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  Schreyer, Edward Richard
Edward Schreyer was the fifth Canadian-born governor general and the first who was neither French nor British in ancestry.
Schreyer was raised in Manitoba, where at the age of 22 he was elected to the legislature.
Schreyer was determined to be an informal governor general.
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  Edward Schreyer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edward Richard Schreyer, PC, CC, CMM, OM, CD, LLD (born December 21, 1935, Beausejour, Manitoba) is a Canadian politician and member of the New Democratic Party of Canada.
In the provincial election of 1958, Schreyer was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a member of the Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, representing the rural constituency of Brokenhead.
Schreyer returned to provincial politics in 1969, and was elected on June 8 as leader of the New Democratic Party of Manitoba, the successor to the Manitoba CCF.
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 Edward Schreyer
Edward Schreyer (born December 21, 1935, Beausejour[?], Manitoba) is a former Governor-General of Canada (1979-1984) and Premier of Manitoba (1969-1977)
His political career began with his election to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a member of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation, representing the constituency of Brokenhead, from 1958 until 1965.
In 1969, Schreyer returned to provincial politics, elected on June 8 as leader of the New Democratic Party of Mantioba.
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 BU News - The Right Honourable Edward R. Schreyer Re-Elected as Chancellor
Schreyer was born at Beausejour, Manitoba in 1935.
Schreyer was first elected to the Manitoba Legislative Assembly in 1958 at the age of 22, and was re-elected in the general elections of 1959 and 1962.
Schreyer was chosen leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP) in Manitoba, and in the provincial election of June 25, 1969, he was elected Premier of Manitoba.
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 Edward Schreyer information - Search.com
In the provincial election of 1958, Schreyer was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a member of the Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), representing the rural constituency of Brokenhead.
Schreyer returned to provincial politics in 1969, and was elected on June 8 as leader of the New Democratic Party of Manitoba, the successor to the Manitoba CCF.
On November 1, 2002, Schreyer was appointed as Chancellor for Brandon University, and was re-elected as Chancellor by the University in early 2005].
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 New Winnipeg : Background information - Edward Schreyer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Edward Richard Schreyer (born December 21, 1935 in Beausejour, Manitoba) is a former Governor General of Canada (1979-1984) and Premier of Manitoba (1969-1977).
In the provincial election of 1958, Schreyer was elected to the Manitoba Legislature as a member of the Manitoba Cooperative Commonwealth Federation, representing the rural constituency of Brokenhead.
Schreyer returned to provincial politics in 1969, and was elected on June 8 as leader of the New Democratic Party of Manitoba.
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 Saul Cherniack - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1962 to 1981, and served as a cabinet minister in the government of Edward Schreyer.
In 1968-69, Cherniack was a key figure in the provincial NDP calling for Edward Schreyer to replace Russell Paulley as party leader.
When Edward Schreyer resigned as party leader in 1979, Cherniack offered to serve as interim leader until a party convention could be held.
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 CanadaInfo: Government: Federal: Governor General: Former Governors General: Schreyer
Schreyer was appointed Governor General and he and his family moved from Manitoba into Rideau Hall.
Schreyer to have an accessible entrance and an elevator installed in the official residence.
Schreyer announced that for five years his Governor General's pension would be used to fund the Canadian Shield Foundation, an organization that studies the flora and fauna of the Canadian shield and provides grant monies and employment in that area, and Mr.
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 Sympatico / MSN : News : CTV.ca
Schreyer said there has been some confusion on this point, but said he doesn't believe he is setting a precedent.
Schreyer mentioned Roland Michener, an MP from Ontario who later became Speaker of the House and then governor general, and Lord Alexander who held the post before returning to the United Kingdom where he became minister of defense.
Schreyer was recently appointed to the Habitat for Humanity board of directors, and also serves with the Canadian Shield Foundation, Sierra Legal Defense Fund, the Port of Vancouver Port Authority and, International Institute of Sustainable Development and the Lake Winnipeg Stewardship Board, among others.
