Preston Manning

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Preston Manning

Ernest Preston Manning , CC (born June 10, 1942 in Edmonton , Alberta , Canada ) is a Canadian politician .

biography

Preston Manning is the son of longtime Alberta Prime Minister and Senator for Alberta Ernest Manning .

After attending school, he studied economics at the University of Alberta and graduated in 1964 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA Economics).

As a populist and evangelical Christian fundamentalist , he gave sermons on the radio . As a representative of the Social Credit Party of Canada , he ran unsuccessfully for the first time for a mandate in the Canadian general election in 1965 .

He only returned to political life when in May 1987 the delegates of the Reform Association of Canada decided to found a new party at the federal level and founded the Reform Party of Canada on October 31, 1987 in Winnipeg . Manning was then elected as one of the key figures in the founding alongside Stanley Waters as chairman of the party. The party grew out of the widespread feeling of alienation in the western provinces and with the aim of improving the representation of the interests of western Canada by sending representatives to the lower house in Ottawa . With the slogan “The West Wants In”, the party sought economic and political equality for western Canada. In the general election in 1988 , the reform party reached 2.09 percent straight away, but missed a mandate in the lower house.

For this reason, the party changed its direction in 1991 to the organization of a pan-Canadian party and came up with the slogan "Building a New Canada" for an equal position for all provinces and territories of Canada . In the subsequent general election in 1993, the reform party already received 18.69 percent of the vote and 52 seats. Manning himself was also elected to the House of Commons as a representative of the Calgary Southwest constituency.

In the 1997 general election, the party was able to increase its result again and moved into the lower house with 19.35 percent of the vote and 60 MPs. In just ten years, the small western fringe party became a strong group and Manning became the leader of the opposition . Despite the disappointment that no party's candidates were elected outside of the western provinces, the party still expected western Canada to gain greater weight in the federal government.

In January 2000 the party decided to dissolve itself. After the dissolution of the party took place on March 27th as the Canadian Alliance , whose chairman was first Deborah Gray and then Stockwell Day .

In 2002 Manning renounced his mandate in the lower house and withdrew from politics. For his political services he was named Companion des Order of Canada .

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SURNAME Manning, Preston
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Manning, Ernest Preston (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Edmonton