Franklin Paul Pitura (October 24, 1943 – February 16, 2019) was a politician in
Manitoba
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, Canada. He was a member of the
Manitoba legislature
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from 1995 to 2003, representing the rural riding of
Morris
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Gary Filmon
Gary Albert Filmon (born August 24, 1942) is Canadian politician from Manitoba. He was the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba from 1983 to 2000, and served as the 19th premier of Manitoba from 1988 to 1999.
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The son of Frank Pitura and Doris Palahniuk, he was born in
Winnipeg
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, Manitoba, and was educated at Sanford Collegiate and the
University of Manitoba
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Bill Roth) by over 3000 votes. Shortly after his election, Pitura announced his opposition to the
Canadian Wheat Board
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's monopoly status, and his support for dual marketing (though there was little he or the Filmon government could do to mandate such a change).
On January 6, 1997, Pitura was appointed acting Minister of Government Services, probably in reflection of his previous work as a government employee. In 1998, Pitura and federal Cabinet Minister Ron Duhamel announced the construction of a flood protection dike at Ste. Agathe, as a response to serious flooding the previous year.
Pitura was re-elected in Morris in the provincial election of 1999, although the Progressive Conservatives were defeated at the provincial level. After four years on the opposition benches, Pitura announced his retirement from politics shortly before the provincial election of 2003. Pitura died on February 16, 2019, aged 75.