1. The son of Methodist parents, Howard Pawley was born in Brampton, Ontario, moved to Winnipeg at the age of 17 and was educated at Manitoba Teachers College, United College and the Manitoba Law School.
24 Facts About Howard Pawley
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Howard Pawley worked as a lawyer and educator, and was active in the Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and its successor, the New Democratic Party of Manitoba.
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In 1957, Howard Pawley was elected President of the Manitoba CCF, becoming at the age of 22, the youngest President in the party's history.
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Howard Pawley opposed the transformation of the CCF into the NDP in 1961, but this decision did not hurt his subsequent career in the party.
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Howard Pawley first ran for public office in the 1957 Canadian federal election as the CCF candidate in the riding of Lisgar, finishing fourth with 443 votes.
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Howard Pawley was immediately promoted to Edward Schreyer's cabinet and was sworn in as Minister of Government Services and Minister of Municipal Affairs on July 15,1969.
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Howard Pawley stood down from the former position on December 18,1969, but retained the latter until September 22,1976.
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In 1979, Howard Pawley replaced Schreyer as leader of the provincial NDP.
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Howard Pawley was initially elected leader by the party caucus on an interim basis and later defeated Muriel Smith and Russell Doern at the subsequent leadership convention.
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Howard Pawley was sworn in as Premier of Manitoba on November 30,1981.
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Howard Pawley's government reintroduced and entrenched French-language rights that had been removed by the Thomas Greenway government in 1890, but he was forced to withdraw proposed legislation that would further extend French language services in the face of widespread opposition among the public.
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Howard Pawley's government launched the giant Limestone hydro generating project and negotiated major export agreements of hydro electricity to the twin cities of Minneapolis and St Paul.
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Howard Pawley's NDP was reduced to a narrow majority in 1986, with the party winning 30 of 57 seats.
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Howard Pawley resigned as party leader and did not run in the subsequent election, which was won by the Progressive Conservatives, led by Gary Filmon.
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Howard Pawley left politics and became a political science professor at the University of Windsor, where he taught until his retirement.
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Howard Pawley was awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award, University of Winnipeg, in 2008.
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Howard Pawley was the recipient of the 2008 Youth Parliament of Manitoba Alumni Achievement Award.
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Howard Pawley served as vice-president of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, an executive member of the Public Interest Advocacy Centre, chair of the Harry Crowe Foundation, and vice-president of the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council.
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Howard Pawley served as a board member of the Erie St Clair Local Health Integration Network [LHIN].
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At the University of Windsor, Howard Pawley served as an Associate Professor and served as the Paul Martin Professor.
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Howard Pawley served as the President of the Windsor University Faculty Association.
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Howard Pawley was acting director of the Centre for Studies in Social Justice at the University of Windsor and was an associate professor emeritus at the University of Windsor.
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Howard Pawley was a supporter of the Campaign for the Establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly, an organisation that campaigns for democratic reform in the United Nations and the creation of a more accountable international political system.
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Howard Pawley died in a hospital in Windsor, Ontario, from a short illness on December 30,2015, at the age of 81.