Paul Edwards (politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Kingston, Ontario, Canada
About Paul Edwards (politician)
- Paul Edwards (born February 21, 1961) is a Manitoba politician and lawyer.
- He served as leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party between 1993 and 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 Progressive Conservative Jae Eadie by about 600 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 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 about 300 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 were overtaken by the NDP well before election day.
- The Liberals fell to three seats in the election of 1995, Edwards's not being one of them.
- He was defeated by New Democratic candidate Mary Ann Mihychuk, and 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.
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