Gurney Evans
Edward Gurney Vaux Evans (September 3, 1907
He was born in
Evans served as executive director for the Carswell-Shaw Commission which assessed Manitoba flood damages in 1950 and was executive director of the Red River Valley Board following the 1950 flood. He was also chairman of the Manitoba Civil Service Commission.[3]
Evans was a longtime friend of Dufferin Roblin, and was personally encouraged by Roblin to run for the provincial Progressive Conservatives. He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1953 provincial election, in the riding of Winnipeg South.[1] This riding elected four members by preferential balloting; Evans finished fourth on the first ballot, was declared elected on the sixth and final count. In 1954, members of the Winnipeg Press Gallery unanimously endorsed him as the "most dignified man in the house" at their annual dinner.
He was re-elected in the 1958 provincial election, easily winning in the redistributed single-member constituency of Fort Rouge.[1] The Progressive Conservatives formed a minority government after this election, and Evans was named Minister of Industry and Commerce and Minister of Mines and Natural Resources on June 30, 1958.[1]
The PCs won a majority government in the 1959 election. Evans, easily returned, was relieved of the MNR portfolio on August 7, 1959, and named Provincial Secretary on December 21.[1]
Evans was re-elected again in the provincial elections of
The Progressive Conservatives were defeated in the
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "MLA Biographies - Deceased". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-03-30.
- ^ "William Sanford Evans (1869-1949)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society.
- ^ ISBN 0887553184. Retrieved 2013-08-28.
- ^ "Edward Gurney Vaux Evans (1907-1987)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-08-28.