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St. Vital (electoral District)
St. Vital (french: Saint-Vital) is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Historical riding The original St. Vital riding was established at the time of the province's creation in 1870, as one of twelve "francophone" constituencies. It was eliminated in 1879, after a redistribution process which reduced the level of francophone representation in the province. List of provincial representatives Current riding The modern St. Vital riding was created by redistribution in 1957, and has formally existed since the provincial election of 1958. The riding is located in the southeastern section of the City of Winnipeg. St. Vital was bordered to the east by St. Boniface and Southdale, to the south by Riel, to the north by St. Boniface and to the west by Riel, Lord Roberts and Fort Garry (the latter two across the Red River of the North). As of the 2019 Manitoba election, it is bordered to the north by St. Boniface, to the east by Southdale, to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winnipeg
Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749,607 and a metropolitan population of 834,678, making it the sixth-largest city, and eighth-largest metropolitan area in Canada. The city is named after the nearby Lake Winnipeg; the name comes from the Western Cree words for "muddy water" - “winipīhk”. The region was a trading centre for Indigenous peoples long before the arrival of Europeans; it is the traditional territory of the Anishinabe (Ojibway), Ininew (Cree), Oji-Cree, Dene, and Dakota, and is the birthplace of the Métis Nation. French traders built the first fort on the site in 1738. A settlement was later founded by the Selkirk settlers of the Red River Colony in 1812, the nucleus of which was incorporated as the City of Winnipeg in 1873. Being far inland, the local ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Progressive Conservative Party Of Manitoba
The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba (french: Parti progressiste-conservateur du Manitoba) is a centre-right political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is currently the governing party in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, after winning a substantial majority in the 2016 election and maintaining a majority in the 2019 election. Origins and early years The origins of the party lie at the end of the nineteenth century. Party politics were weak in Manitoba for several years after it entered Canadian confederation in 1870. The system of government was essentially one of non-partisan democracy, though some leading figures such as Marc-Amable Girard were identified with the Conservatives at the federal level. The government was a balance of ethnic, religious and linguistic communities, and party affiliation was at best a secondary concern. In 1879, Thomas Scott (not to be confused with another person of the same name who was executed by Louis Riel's provisional governme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Manitoba General Election
The 2016 Manitoba general election was held on April 19, 2016 to elect members to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, Canada. The New Democratic Party of Manitoba, led by Greg Selinger, were defeated by the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba led by Brian Pallister, ending nearly 17 years of NDP government. The Tories won 40 seats, one of the largest majority governments in Manitoba history, the other one was in 1915 when Liberals also won 40 seats. The election also removed one of the two New Democratic governments in the country, the other being formed by the Alberta New Democratic Party. Date Under the Manitoba Elections Act, the general election is to be held on the first Tuesday of October in the fourth calendar year, following the previous election. As the last election was held in 2011, that date would be October 6, 2015. However, the act also provides that if, as of January 1 of the election year, the election period would overlap with a federal election per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hutton (Manitoba Politician)
The Rev. William John Hutton (30 January 1929 - 6 June 2022) was a clergyman, community activist and former politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was one of the last members of the Metropolitan Council of Greater Winnipeg, serving from 1969 until its dissolution at the end of 1971. Clergyman Hutton was ordained as a priest in the Anglican Church of Canada in the 1960s, and worked as a high school guidance counsellor in the same period. He later co-founded the Jocelyn House for the terminally ill, and has been an honorary assistant at Winnipeg's St. Michael and All Angels Church for many years. Politician Hutton was a candidate of the New Democratic Party of Manitoba (NDP) in the 1966 provincial election, and finished third against Progressive Conservative candidate Donald Craik in the central Winnipeg division of St. Vital. He was later the federal New Democratic Party's candidate for Winnipeg South in the 1968 Canadian general election, and placed third against Liberal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Kittson
Alexander Kittson (February 26, 1853 – April 27, 1883) was a political figure in Manitoba. He represented Ste. Agathe from 1879 to 1883 in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal-Conservative. He was born in North Pembina, Rupert's Land, the son of Norman Kittson and Elise Marion, and was educated at St. Boniface College. In 1875, he married Elise Gingras. Kittson died in office of smallpox at St. Boniface Boniface, OSB ( la, Bonifatius; 675 – 5 June 754) was an English Benedictine monk and leading figure in the Anglo-Saxon mission to the Germanic parts of the Frankish Empire during the eighth century. He organised significant foundations of .... His daughter Annie Jane married Horace Chevrier. His former home in St. Boniface, known as the Maison Kittson, is recognized as a heritage landmark by the city of Winnipeg. References 1853 births 1883 deaths Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba MLAs Deaths from smallpox Politicians from Win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colleen Mayer
Colleen Mayer is a former Canadian politician and member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, who represented the electoral district of St. Vital as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba from 2016 until 2019. St. Vital was an open seat in the 2016 Manitoba general election, with incumbent MLA Nancy Allan not seeking re-election. On August 1, 2018, Premier Brian Pallister appointed Mayer to the Executive Council of Manitoba as Minister of Crown Services. Mayer lost her seat to New Democrat Jamie Moses, who contested the seat in 2016, in the 2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ... election. She subsequently accepted a position with STARS Air Ambulance as the Director of Development for Manitoba. Electoral history References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Allan