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 Sidney Green - winnipedia.ca
Green ran against Ed Schreyer for the party's leadership in 1969, in what proved to be a much less divisive campaign.
After the Schreyer government was defeated in the 1977 election, Green became disillusioned with the direction of the provincial NDP.
After Schreyer was appointed Governor General of Canada in 1979, Green stood for the party's interim leadership, but he was defeated by Howard Pawley in a vote of caucus members.
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 SIPP - A Living Treee   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Edward Schreyer was first elected to the Manitoba Legislature in 1958 at age 22 and was re-elected twice.
Edward Schreyer became NDP leader in 1969 and Premier of Manitoba 1969-77.
Schreyer also serves on the Port of Vancouver Port Authority and Lake Winnipeg Stewardship Boards and is Special Advisor on Energy, Science and Technology to the Government of Manitoba.
www.uregina.ca /sipp/conference_2007/english/bios/edward_schreyer.htm   (342 words)

  
 Interview with the Rt. Hon. Edward R. Schreyer | EnergyBulletin.net | Peak Oil News Clearinghouse
If Schreyer is successful in his campaign he plans to raise the issue of Peak Oil in the House of Commons.
SCHREYER: To begin the transition to renewables and subside or diminish the rate of depletion of Oil and gas.
SCHREYER: You would be better served by contacting the national campaign office because I haven't had an opportunity to communicate with anybody on this issue and for the next 40 days or so I will be out in the rural areas so I will not be able to answer this question.
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 The Rt. Hon. Ed Schreyer Elected to Habitat for Humanity International Board
Schreyer was elected during the board's recent meeting in South Africa.
Schreyer, who has been working with Habitat for Humanity Canada since 1989, has been a volunteer, honourary patron of Habitat for Humanity Canada and the namesake of the organization's "Ed Schreyer Work Projects" between 1993 and 2003.
Schreyer was first elected to the Manitoba Legislature in 1958 at the age of 22, its youngest member, and re-elected twice.
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 The Right Honourable Edward Richard Schreyer
One of Edward Schreyer's first encounters with Rideau Hall came in 1975 when he was awarded the 'Governor General Vanier Award as an Outstanding Young Canadian of the Year'.
Edward Schreyer studied at United College St. John's College and the University of Manitoba, earning a Bachelor of Pedagogy in 1959, the first of four degrees.
On June 30, 1960, Edward Schreyer married Lily Schulz, and the couple had two daughters, Lisa and Karmel and two sons, Jason and Tobin.
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 The Oil Drum | A Community Discussion about Peak Oil
I was in ASPO 2005 in Lisbon and Schreyer was in a panel with Yves Cochet and Michael Meacher, (both ex environmental ministers) and Rudolf Rechsteiner, a Swiss parliamentary.
Schreyer is quite aware of peak oil and its possible consequences and his speech at Lisbon reminded me a lot to Carter.
Schreyer was Govenor General of Canada many years ago (usually an end of political career post), but is now contemplating a return to active politics as an MP.
www.theoildrum.com /story/2005/12/30/101215/29   (718 words)

  
 Schreyer, Edward Richard @ Archontology.org: presidents, kings, prime ministers, biography, database
Educated at United College, St. John's College and the University of Manitoba, Edward Schreyer became the youngest member of the Manitoba Legislative Assembly at age 22.
Schreyer was the youngest Governor General to be appointed since Lord Lorne in 1878.
Schreyer caused political controversy by hesitating before allowing Prime Minister Joe Clark to call an election in 1979, and by suggesting that he might have dissolved Parliament if Trudeau had attempted to impose his constitutional proposals unilaterally in 1981-1982.
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 Schreyer, The Honourable Edward R., Policy Formation in a Rapidly Changing Society
Born in 1935 in Beausejour, Manitoba, Premier Schreyer was educated in the local schools and at the University of Manitoba.
