Deborah Grey (as interim leader of the Canadian Alliance)
Member of Parliament for Calgary Southwest
In office October 25, 1993 – January 31, 2002
Preceded by
Bobbie Sparrow
Succeeded by
Stephen Harper
Personal details
Born
Ernest Preston Manning
(1942-06-10) June 10, 1942 (age 81) Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Political party
Conservative (since 2003)
Other political affiliations
Social Credit (1965-1987) Alberta Social Credit Reform (1987–2000) Canadian Alliance (2000–2003)
Spouse
Sandra Beavis
(m. 1967)
Residence(s)
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Alma mater
University of Alberta (BA)
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Ernest Preston ManningPC CC AOE (born June 10, 1942) is a retired Canadian politician. He was the founder and the only leader of the Reform Party of Canada, a Canadian federal political party that evolved into the Canadian Alliance in 2000 which in turn merged with the Progressive Conservative Party to form today's Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. Manning represented the federal constituency of Calgary Southwest in the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 until his retirement in 2002. He served as leader of the Official Opposition from 1997 to 2000.
Manning is the son of former Social Credit Premier of Alberta Ernest Manning. Earning a Bachelor of Arts in economics in 1964, Manning rose to prominence in 1987, when he and an alliance of associates created the Reform Party, an anti-establishment right-wing populist party that won its first seat in 1989 and had a regionalist, Western Canadian base. Shortly after that, the party rapidly gained momentum in the 1993 Canadian federal election, where it won 52 seats. In the 1997 federal election, support increased as the party's number of seats rose to 60 and became the Official Opposition, although Manning struggled to win ridings in Central and Atlantic Canada in order to become prime minister. In 2000, the Reform Party was succeeded by the Canadian Alliance. Manning lost the leadership election to Stockwell Day but continued to serve in the federal parliament until his retirement in January 2002.
Manning has been deemed the "father of modern-day Canadian Conservatism",[2] and remains active in Conservative Party politics and campaigns. Manning is also seen as the founder of the green conservative movement in Canada.[3] Upon his retirement, he has founded the Manning Foundation for Democratic Education and the Manning Centre for Building Democracy, not-for-profit organizations dedicated to strengthening Canadian democracy in accordance with conservative principles.
^"1987 Reform Convention". CPAC. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
Ernest PrestonManning PC CC AOE (born June 10, 1942) is a retired Canadian politician. He was the founder and the only leader of the Reform Party of...
representative in Parliament when he retired from the Senate in 1983. Manning's son, PrestonManning, was the founder and leader of the Reform Party of Canada who...
by PrestonManning to promote conservative principles. It was known for the annual "high-profile" Manning Networking Conference (MNC). The Manning Centre...
give a voice to Western Canadian interests. PrestonManning, the son of former Alberta Premier Ernest Manning, was elected the party's first leader. With...
recommended by the University of Calgary's economist Bob Mansell to PrestonManning, the founder and leader of the right-wing populist Reform Party of...
majority in Quebec. Reform made sufficient gains in the West to allow PrestonManning to become leader of the Official Opposition, but lost its only seat...
convention of the Reform Party of Canada elected PrestonManning as party leader by acclamation. Manning was re-ratified as leader at every subsequent convention...
Carrie Preston (born June 21, 1967) is an American actress, director, and producer. She is best known for her roles as Arlene Fowler in the HBO fantasy...
was a Western-based populist party led by PrestonManning, the son of former Alberta Premier Ernest Manning. Originally broadly focused on Western Canadian...
conservatives together into one party. Former Reform Party leader PrestonManning lost in a leadership race to Stockwell Day who became leader of the...
or Deputy Chief of Staff of two Canadian federal political leaders, PrestonManning and Stephen Harper. Reid obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from the...
American football player PrestonManning (born 1942), Canadian politician Preston Martin (1923–2007), American banker Preston Mattingly (born 1987), American...
Manning (a.k.a. Mannion, Manning) is a family name. Manning is from an old Norse word — manningi — meaning a brave or valiant man; and one of the first...
for the Reform Party, becoming a parliamentary aide to party leader PrestonManning and being put in charge of question period strategy. Along with newly...
Gediman and Jay Allison on NPR from 2005 to 2009, and subsequently by PrestonManning on Canada's CBC Radio One in 2007. Essays that appear on the show are...
Despite the Reform Party being dominated by social conservatives, leader PrestonManning, seeking greater national support for the party, was reluctant for...
reasonable to ban homosexuals from teaching children. Party leader PrestonManning and the other top party officials did not censure the remarks or demand...
former Reform Party leader PrestonManning and Ontario PC strategist Tom Long. In the following runoff election against Manning, held on July 8, 2000, Day...
its founder PrestonManning, the Reform Party rapidly gained momentum in western Canada and sought to expand its base in the east. Manning, son of longtime...
Smith (October 13, 1962 – July 12, 2020), known professionally as Kelly Preston, was an American actress. She appeared in more than 60 television and film...
and leader PrestonManning and published by Macmillan Canada. The book explains the personal, religious, and political life of PrestonManning and explains...
was led by PrestonManning, who was himself a one time Socred candidate and the son of longtime Alberta Social Credit premier Ernest Manning. Reform won...
prominent: Bobbie Sparrow served in the cabinet led by Kim Campbell, while PrestonManning was the leader of the Reform Party of Canada from 1987 and Leader of...
Calgary, Novak first entered politics as an intern in the offices of PrestonManning and Rob Anders. He was later a researcher for the National Citizens...
including politicians such as former Reform Party of Canada leader PrestonManning, former Progressive Conservative Ontario premier Mike Harris, and former...
the House of Commons. Sparrow lost her seat to Reform Party leader PrestonManning. "Profile - Sparrow, Barbara Jane (Bobbie)". lop.parl.ca. Retrieved...
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