Conservation (in which capacity he argued for national approval of the Kyoto Accord on climate change). On June 25, 2003, he was also made Minister of Labour and Immigration with responsibility for Multiculturalism and administration of the Worker’s Compensation Act.

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Ashton’s 35-year streak as a member of the legislature end on April 19, 2016 when he was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Kelly Bindle in the 2016 provincial election.

Facts & Trivia

Steve Ranked on the list of most popular Canadian Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Steve Ashton celebrates birthday on February 29 of every year.