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113:Succeeded by
90:
66:Succeeded by
43:
18:
1732:1947 births
1615:Prefontaine
1578:(1882–1946)
1136:Chris Pelda
1088:Kurt Penner
908:$ 8,485.65
872:Kurt Penner
486:$ 1,187.72
207:Gary Filmon
101:Preceded by
59:Gary Filmon
54:Preceded by
1726:Categories
1684:Mitchelson
1477:2007-03-05
1448:2007-03-05
1419:2007-03-05
1390:2014-04-28
1365:2014-04-28
1361:. CBC News
1340:2014-06-03
1315:2014-04-28
1255:2014-04-28
1228:References
1036:Candidate
1026:River East
820:Candidate
810:River East
685:Fred Curry
609:Candidate
599:River East
451:Ross Eadie
400:Candidate
390:River East
341:Retirement
251:River East
247:Phil Eyler
143:1947-11-28
106:Phil Eyler
83:River East
1711:Stefanson
1707:(interim)
1700:Pallister
1686:(interim)
1659:D. Roblin
1654:E. Willis
1635:E. Willis
1605:R. Roblin
1600:Macdonald
1595:R. Roblin
1148:$ 376.14
697:$ 239.00
118:Cathy Cox
91:In office
44:In office
1705:Goertzen
1695:McFadyen
1590:Harrison
1309:Manitoba
1218:Source:
1173:Turnout
938:Turnout
727:Turnout
516:Turnout
293:workfare
231:Winnipeg
191:Manitoba
157:Manitoba
153:Winnipeg
1585:Norquay
1565:of the
1563:Leaders
1132:Liberal
1124:$ 0.00
1121:–
892:Liberal
681:Liberal
520:10,735
495:10,678
483:–
470:Liberal
318:In the
1690:Murray
1679:Filmon
1669:Spivak
1625:Taylor
1610:Aikins
1516:. 2011
1284:
1192:15,332
1177:10,273
1157:10,221
1033:Party
1023::
962:13,835
947:67.60
942:9,352
917:9,309
817:Party
807::
746:14,201
731:9,658
711:100.00
706:9,623
606:Party
596::
535:13,877
500:100.00
397:Party
387::
173:Spouse
1630:Evans
1209:Swing
1182:67.00
1145:−4.97
1108:Green
1097:−2.15
1094:43.92
1091:4,512
1073:+4.45
1070:51.08
1067:5,247
1039:Votes
979:Swing
952:−0.41
922:99.54
905:+3.83
881:−0.33
878:46.07
875:4,309
857:−4.65
854:46.63
851:4,361
823:Votes
763:Swing
736:68.01
694:−3.89
670:+2.67
667:45.74
664:4,402
646:+1.29
643:51.28
640:4,935
612:Votes
552:Swing
525:77.30
457:43.07
454:4,624
434:49.99
431:5,366
403:Votes
217:Born
1674:Lyon
1664:Weir
1522:2018
1496:CJOB
1282:ISBN
1204:hold
1142:1.83
1118:2.67
974:hold
902:6.80
758:hold
691:2.97
547:hold
480:6.86
308:1999
306:and
304:1995
300:1990
255:1988
243:1986
133:Born
81:for
1139:188
1115:274
899:639
688:286
477:688
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