George Minaker
George Minaker | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Winnipeg—St. James | |
| In office 1984–1988 | |
| Succeeded by | John Harvard |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for St. James | |
| In office 1973–1981 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 17, 1937 Morris, Manitoba, Canada |
| Died | April 30, 2012 (aged 74) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative Party of Canada |
| Profession | engineer |
Clement George Minaker (September 17, 1937 – April 30, 2012) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1973 to 1981, and served in the cabinet of Premier Sterling Lyon. Subsequently, he was a Progressive Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1984 to 1988.[1]
Educated at the University of Manitoba, Minaker worked as a professional engineer after graduation.[2] He was elected as an alderman in St. James in 1966, and was re-elected two years later for the new city of St. James–Assiniboia. In 1969, he was chosen as chair of the city's property committee.[3] He was elected as a councillor in the City of Winnipeg in 1971,[1] following the decision of Edward Schreyer's NDP government to amalgamate the city.
The amalgamation was unpopular with many St. James residents, and Minaker successfully used the issue to win election to the Manitoba Legislature, defeating NDP incumbent Al Mackling in the provincial election of 1973 by 374 votes. He was re-elected by a greater margin (besting Curtis Nordman of the NDP by 2346 votes) in the 1977 election,[4] in which the Tories under Sterling Lyon won a majority government. Minaker entered cabinet on November 15, 1979 as Minister of Community Services and Corrections.[1] The NDP replaced the PCs' majority with one of their own in the 1981 provincial election, and Minaker lost his own riding to Al Mackling by 779 votes.[4]
He then turned to federal politics, and won the riding of Winnipeg—St. James for the Progressive Conservatives in the 1984 Canadian federal election. He defeated the second-place candidate, Lissa Donner of the New Democratic Party, by 2680 votes. He was not appointed to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's cabinet, and lost to Liberal John Harvard in the 1988 federal election by 1702 votes.[1] He did not returned to politics after this time.
After leaving politics, Minaker worked for the National Transportation Agency in Ottawa.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d George Minaker – Parliament of Canada biography
- ^ a b "George Minaker". Ottawa Citizen. May 2, 2012. Retrieved 2014-01-16.
- ^ Winnipeg Free Press, 8 January 1969, p. 12.
- ^ a b "St. James". Manitoba Votes 2007. CBC News. Retrieved 2014-01-16.
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