Early Life and Education
Kelvin Goertzen was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba but was raised in Steinbach, Manitoba. He attended public school in Steinbach and graduated high school from the Steinbach Regional Secondary School in June 1987. Goertzen's father, Henry, died when Goertzen was only 11 years old and his mother, Anne, raised him and his sister Connie alone for a number of years before marrying Peter Wiens, originally of Grunthal, Manitoba. Wiens, like Goertzen's father, was a long distance truck driver with Penner International Trucking of Steinbach.
Despite coming from a relatively poor financial background, Goertzen obtained a Bachelor of Arts,majoring in Economics, a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Law each from the University of Manitoba. While attending Robson Hall law school at the University of Manitoba, Goertzen was awarded more than a dozen academic prizes and was the schools top student during his second year of law studies.
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