UPDATE: It’s Lesage over Wells by a comfortable 204-102 vote margin. Lesage will take on a prominent Cabinet Minister of his, Rene Levesque, in the quarter-finals.
In the other match-up, the left wing decided to take up the Grant Devine cause this time but a late surge ended Sanjaya’s run, giving it to Ernest Manning in a 673-612. Manning draws fellow SoCred WAC Bennett in the next round.
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Voting is now open in the final two matchups of the first round, and will close at before midnight Thursday night. The semi-finals will start sometime this weekend.
Quiet Revolution, ending the Union Nationale’s reign. He was subsequently re-elected in ’62 under the “Maîtres chez nous” slogan (loosely translated to “master of the house” or “master of his domain“). He was defeated in 1966 because, to be blunt, he was too stupid to redraw the old UN Nationale rural heavy electoral map. During his time as Premier, Lesage brought in massive reform to education, health care, and working conditions. He also nationalized Hydro-Quebec.
Betting Line: The winner of this round is off to face Rene Levesque in the semis, which should make for a fun federalist/separatist clash, either way. Both Lesage and Wells are quite famous outside their home provinces, making for a too close to call 8/9 battle.
Ernest Manning Career Highlights: During Ernest C. Manning’s period of service as Premier, Alberta became Canada’s major oil-producing province following the discovery of the Leduc field in 1947 and the Redwater field in 1948. Education, health, and highways were priorities of Premier Manning’s Government. In 1947, it legislated free hospital and medical care for senior citizens and, in 1965, provincial civil servants were given the right to engage in collective bargaining.
Saskatchewan 1982-1991
Career Highlights: Highlights? Well, he was never charged himself in the kick-back scandal that hit his government.