Bob Lane (Canadian politician)

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Violet Cabel
(m. 1950;died 2021)
[1]
Bob Lane
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Winnipeg—St. James
In office
May 22, 1979 December 13, 1979
Professioninsurance executive

Robert Edward Lane was a Canadian insurance executive and politician from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Lane served as a Progressive Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada. [2] [3]

He represented the Winnipeg—St. James electoral district in Manitoba, which he won in the 1979 federal election. He did not serve in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Joe Clark. After serving his only term, the 31st Canadian Parliament, he was defeated in the 1980 federal election by Cyril Keeper of the New Democratic Party. Lane married Violet Cabel in November 1950, during which time he resided in Medicine Hat, Alberta. [4] She died in 2021. [5]

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References

  1. "Photograph - Bob Lane and Wife | digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca".
  2. "Mercier, Keeper out to bar Lane", Winnipeg Free Press, Wednesday, 13 February 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
  3. Journal. 1979.
  4. "Violet Cabel and R. E. Lane Plight Marriage Troth". Winnipeg Free Press. 5 November 1950. p. 13.
  5. "LANE VIOLET - Obituaries - Winnipeg Free Press Passages".