Donald Orchard
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Born | Miami, Manitoba, Canada | April 11, 1946
Political party | Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba |
Occupation | Farmer |
Donald Warder Orchard (born April 11, 1946) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1977 to 1995, and was a cabinet minister in the Progressive Conservative governments of Sterling Lyon and Gary Filmon.[1]
The son of Warder Franklin John Orchard and Muriel Bernice King, he was born in
He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the
The Progressive Conservatives won the 1977 election under Sterling Lyon, and Orchard was appointed
The Progressive Conservatives won a minority government in 1988 under
As Health Minister, Orchard banned Medicare coverage from Henry Morgentaler's private abortion clinic.[4] This decision provoked criticism from both sides of the abortion debate; some wanted the clinic closed entirely, while others wanted full funding.
Orchard was a rural populist, on the right-wing of the Progressive Conservative Party. In 2003, he supported cooperation between the Canadian Alliance with the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in the Portage—Lisgar riding, before the two parties were formally merged.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d "MLA Biographies - Living". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
- ^ Normandin, Pierre G (1979). Canadian Parliamentary Guide.
- ^ "Pembina". Manitoba Votes 2003. CBC News. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
- ^ Ollerhead, Lianne (May 1993). "Abortion in Canada: Legislative Limbo and the Morgentaler Factor" (PDF). Origins. Ohio State University. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
- ^ "Right ready to unite". Winnipeg Free Press. October 16, 2003. Retrieved 2014-03-03.