Manitoba Liberal Party - Party Leaders

Party Leaders

Liberal Party leaders

  1. Thomas Greenway, 1882; 1883–1904
  2. Charles Mickle, December 5, 1904 – March 28, 1906 (parliamentary leader)
  3. Edward Brown, March 28, 1906 – 1907
  4. Charles Mickle, January 1908 – 1909 (parliamentary leader)
  5. Tobias C. Norris, 1910 – March 30, 1927
  6. Hugh Robson, March 10, 1927 – January 3, 1930
  7. James Breakey, 1930 – June 26, 1931 (parliamentary leader)
  8. Murdoch Mackay, June 26, 1931 – 1932

"Continuing Liberal" leaders

  1. David Campbell, 1932

Liberal-Progressive Party leaders

  1. John Bracken, 1932 – January 1943
  2. Stuart Garson, January 1943 – November 1948
  3. Douglas Campbell, November 1948 – April 19, 1961

Liberal Party leaders (renewal)

  1. Gildas Molgat, April 20, 1961 – May 10, 1969
  2. Robert Bend, May 10, 1969 – October 31, 1970
  3. Israel Asper, October 31, 1970 – February 22, 1975
  4. Charles Huband, February 22, 1975 – 1978
  5. Doug Lauchlan, November 30, 1980 – 1982
  6. Sharon Carstairs, March 4, 1984 – June 4, 1993
  7. Paul Edwards, June 4, 1993 – 1996
  8. Ginny Hasselfield, October 19, 1996 – 1998
  9. Jon Gerrard, October 17, 1998 – present

(Note: Stan Roberts served as the party's acting leader from 1969 to 1970, after Robert Bend was defeated in the province's 1969 election. Although Lloyd Axworthy was the party's only MLA from 1977 to 1979, he was never party leader.)

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