Paul Edwards | |
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Leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party | |
In office June 4, 1993 –November 19, 1996 | |
Preceded by | Sharon Carstairs |
Succeeded by | Ginny Hasselfield |
Leader of the Second Opposition in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba | |
In office June 4,1993 –March 20,1995 | |
Preceded by | Sharon Carstairs |
Succeeded by | Dougald Lamont (2018) |
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for St. James | |
In office April 26,1988 –April 25,1995 | |
Preceded by | Al Mackling |
Succeeded by | MaryAnn Mihychuk |
Personal details | |
Born | Kingston,Ontario,Canada | February 21,1961
Political party | Manitoba Liberal Party |
Spouse | Anne MacKay |
Children | 4 |
Residence(s) | Winnipeg,Manitoba |
Paul Edwards (born February 21,1961) is a Manitoba politician [1] and lawyer. He served as leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party from 1993 to 1996.
Edwards was born in Kingston,Ontario and was educated at Trent University and Queen's University. He later worked as a barrister and solicitor.
In 1988,Edwards was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for the Winnipeg riding of St. James,defeating his closest competitor,Progressive Conservative Jae Eadie,by 579 votes. He joined 19 other Liberals in forming the official opposition to the minority government of Progressive Conservative Premier Gary Filmon.
The 1988 election was a landmark for the Manitoba Liberal Party,in that it had previously been reduced to a marginal presence in the province. The unpopularity of Howard Pawley's New Democratic government in 1988 had given the party the support of many centre-left voters,and many [ who? ] believed that the Liberals had a chance to form government in the next election. This did not occur. The New Democratic Party recovered under Gary Doer's leadership,and the Liberals were reduced to only seven seats (out of 57) in the election of 1990. Edwards was re-elected in St. James,this time defeating Progressive Conservative candidate Joanne Thibault by 295 votes.
Liberal leader Sharon Carstairs was blamed by many in the party for squandering a chance to form government,and resigned as party leader in 1993. Subsequently,Edwards defeated MLA Kevin Lamoureux to become the party's new leader.
The Liberals initially appeared to have a reasonable chance of winning the 1995 election,placing a strong second to the Tories in early polls. They ran a poor campaign,however,and the NDP overtook them well before election day. The Liberals fell to three seats in the election of 1995:Lamoureux was re-elected in his constituency of Inkster,as were Neil Gaudry in St. Boniface and Gary Kowalski in The Maples. In another close race in St. James,Edwards lost to New Democratic candidate MaryAnn Mihychuk by 166 votes. He announced his resignation as party leader later in the year. He formally resigned in 1996,and subsequently returned to a legal practice.
Edwards is married to Anne MacKay. They have four children:Beth,Evan,Wynn and Adam.
1988 Manitoba general election : St. James | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Paul Edwards | 3,939 | 40.14 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Jae Eadie | 3,360 | 34.24 | |||||
New Democratic | Allan MacDonald | 2,171 | 22.13 | |||||
Confederation of Regions | Fred Debrecen | 137 | 1.40 | |||||
Progressive | Charles Lamont | 74 | 0.75 | |||||
Libertarian | Dennis Rice | 69 | 0.70 | |||||
Western Independence | Merle Hartlin | 62 | 0.63 | |||||
Total valid votes | 9,812 | 100.00 | ||||||
Rejected ballots | 29 | – | ||||||
Turnout | 9,841 | 78.54 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 12,530 | |||||||
Source:Elections Manitoba [2] |
1990 Manitoba general election : St. James | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Paul Edwards | 3,014 | 35.09 | -5.05 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Joanne Thibault | 2,719 | 31.66 | -2.58 | ||||
New Democratic | Len Sawatsky | 2,586 | 30.11 | +7.98 | ||||
Progressive | Charles Lamont | 148 | 1.72 | +0.97 | ||||
Confederation of Regions | Fred Debrecen | 122 | 1.42 | -0.02 | ||||
Total valid votes | 8,589 | 100.00 | - | |||||
Rejected ballots | 22 | – | – | |||||
Turnout | 8,611 | 73.37 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 11,737 | |||||||
Source:Elections Manitoba [3] |
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