Henry Nelson Carroll (born December 21, 1937 in St. Boniface,
Manitoba
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and died June 19, 2015) was a lawyer and
politician
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in Manitoba, Canada. He served as a member of the
Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
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from 1981 to 1986, initially as a
New Democrat
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but subsequently as an independent.
Carroll was educated at the
University of Manitoba
The University of Manitoba (U of M, UManitoba, or UM) is a Canadian public research university in the province of Manitoba.election of 1973 as a New Democrat, finishing second to Progressive Conservative
Edward McGill
Edward Robert McGill (September 21, 1912 in Vancouver, British Columbia – December 3, 1996) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1969 to 1981, and was a ca ...
in
Brandon West
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. He ran for the seat again in the provincial election of 1977, with the same result.
McGill did not seek re-election in the provincial election of 1981, and Carroll was able to take the seat on his third try, defeating Tory candidate John Allen by about 400 votes. The NDP under
Howard Pawley
Howard Russell Pawley (November 21, 1934 – December 30, 2015) was a Canadian politician and professor who was the 18th premier of Manitoba from 1981 to 1988. Prior to his premiership, Pawley served in various ministerial positions after his t ...
won a majority government in this election, and Carroll entered the legislature as a government backbencher.
Soon after, he announced his decision to leave the NDP (on August 19, 1982) and subsequently opposed the Pawley government's intentions to re-entrench French language services in provincial law. He did not seek re-election in 1986.
In the federal election of 1988, Carroll ran as a candidate of the Reform Party in the riding of
Brandon—Souris
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:''According to the Canada 2011 Census''
Ethnic groups: 83.4% White, 9.8% Aboriginal, ...
. He finished in fourth place, well behind victorious Progressive Conservative candidate Lee Clark. He has not attempted to re-enter provincial or federal politics since then.
Carroll was disbarred as a lawyer in
Brandon
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*Brandon, a farm and 19th century homestead in Seaham, New South Wales
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