Leslie Raymond Fennell (December 27, 1893 in

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– August 29, 1986 in Port Hope,

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) was a politician in Manitoba,

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. He served in the

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as a

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from 1953 to 1958. The son of S. E. Fennell and Beatrice May DeLong, he was educated in Roland. He served in

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, and subsequently worked as a cash grain broker. In 1922, Fennell married Mary Marjorie Douglas; they had daughters Beatrice Carolyn, Nancy Lois, and Leslie Roberta Fennell. He was a member of the Board of Governors of the

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, and was

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, then a suburban municipality independent of

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, from 1946 to 1953. He was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1953 provincial election in the constituency of

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. This was a two-member constituency at the time, and Fennell defeated

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candidate David Turner for the second seat. He served as a backbench supporter of Douglas Campbell's government during his time in the legislature. The Liberal-Progressives lost to the Progressive Conservatives in the 1958 election, and Fennell lost to future

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by 1,323 votes in the redistributed constituency of

. He returned to municipal politics and served as mayor of Fort Garry again from 1960 to 1967. In 1973, Fennell moved to Port Hope, Ontario. He later died there at the age of 92.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fennell, Ray 1893 births 1986 deaths Manitoba Liberal Party MLAs People from Pembina Valley Region, Manitoba Mayors of places in Manitoba