Conrado de Regla Santos (November 26, 1934 – February 29, 2016) was a politician in the province of
Manitoba
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, Canada. He was a member of the
Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
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from 1981 to 1988, and again from 1990 to 2007. Conrado as his family and friends called him, had three children: Evelyn Santos, Conrad Santos and Robert Santos.
The son of Federico Santos and Marcelina de Regla, he was born in the
Philippines
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* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
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and was educated at
Harvard University
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and the
University of Michigan
, mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth"
, former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821)
, budget = $10.3 billion (2021)
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, receiving a PhD in
political science
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from the latter institution. He moved to
Winnipeg
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,
Manitoba
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, Canada in 1965 after receiving a teaching position at the
Costa Rica
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New Democratic Party of Manitoba
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(NDP) nomination for
Fort Garry
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in the 1973 election, but was defeated. He ran for the
Winnipeg City Council
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Santos was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1981 provincial election as a New Democrat in the northwest Winnipeg riding of Burrows, defeating NDP-turned- Progressive
Member of the Legislative Assembly
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Doug Martindale
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in 1988, and subsequently entered the party's leadership election. He was not regarded as a prominent candidate, and received only five votes on the first ballot. He ran for
mayor
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of Winnipeg in 1989, and finished a distant fourth.
In 1990, Santos won the NDP nomination for
Broadway
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by a single vote over
Marianne Cerilli
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, whose candidacy was supported by the party leadership. He defeated
Liberal
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Lorne Nystrom
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's bid to lead the federal
NDP
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.
When the Broadway riding was eliminated by redistribution in 1999, Santos won the NDP nomination in
Wellington
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(also in Winnipeg's northwest), and was returned by a wide margin in the 1999 provincial election. He was again re-elected in the 2003 election.
Santos was named Deputy
Speaker
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after the elections of 1986 and 1999.
Santos left the New Democratic Party caucus shortly before the 2007 provincial election after being accused of improperly selling party membership cards. He campaigned as an independent, and finished last in a field of five candidates. He later pleaded guilty to paying the membership fees of as many as one hundred new party members, during the time when he was trying to retain his nomination. He was fined $200 under the provincial Election Finances Act, as well as court fees of $150. His lawyer argued that Santos was simply trying to help his low-income supporters, saying that the MLA "didn't have the heart" to request membership fees from people who were unable to feed their families.
He married Emerita Maglaya. Santos died in Winnipeg on February 29, 2016 at the age of 81.