Gary Filmon
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The Honourable Gary Filmon PC OC OM |
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| 19th Premier of Manitoba | |
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In office May 9, 1988 – October 5, 1999 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Lieutenant Governor |
George Johnson Yvon Dumont Peter Liba |
| Preceded by | Howard Pawley |
| Succeeded by | Gary Doer |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for River Heights | |
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In office October 16, 1979 – November 17, 1981 |
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| Preceded by | Sidney Spivak |
| Succeeded by | Warren Steen |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Tuxedo | |
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In office November 17, 1981 – September 18, 2000 |
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| Preceded by | District Created |
| Succeeded by | Heather Stefanson |
| Personal details | |
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August 24, 1942 Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Janice Wainwright (m. 1963) |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | University of Manitoba |
| Occupation | Civil engineer |
| Cabinet | Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs (1981) Minister of Environment (1981) Leader of the Opposition (1983-1988 & 1999-2000) |
Gary Albert Filmon PC OC OM (born August 24, 1942) is a Manitoba politician. He was the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba from 1983 to 2000, and served as the 19th Premier of Manitoba from 1988 to 1999.
Filmon was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba to working class parents, and is of partly Polish background. He was educated at the University of Manitoba and subsequently worked as a civil engineer. He entered public life in 1975, being elected to the Winnipeg City Council. In 1963, he married Janice Wainwright. For the next four years, Filmon was a member of Winnipeg's Independent Citizens' Election Committee, an unofficial alliance of right-wing Liberal and Progressive Conservative interests in the city.
In 1979, Filmon won a by-election to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the riding of River Heights, held after the resignation of former Tory leader Sidney Spivak. On January 16, 1981, Filmon was appointed Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs and Minister of Environment in the government of Sterling Lyon.
Lyon's Tories were defeated later in 1981 by the New Democratic Party under Howard Pawley, though Filmon was re-elected in the new riding of Tuxedo. He was elected to replace Lyon as party leader in 1983, defeating Brian Ransom and Clayton Manness at a delegated convention. At the time, Filmon was considered to be on the party's progressive wing. Supporters of Ransom would later allege that Filmon's campaign team had sponsored Manness's candidacy as a means of splitting the conservative vote.
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