{{Short description|Canadian politician|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = The Honourable | name = Matt Wiebe | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|MLAMB|size=100%}} | image = Matt Wiebe Headshot.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = Wiebe in 2023 | office = Manitoba Minister of Justice and Attorney General<br>Minister for Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation Act | term_start = October 18, 2023 | term_end = | premier = Wab Kinew | predecessor = Kelvin Goertzen | successor = | office1 = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Concordia | predecessor1 = Gary Doer | successor1 = | term_start1 = March 2, 2010 | term_end1 = | birth_name = Matthew Robert Rudolph Wiebe | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1979}} | birth_place = Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = Kaila Wiebe | party = New Democratic Party of Manitoba | relations = | children = 2 | alma_mater = University of Manitoba (BA, MPA) | occupation = | profession = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | signature = | website = {{URL|https://www.mbndp.ca/mattwiebe}} | footnotes = }}

'''Matthew Robert Rudolph "Matt" Wiebe''' (born 1979),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/en/Voting/ViewCandidateFile?candidateId=3255&ref_candidateUploadFileTypeID=7|title=Matt Wiebe (Matthew Robert Rudolph Wiebe) - Concordia|website=Elections Manitoba|format=PDF|date=2023-09-06}}</ref> {{post-nominals|country=CAN|MLAMB}} is a Canadian politician who is the current Minister of Justice and Attorney General and Minister for Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation Act for Manitoba since October 18, 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title= Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew and New Government Sworn In |url= https://news.gov.mb.ca/news/index.html?item=60457&posted=2023-10-18 |website= Government of Manitoba |date= October 18, 2023}}</ref> A member of the New Democratic Party of Manitoba (NDP), he represents the electoral district of Concordia. Wiebe was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in a by-election on March 2, 2010. He succeeded the province's former premier, Gary Doer.<ref>{{cite news |title=Wiebe sweeps Concordia for NDP |first=Bruce |last=Owen |url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/Wiebe-sweeps-Concordia-for-NDP-86077657.html |newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press |date=March 2, 2010 |accessdate=May 13, 2013}}</ref> He has been re-elected in the general elections of 2011, 2016, 2019, and 2023. Wiebe previously served as Whip for the NDP while it was Official Opposition and the Critic for the departments of Municipal Relations and Infrastructure from 2019 to 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MLA Matt Wiebe Nominated as NDP Candidate for Concordia |url= https://www.mbndp.ca/mla_matt_wiebe_nominated_as_ndp_candidate_for_concordia |website= New Democratic Party of Manitoba |date=May 26, 2022}}</ref>

Matt Wiebe was born and raised in the northeast Winnipeg suburb of East Kildonan.<ref name="M">{{Cite web |url=https://leadinginfluence.com/mla-matt-wiebe-concordia-13/ |title=MLA Matt Wiebe, Concordia|date=16 June 2021|publisher=Leadinginfluence.com}}</ref> He attended River East Collegiate and graduated in 1997. He attended the University of Winnipeg, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics. He went on to earn a master's degree in public administration at the same university.<ref name="M"/>

Before becoming an MLA, Wiebe worked as a constituency assistant in the offices of Doer (provincially) and NDP Member of Parliament Bill Blaikie (federally).<ref>{{cite news |title=Wiebe wins Concordia for NDP |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/wiebe-wins-concordia-for-ndp-1.883929 |newspaper=CBC News |date=March 2, 2010 |accessdate=March 21, 2016}}</ref>

==Electoral record== {{2010 Manitoba provincial by-elections/Concordia}} {{2011 Manitoba general election/Concordia}} {{2016 Manitoba general election/Concordia}} {{2019 Manitoba general election/Concordia}} {{2023 Manitoba general election/Concordia}}

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==External links== *[https://www.mbndp.ca/mattwiebe Matt Wiebe Official Website] {{Kinew ministry}}{{Manitoba MLAs}}

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