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Jerry Thomas Storie (born March 23, 1950) is a politician in
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, Canada. He was a member of the
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from 1981 to 1995, and a
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in the
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government of
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from 1982 to 1988. He was born in
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, Manitoba, the son of Clifford Earl Storie and Iris Eloise Young, and was educated at
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and the
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in 1975 and he worked as a teacher and sociologist for the Flin Flon School Division before entering public life. Storie was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1981 general election, defeating Progressive Conservative Bob McNeil by over 1400 votes in the northern riding of
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. He entered the cabinet on August 20, 1982, having been appointed Minister of Housing, with responsibility for the
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, the Residential Rent Corporation Act, the Housing and Renewal Corporation Act and the Infirm Persons' Housing Act. Following a cabinet shuffle on November 4, 1983, Storie was named
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with responsibility for the Communities Economic Development Fund Act, the Manitoba Natural Resources Act, and Manitoba Forestry Resources Ltd. He was relieved of the Northern Affairs portfolio and the first two responsibilities on January 30, 1985, and named Minister of Business Development and Tourism, with responsibility for Manitoba Data Services (he also retained the Forestry responsibility). Storie was re-elected by a substantial majority in the 1986 provincial election. On April 17, 1986, he was promoted to Minister of Education, and on September 21, 1987 was again shifted to the Ministry of Energy and Mines, with responsibility for
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and the Natural Resources Development Act. On November 23, 1987, he was also given responsibility for the Natural Gas Supply Act. Throughout his second term in office, he retained responsibility for Forestry. The NDP government of
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was defeated in 1988, when disgruntled backbencher
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voted against his government's budget. The party was reduced to only twelve seats (out of fifty-seven) in the election which followed, although Storie was re-elected in his riding without any serious difficulties. He was again re-elected in the 1990 provincial election, in which the NDP recovered to twenty seats. He retired from the legislature on July 20, 1994. He returned to the field of education as Area 4 Superintendent for the
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in
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throughout the late 1990s. In 2001, Storie negotiated on behalf of Manitoba's provincial government in a dispute with the Canadian federal government over hydro resources. He later became Superintendent of the Turtle Mountain school division in Manitoba. Storie was appointed the Dean of Education at Brandon University in 2005.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Storie, Jerry 1950 births Living people Members of the Executive Council of Manitoba New Democratic Party of Manitoba MLAs Politicians from Winnipeg