Edward Schreyer was elected leader and, in turn, resigned from his Commons seat.
However, Premier Schreyer is a member of the East St. Paul Curling Club so that, presumably, he is accustomed to manoeuvring on thin ice, to sweeping away obstacles in his path, and undoubtedly, to proceeding with granite-like determination.
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Edward R. "Ed" Murrow (born Egbert Roscoe Murrow), (April 25, 1908 – April 27, 1965) was an American journalist.
Another reporter, Frank Gervasi in Rome, was unable to find a transmitter to broadcast reaction from the Italian capital, but phoned his script to Shirer in London, who read it on the broadcast.
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 Schreyer Edward Richard - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Schreyer Edward Richard - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Schreyer, Edward Richard (1935- ), Governor-General of Canada (1979-1984).
He was born in Beausejour, Manitoba, and educated at the University of...
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 Can an ex-GG change his spots, er, views?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Schreyer will be facing a Conservative incumbent in Selkirk-Interlake -- James Bezan, who won by more than 8,000 votes in 2004.
Schreyer was interviewed on CTV's Question Period on Sunday.
Former governor general Edward Schreyer said he is annoyed that statements he made in 1987 calling homosexuality "an affliction" have been made a campaign issue, adding that he supports equal rights for gays and lesbians.
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 The Republic :: 'Peak'-a-boo
Schreyer revealed that if he is successful in his campaign, he intends to be the first politician to raise the issue of Peak Oil in Canada's Parliament.
Ed Schreyer: To begin the transition to renewables and subside or diminish the rate of depletion of oil and gas.
Schreyer: To continue your insistence on better conservation and efficiency efforts and continue to improve those standards and those efforts; to watch the current generation of policy makers to see whether they are making real and genuine efforts towards conservation, efficiency and renewables, as opposed to doing lip service and press release service only.
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 The return of Ed Schreyer | The Joseph Planta Commentary |
And before Schreyer became the vice regal, he was an active politician, a former MP and later premier of Manitoba.
Often savage about colleagues and critics, the Senator was not forgiving of Schreyer, whom she encountered when she was a minister in the Mulroney government in the 1980s, and he the Australian high commissioner.
Over the audio system, there's a raucous debate raging in the chamber, and when she asks Schreyer what the palaver was about, he shrugs and says, "I don't know." Highly unusual says Carney, as it is the custom that diplomats brief their ministers when in a visiting country.
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 Ed Schreyer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Edward Richard Schreyer was born on December 21, 1935, in Beausejour, Manitoba.
The New Democrats received 28 of the legislature's 57 seats, and Schreyer became Premier of Manitoba.
In 1973, Premier Schreyer returned his party to power by winning 31 of the 57 seats and garnering 42% of the total popular vote.
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Edward Schreyer was first elected to the Manitoba Legislature in 1958 at age 22 and reelected twice.
He lectured on International relations at St. Paul’s College then was elected NDP Member of Parliament for Selkirk 1965 and reelected in 1968.   He became NDP leader 1969 and Premier of Manitoba 1969-77. The ensuing government enacted, for the first time, law and regulations requiring environmental impact assessment.
Schreyer also serves on the Port of Vancouver Port Authority and Lake Winnipeg Stewardship Boards and is Special Advisor on Energy, Science and Technology to the Government of Manitoba.
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 New Winnipeg : Background information - Howard Pawley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In 1960 he married Adele Schreyer, a cousin of Edward Schreyer who also served as Premier of Manitoba from 1969 to 1977.
He was chosen to be a part of Edward Schreyer's cabinet, and was sworn in as Minister of Government Services and Minister of Municipal Affairs on July 15, 1969.
Like Schreyer, he was from a rural part of the province and could appeal to voters beyond the CCF/NDP's traditional urban base.
www.newwinnipeg.com /news/info/howard-pawley.htm   (594 words)

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