Morris McGregor, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Morris McGregor

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 25-Apr-1923

Date of Death: 25-Jul-2003

Profession: politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Morris McGregor

  • Donald Morris McGregor (April 25, 1923 in Lenore, Manitoba – July 25, 2003) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada.
  • He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1962 to 1981.The son of Dan McGregor, he was educated in Lenore schools, and served in the Royal Canadian Navy.
  • McGregor later owned a farm in Kenton, Manitoba and became a freemason.
  • He served as a member of the Kenton Chamber of Commerce.
  • In 1954, he married Helen Large.He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the provincial election of 1962, defeating his Liberal opponent Malcolm McGregor by a strong majority in the southwestern riding of Virden.
  • He was re-elected with a comfortable majority in the provincial election of 1966, and supported the governments of Dufferin Roblin and Walter Weir as a backbench MLA.
  • In the provincial election of 1969, he defeated incumbent Liberal MLA Earl Dawson by 590 votes after redistribution forced them to compete against one another. McGregor was re-elected by more comfortable majorities in the elections of 1973 and 1977 Manitoba general election.
  • He did not serve in the cabinet of Sterling Lyon, and retired from the legislature in 1981.
  • McGregor was known as an aggressive defender of his constituents' interests throughout his time in office, and was often regarded as a political maverick. In 1982, he moved to Brandon.
  • McGregor died at Central Park Lodge in Brandon at the age of 80.

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