Mavis Taillieu

Mavis Taillieu is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. She is currently a member of the Manitoba legislature, and the critic for Labour and Immigration for the opposition Progressive Conservative Party.

Biographic Information

- Taillieu holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Winnipeg. Before entering public life she was a Registered Laboratory Technologist, and worked in the health care field for fifteen years. Taillieu has also been a successful entrepreneur. She was the founder of the Headingly Headliner, a local newspaper covering developments in Headingley, Manitoba, where she still resides. In 1996, she received a Community Development Award for her work with this newspaper.

In the 2003 election, Taillieu was elected to the provincial legislature for the rural riding of Morris, located to the immediate southwest of Winnipeg. This riding is considered safe for the Progressive Conservatives; Taillieu was elected with over 57% of the popular vote, despite the party's poor showing in other parts of the province.

Taillieu is currently the Progressive Conservative Party's culture critic. In 2003, she criticized the provincial government's funding of a controversial display by Aliza Amihude.

In the federal election of 2004, Taillieu campaigned on behalf of Conservative Party of Canada candidate Steven Fletcher. She was re-elected in the 2007 provincial election.