December 16, 2010(2010-12-16) (aged 83) Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Political party
Progressive Conservative
Spouse
Barbara Jean Mayers
(m. 1953)
Children
5
Residence(s)
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Alma mater
University of Manitoba (LL.B.)
Occupation
lawyer
Profession
politician
Cabinet
Attorney-General (1958–1963) Minister of Municipal Affairs (1960–1961) Minister of Public Utilities (1961–1963) Minister of Mines and Natural Resources (1963–1966) Minister of Public Utilities (1964) Attorney General (1966–1969) Minister of Tourism and Recreation Commission, Northern Affairs (1966–1968) Leader of the Opposition (1981–1983)
Sterling Rufus LyonPC OC OM QC (January 30, 1927 – December 16, 2010)[1] was a Canadian lawyer, cabinet minister, and the 17th premier of Manitoba from 1977 to 1981. His government introduced several fiscally-conservative measures, and was sometimes seen as a local version of the government of Margaret Thatcher in the United Kingdom. He also successfully fought for the inclusion of the notwithstanding clause in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
^"Former Manitoba premier Sterling Lyon dies". CBC News.[dead link]
Sterling Rufus Lyon PC OC OM QC (January 30, 1927 – December 16, 2010) was a Canadian lawyer, cabinet minister, and the 17th premier of Manitoba from...
from 1971 to 1975, but was unable to defeat Schreyer's government. SterlingLyon became leader of the party in 1975 and took it in a more economically...
Walter Weir 167 SterlingLyon 141 Stewart McLean 87 George Johnson 71 Second ballot (Johnson eliminated): Walter Weir 220 SterlingLyon 170 Stewart McLean...
to 1981, he was a cabinet minister in the provincial government of SterlingLyon. Born in Canora, Saskatchewan, the son of George Jorgenson and Hilma...
1977 to 1981, and served as a cabinet minister in the government of SterlingLyon. He was the son of John MacMaster and Jessie Campbell. In 1962, MacMaster...
from 1969 to 1984, serving as a cabinet minister in the government of SterlingLyon. The son of Louis Ralph Sherman, archbishop of Rupert's Land, and Caroline...
road in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It follows Wilkes Avenue and the SterlingLyon Parkway, running east from an interchange at the Perimeter Highway (PTH...
1973 to 1986, and served as a cabinet minister in the government of SterlingLyon. The son of Jacob G. Banman and Barbara Enns, he was raised in Steinbach...
in 1979 under the Progressive Conservative of Manitoba government of SterlingLyon and the federal Progressive Conservative Party of Joe Clark. The purpose...
was a cabinet minister in the Progressive Conservative governments of SterlingLyon and Gary Filmon. The son of Warder Franklin John Orchard and Muriel...
of Manitoba from 1973 to 1981, and served in the cabinet of Premier SterlingLyon. Subsequently, he was a Progressive Conservative member of the House...
Preceded by SterlingLyon Succeeded by Stewart McLean In office June 12, 1963 – August 24, 1964 Premier Dufferin Roblin Preceded by SterlingLyon Succeeded...
fully-enclosed shopping centre development located on the intersection of SterlingLyon Parkway and Kenaston Boulevard, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It was...
Democrats were defeated by the Progressive Conservative Party under SterlingLyon. He remained leader of the NDP in opposition until 1979, when Trudeau...
against Lyon in the Champions League quarter-finals, in which Sterling missed an open goal chance to level the score, as it was 2–1 for Lyon. Sterling scored...
re-election bid easier. The Progressive Conservatives returned to power under SterlingLyon in the 1977 election. McKenzie, easily re-elected in his own riding...
from 1969 to 1981, and was a cabinet minister in the government of SterlingLyon. McGill was raised in Brandon, Manitoba, and was educated at Queen's...
1966. When Roblin moved to federal politics in 1967, Weir defeated SterlingLyon and two other candidates to become the party's new leader. He was sworn...
Corporate Affairs and Minister of Environment in the government of SterlingLyon. Lyon's Tories were defeated later in 1981 by the New Democratic Party under...
election, although Hyde was not appointed to the cabinet of Premier SterlingLyon. The Tories were defeated in the provincial election of 1981, although...
votes in the north-end Winnipeg riding of Wellington. The Tories under SterlingLyon won a majority government in this election, and Corrin sat with the...
from 1977 to 1986, and was a cabinet minister in the government of SterlingLyon. Gourlay was born in 1929 in Brandon, Manitoba. The son of Andrew Jackson...
re-election in 1977, instead choosing to step aside for party leader SterlingLyon. He resumed his construction business after leaving office, and moved...
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