Geraldine Rose "Gerrie" Hammond (died November 1, 1992) was a
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from 1988 to 1990.
Born Geraldine Rose McLean in Winnipeg, she was the daughter of George Saunders Foreman McLean and Harriet Rose Anderso and was educated in Winnipeg. She married Robert Douglas Hammond. Before entering provincial politics, Hammond served as a trustee on the St. James-Assiniboia School Division from 1977 to 1980. Hammond was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1977 and 1980. She was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the provincial election of 1981, defeating
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candidate Lee Monk by nearly 3000 votes in the west-
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. In the 1986 election, she was re-elected by an even greater margin. The NDP won both of these elections, and Hammond sat as a member of the official opposition.
In the provincial election of 1988, Hammond faced a strong challenge from
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candidate Irene Friesen, retaining her seat by only 255 votes. The Progressive Conservatives were nonetheless able to form a
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after this election, and on April 21, 1989, Hammond was named as
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