Ken Dillen
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Ken Dillen | |
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| Member of the Joseph Borowski | |
| Succeeded by | Ken MacMaster |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 29, 1938 Cutler, Ontario, CAnada |
| Died | April 20, 2020 (aged 81) Cutler, Ontario, Canada |
| Political party | New Democratic Party of Manitoba |
Kenneth George Dillen (April 29, 1938 – April 20, 2020) was a Canadian
Early life and career
Dillen was born at the
Legislator
He was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the
The New Democratic Party won a majority government in this election under Edward Schreyer's leadership. Dillen entered the legislature as a government backbencher, serving as Schreyer's legislative assistant. He lost to Progressive Conservative candidate Ken MacMaster by 916 votes in the 1977 provincial election.[4]
Dillen later moved to Saskatchewan and held several positions, including field staff coordinator for the Key Lake Board of Inquiry, overseeing uranium mining operations. He was also a member of the Interprovincial Association on Native Employment, the Interprovincial Inland Fisherman's Association, and the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.
Despite his background in the labour movement and New Democratic Party, Dillen became a supporter of the "
.In the late 2000s, he was secretary of the Prairie Centre Policy Institute. He returned to Manitoba after spending some years in Saskatchewan, and ran for re-election as a Liberal for the Thompson electoral division in 2011,
Electoral record
| 1973 Manitoba general election: Thompson | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| New Democratic | Ken Dillen | 2,742 | 37.54 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Anna Denby | 2,480 | 33.95 | |||||
| Liberal | Blain Johnston | 2,083 | 28.51 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 7,305 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Rejected votes | 33 | |||||||
| Turnout | 7,338 | 71.30 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 10,292 | |||||||
References
- ^ "MLA Biographies – Living". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.
- ^ "Former NDP MLA will run in Thompson as a Liberal". Thompson Citizen. August 10, 2011. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
- ^ Election 2011 candidates: Thompson: Ken Dillen Archived 2011-10-16 at the Wayback Machine, Manitoba Liberal Party, accessed 12 September 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Thompson". Manitoba. CBC News. August 3, 2011. Retrieved 2014-01-17.
- ^ "Steve Ashton makes his election pitch to Thompson Chamber of Commerce". Thompson Citizen. September 21, 2011. Retrieved 2014-01-17.
- ^ "Summary of Votes Received" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. 2011. Retrieved 2014-01-17.
- ^ "Obituary of Kenneth George Dillen | Reid Funeral Home - Leamington".