Nancy Allan (born July 25, 1952, in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. She was a cabinet minister in the New Democratic Party governments of premiers Gary Doer and Greg Selinger. Allan was raised in MacGregor, Manitoba, and was educated at MacGregor Collegiate. From 1990 to 1994, she was director of development for the Canadian Diabetes Association. She worked for the Manitoba Motion Picture Industries Association from 1994 to 1995, and then as a consultant for small business and non-profit organizations from 1995 to 1999. She has also taught two continuing education courses at the University of Winnipeg. Allan began her political career as a school trustee, serving on the Norwood School Division from 1995 to 1998 and the St. Boniface School Division from 1998 to 1999. She was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the 1999 provincial election, defeating incumbent Progressive Conservative MLA Shirley Render in the south-central Winnipeg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirley Render
Shirley Render (born April 1, 1943) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. She was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1990 to 1999, and was briefly a cabinet minister in the government of Gary Filmon. Early life Born Shirley Hurst in Winnipeg, the daughter of Harold and Marg Hurst, she was educated at the University of Manitoba, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1964 and a Master of Arts degree in 1984. She has worked as a social worker and High School teacher, and has lectured in Psychology at the University of Manitoba. She has also worked as a magazine editor. She married Douglas E. Render. Aviation Render is a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force Association, and has authored two published books on aviation history: ''Double Cross: The Inside Story of James A. Richardson and Canadian Airways'' (1999) and ''No Place for a Lady: the Story of Canadian Women Pilots, 1928-1992'' (2000). She is a member of the ''International Association of Women's P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Rose (Manitoba Liberal)
Robert D. (Bob) Rose (born July 16, 1931) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1988 to 1990, representing the south Winnipeg riding of St. Vital for the Manitoba Liberal Party. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Rose worked as a broker before entering political life. Political career Municipal In the 1983 Winnipeg municipal elections, Rose was elected as a school trustee in the St. Vital school division at his first attempt. He served one three-year term. In the 1986 Winnipeg municipal election, he was elected to Winnipeg City Council, for the St. Vital ward of Glenlawn, defeating Al Ducharme, who had represented the ward since 1977. Provincial The New Democratic Party government of Manitoba, led by Howard Pawley, fell in 1988 when NDP backbencher Jim Walding—the Member of the Legislative Assembly for St. Vital—took the unprecedented step of voting against his own government's budget. Rose ran in the 1988 provincial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Walding
Derek James Walding (May 9, 1937 – April 23, 2007) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1971 to 1988 and served as speaker of the assembly from 1982 to 1986. Walding was a member of the New Democratic Party of Manitoba (NDP). In 1988, he brought down the NDP government of Howard Pawley by voting against his party's budget. That was the first time in Canadian history that a majority government was defeated by a vote of one of its own party members. Early life and career Walding was born at Rushden, Northamptonshire, England, and was educated at Wellingborough Grammar School. He spent three years with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, including a stint in West Berlin. He moved to Canada in 1961 and worked in Winnipeg as a dispensing optician and contact lens fitter. Walding had supported the Labour Party in Britain. In 1963, joined the similar New Democratic Party in Canada and served on the party's provincial ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Hardy (politician)
Jackson Alexander "Jack" Hardy (November 1, 1924 – August 22, 2006) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was the mayor of St. Vital, and served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1969 to 1971 as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party. Early life and career The son of Dufferin A. Hardy and Martha Gracer, Hardy was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario. He was a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II, and subsequently became an accountant at the Fort William Grain Elevator. Transferred to Winnipeg in 1950, he settled in the suburban community of St. Vital. Hardy married Catherine Mary Murray in 1945. Politician Hardy was a municipal councillor in St. Vital for four years, and spent a further five years as the community's mayor. He was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1969 provincial election, defeating New Democratic Party candidate Jim Walding by only 23 votes in the St. Vital electoral division. He continued to serve as mayor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Craik
Donald Craik (August 26, 1931 – September 2, 1985) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1966 to 1981, and served as a cabinet minister in the governments of Walter Weir and Sterling Lyon. Born in Baldur, Manitoba, Craik was educated at the University of Manitoba and the University of Minnesota, earning his Master of Science and Master of Education degrees. He worked as a mechanical engineer and associate professor of engineering after his graduation. He was the chairman of the St. Vital School Board from 1962 to 1964, and director the Manitoba Research Council from 1964 to 1966. Craik also worked as a consulting engineer in Winnipeg from 1966 until his death. He married the former Shirley Hill and they had three children: Judy (1958), Polly (1961), and Donna (1964). During the 1970s, Craik opened Fine Line Telephone Answering and Secretarial Services. He was elected to the Manit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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