Howard Pawley

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Howard Russell Pawley PC OC OM (born November 21, 1934 in Brampton , Ontario - † December 30, 2015 ) was a Canadian politician of the New Democratic Party of Manitoba (NDP). From 1969 to 1988 he was a member of the Manitoba Legislative Assembly . He held several ministerial posts in Edward Schreyer's cabinet . He ruled the Province of Manitoba from November 30, 1981 to May 9, 1988 as Prime Minister . From 1979 until his retirement from politics he was party chairman of the NDP Manitobas.

biography

Minister and opposition leader

After schooling Pawley studied Law at the Law School of the University of Manitoba and was then as a lawyer working. He ran for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (predecessor of the NDP) in the 1957 general election in the Lisgar constituency, but only came fourth with 443 votes. His candidacy in the June 1958 election to the Manitoba Legislative Assembly was also unsuccessful. He also ran for the general election in 1965 ; in the Selkirk constituency he reached third place with 4,456 votes. Finally, he was successful in the legislative assembly election on June 25, 1969 and was elected in the Selkirk constituency.

Immediately after the election, Prime Minister Edward Schreyer appointed him Minister for Local Affairs and Minister for Public Services in July 1969 (he gave up the second post in December of the same year). Pawley was the youngest minister in Schreyer's cabinet and was so valued as local minister by the local secretaries that they complained to the prime minister when he wanted to entrust Pawley with a different portfolio as part of a cabinet reshuffle after the 1973 election. As a result of this protest he remained until 1976 not only Minister for Local Affairs, but in 1973 at the same time Attorney General and Keeper of the Seals (Keeper of the Great Seal) .

A civil rights advocate, Pawley initiated some basic legislative processes in those offices . These include the introduction of auto insurance , a law to punish the interception of telephone conversations , as well as a law that granted consumers the right to access to their credit files. From 1976 to 1977 he was also Minister responsible for compliance with the Liquor Control Act . Despite the defeat of the NDP in the October 1977 election, he was again elected as a member of the legislative assembly. On November 4, the delegates of the NDP party assembly elected Pawley to succeed Schreyer as chairman. He was also the opposition leader in the provincial parliament.

prime minister

In the provincial election on November 17, 1981, the NDP won a majority in the legislative assembly, so that Pawley could take up the office of Prime Minister of Manitoba on November 30, 1981. During his tenure, he emphasized economic renewal and felt that the provincial government needed to spend money to overcome the recession . Here, as the implementation of programs followed a mortgage - interest rate -Plans, the introduction of a program to stabilize the income of beef producers and the limitation of rent increase to 9 percent in older buildings.

In March 1986, the NDP government was only just confirmed in the provincial election. Pawley's popularity waned due to rising auto insurance premiums and millions lost by a subsidiary of the state-owned telephone company. In March 1988, an NDP backbencher refused to approve the budget and toppled the government. Pawley resigned as party chairman and did not run for elections on April 26, 1988, which ended in a defeat for the NDP. On May 9, 1988, he handed the office of Prime Minister to Gary Filmon ; Gary Doer became the new party chairman .

On November 21 of the same year, Pawley ran in the 1988 general election . This time too there was not enough to move into the House of Commons ; with 13,899 votes he came in second place. After this renewed defeat, he finally withdrew from politics. He then accepted a position as professor of law at the University of Windsor and continued teaching until retirement . For his services he was awarded the Order of Manitoba in 2000 and the Order of Canada in 2001 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Former Manitoba premier Howard Pawley dies at 81
  2. ↑ Lisgar, Manitoba (1871-1987). In: History of Federal Ridings since 1867. Parliament of Canada, accessed July 19, 2012 .
  3. ↑ Selkirk, Manitoba (1871-1976). In: History of Federal Ridings since 1867. Parliament of Canada, accessed July 19, 2012 .
  4. ↑ Selkirk, Manitoba (1987-1990). In: History of Federal Ridings since 1867. Parliament of Canada, accessed July 19, 2012 .
personal data
SURNAME Pawley, Howard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pawley, Howard Russell (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 21, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Brampton , Ontario
DATE OF DEATH December 30, 2015