Dr. Laurie Edward Evans (October 14, 1933 – June 19, 2016) was a

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, Canada. Between 1988 and 1990, he served as a member of the

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, representing the riding of

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for the

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. Born in

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, Evans had a

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degree from the

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, and

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and

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degrees from the

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(CIDA) in

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. He was married to Mary Ellen Evans. He had three daughters from a previous marriage, Laura, Norma and Nancy, and two stepsons Joseph and John.

Political career

Evans first ran for the provincial legislature in the provincial election of 1986, in the rural riding of

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(located just outside

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). He received 1,376 votes, finishing well behind incumbent

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and the winner, Progressive Conservative Gilles Roch. Two years later, he was elected in the south-central Winnipeg riding of Fort Garry (which included the University of Manitoba's main campus at the time), defeating incumbent Progressive Conservative

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by almost 1,000 votes. The Liberals increased their parliamentary representation from one to twenty in this election, and Evans sat with the official opposition for the next two years. In the provincial election of 1990, he lost to Progressive Conservative

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amid a general loss of support for the Liberal Party. In 2002 Evans was elected Councillor for Ward 6 in the

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, Manitoba, serving in this position until he resigned in 2015 to move back to Winnipeg.

Election results

References

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