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Bud Sherman
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'''Louis Ralph (Bud) Sherman''' (born
December 24,
1926 in
Quebec City,
Quebec) is a retired
politician in
Manitoba,
Canada. He served in the
Canadian House of Commons during the 1960s, and was a
Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba Progressive Conservative member of the
Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from
1969 to
1984, serving as a
cabinet minister in the government of
Sterling Lyon.
Sherman was educated at the
University of Manitoba. He served with the
Canadian Officers' Training Corps in
1947-
1949 49, graduating as a First Lieutenant. Subsequently, he worked as a broadcaster, journalist, and newspaper editor.
In the
Canadian federal election, 1965 Canadian federal election of 1965, Sherman was elected to the House of Commons for the riding of
Winnipeg South as a
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada Progressive Conservative, defeating
Liberal Party of Canada Liberal Margaret Konantz by about 3,000 votes (
Sidney Green of the
New Democratic Party was third). Sherman served as an opposition
Member_of_Parliament MP for three years, before losing his seat to high-profile Liberal candidate
James Richardson by over 8,000 votes in the
Canadian federal election, 1968 federal election of 1968. Following his loss, he wrote a regular column in the ''
Winnipeg Tribune''.
He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the
Manitoba general election, 1969 provincial election of 1969, defeating his
New Democratic Party of Manitoba NDP opponent by more than 1,500 votes in the south-end
Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg riding of
Fort Garry (Manitoba riding) Fort Garry. The NDP formed a
minority government after the election, and Sherman again sat as an opposition member. In the
Manitoba general election, 1973 election of 1973, he was narrowly re-elected over
Manitoba Liberal Party Liberal candidate
Henry Janzen.
Sherman was re-elected by a much greater margin in the
Manitoba general election, 1977 election of 1977, in which the Progressive Conservatives won a majority government under
Sterling Lyon. On
October 24,
1977, Sherman was appointed
Manitoba Minister of Health and Social Development Minister of Health and Social Development, with responsibility for
Corrections and Rehabilition (Manitoba ministry) Corrections and Rehabilitation. In October 1978, the name of his portfolio was changed to Health and Community Services. On
November 15,
1979, his title was again changed to "Minister of Health", a position he retained for the remainder of the Lyon government's time in office. Sherman also served as Chairman of the Community Services Committee of cabinet from
October 20,
1978 to the resignation of the Lyon government on
November 30,
1981.
The NDP under
Howard Pawley formed a majority in the
Manitoba general election, 1981 provincial election of 1981, although Sherman was easily re-elected in his own riding. He resigned his seat to run for the Canadian House of Commons again in the
Canadian federal election, 1984 1984 federal election, but was unsuccessful, losing to Liberal
Lloyd Axworthy in the riding of
Winnipeg--Fort Garry by just over 2,000 votes. At the time of the election, Sherman listed his profession as "health-care consultant".
Sherman has not sought a return to politics since this time. He later served as Vice-Chairman of the
Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), and was partly responsible for developing CRTC policy concerning changes in Canadian telecommunications with the growth of the internet and broad-band services. He retired from the position in
1995.
Sherman supported
Conservative Party of Canada Conservative candidate
Raj Joshi in the riding of
Winnipeg South Centre in the
Canadian federal election, 2004 federal election of 2004.
In December
2004, he was elected to the Board of Directors of the
Manitoba Major Soccer League.
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