Leonard Anthony Domino (born January 17, 1950, in

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) is a

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, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the

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from 1977 to 1981. Domino was educated at the

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and the

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from 1971 to 1973, and was a member of the Canadian Civil Liberties Union. Domino was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the provincial election of 1977, defeating incumbent

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Wally Johannson by 124 votes in the riding of St. Matthews. The Progressive Conservatives won the election, and Domino sat as a backbench supporter of

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's government for the next four years. In the 1981 election, he ran in the redistributed riding of Wolseley and lost to New Democrat

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. He has not sought a return to political office since this time. Domino now operates the firm of Leonard Domino & Associates, a

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-based firm that specializes in government relations for corporate and not-for-profit clients.Leonard Domino & Associates biography

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Domino, Len Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba MLAs Living people 1950 births University of Winnipeg alumni University of Manitoba alumni