Walter Weir
| Walter C. Weir | |
|---|---|
| 15th Premier of Manitoba | |
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In office November 27, 1967 – July 15, 1969 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Lieutenant Governor | Richard S. Bowles |
| Preceded by | Dufferin Roblin |
| Succeeded by | Edward Schreyer |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba | |
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In office May 14, 1959 – September 1, 1971 |
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| Preceded by | Charles Shuttleworth |
| Succeeded by | Dave Blake |
| Constituency | Minnedosa |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Walter Cocksmith Weir June 7, 1929 High Bluff, Manitoba |
| Died | April 17, 1985 (aged 55) Minnedosa, Manitoba |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Harriet Thompson (m. 1951) |
| Children | Leslie Enid, John Dixon, James Patrick and Hugh Cameron |
| Alma mater | Portage Collegiate Institute |
| Occupation | funeral director |
| Profession | politician |
| Cabinet | Minister of Municipal Affairs (1961-1963) Minister of Public Works (1962-1967) Minister of Highways (1967) |
Walter Cocksmith Weir (June 7, 1929 – April 17, 1985) was a Canadian politician. Weir served as the 15th Premier of Manitoba from 1967 to 1969.
The son of James Dixon Weir, he was born in Hugh Bluff, Manitoba and was educated there and in Portage la Prairie. Weir worked as an undertaker in Saskatchewan, later returning to Manitoba where he became the owner of his own funeral home in Minnedosa in 1953. In 1951, he married Harriet Thompson. Weir served as chairman of the Minnedosa Hospital Board from 1955 to 1957, and of the Minnedosa Town Council from 1958 to 1959. He sought the Progressive Conservative nomination for Minnedosa in the buildup to the 1958 provincial election, but lost to Sid Paler. He later defeated Paler for the party's nomination in the buildup to the 1959 provincial election; there was no lasting animosity between the candidates, and Paler served as Weir's campaign manager in the election that followed.
Weir was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in Dufferin Roblin's landslide victory of 1959, defeating Liberal-Progressive incumbent Charles Shuttleworth in the rural riding of Minnedosa. He was appointed Minister of Municipal Affairs on October 25, 1961, holding the portfolio until February 27, 1963. Weir was also Minister of Public Works from November 5, 1962 to July 22, 1967 and Minister of Highways from July 1, 1967 to November 27, 1967. He was re-elected without difficulty in 1962, and again by a credible margin in the provincial election of 1966.
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