Clement George Minaker was a politician in Manitoba, Canada.
11 Facts About George Minaker
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George Minaker was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1973 to 1981, and served in the cabinet of Premier Sterling Lyon.
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George Minaker was elected as a councillor in the City of Winnipeg in 1971, following the decision of Edward Schreyer's NDP government to amalgamate the city.
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The amalgamation was unpopular with many St James residents, and George Minaker successfully used the issue to win election to the Manitoba Legislature in the riding of the same name, defeating NDP incumbent Al Mackling in the provincial election of 1973 by 374 votes.
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George Minaker was re-elected by a greater margin in the 1977 election, in which the Tories under Sterling Lyon won a majority government.
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George Minaker entered cabinet on November 15,1979 as Minister of Community Services and Corrections.
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The NDP replaced the PCs' majority with one of their own in 1981, and George Minaker lost his own riding to Al Mackling by 779 votes.
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George Minaker defeated the second-place candidate, Lissa Donner of the New Democratic Party, by 2680 votes.
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George Minaker was not appointed to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's cabinet, and lost to Liberal challenger John Harvard in 1988 by 1702 votes after representing the district for the 33rd Canadian Parliament.
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George Minaker did not return to politics after this time.
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George Minaker died in Ottawa in 2012 at the age of 74.