Reginald Otto Lissaman (April 24, 1908 in

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– August 14, 1974) was a

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in Manitoba,

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. He was a member of the

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from 1952 to 1969, sitting as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party. The son of Frank C. Lissaman, Lissaman was educated in Brandon and

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. He worked as a building contractor, was a director on the Manitoba Hydro Board and sat on the Board of Directors for Brandon College. He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in a 1952

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, scoring a fairly easy victory in the riding of Brandon City. In the 1953 general election, he was re-elected over

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James Creighton by 451 votes. The Liberal-Progressives were in government during this period, and Lissaman sat as a member of the opposition. In 1953-54, he campaigned for the removal of

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as Progressive Conservative leader. The PCs won the 1958 election, and Lissaman was handily re-elected in the renamed

riding. He won further easy victories in the elections of

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and

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. In the 1966 election, he was only narrowly re-elected over Liberal Terry Penton. Lissaman, to the surprise of many, was never appointed to

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. He did not seek re-election in 1969. He helped develop the

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located on the border between North Dakota and Manitoba.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lissaman, Reginald 1908 births 1974 deaths Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba MLAs Canadian people of German descent Politicians from Brandon, Manitoba