Ontario
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University of Manitoba
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Manitoba Curling Association
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and of the Assiniboia Lawn-Bowling Club.,
Haig was first elected to the
Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
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for
Assiniboia
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in 1914. He was soundly defeated in the
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landslide of 1915, but returned to the legislature in 1920 at the head of the Conservative Party list in
Winnipeg
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. (Winnipeg elections were determined by a form of
proportional representation
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at this time.); Jansen, The Single Transferable Vote in Alberta and Manitoba (available on-line)
Conservative leader
R.G. Willis
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was unable to win a seat in the 1920 election, and Haig was called to lead the eight-member caucus in parliament. He ran for the party's leadership in April 1922, but was defeated by Major Fawcett Taylor.
Haig was re-elected to the legislature in 1922, 1927 and 1932, and remained an important voice for the party.
In August 1935, he was appointed to the Senate of Canada on the recommendation of Prime Minister R.B. Bennett. From 1945 until 1957, Haig was Leader of the Opposition in the Senate for the Progressive Conservative Party. After the 1957 federal election, Haig joined the Cabinet of
John Diefenbaker
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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, ...