Stuart Gordon Briese (May 6, 1946 – March 12, 2019) was a politician in

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. He was elected to the

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in the 2007 provincial election, for the electoral division of Ste. Rose. Briese was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.

Biography

Briese served twenty years on the council for the

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. He also was a director of the

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, serving as president and vice-president as well, and served three years on the board for the

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. In 2013, he was awarded the

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for outstanding contribution to municipal government in Manitoba. Briese was reelected in the 2011 provincial election for the newly created electoral division of

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. In June 2014, he announced that he would not run for reelection in the upcoming general election. He died on March 12, 2019 at the age of 72.

References

External links

Stu Briese political profile
Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba MLAs 2019 deaths 1946 births 21st-century Canadian politicians {{Manitoba-politician-stub