Walding, Jim, 1937-
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- Just one vote, 2009:t.p. (Jim Walding)
- wikipedia entry, accessed 12 May 2009 :(Derek James "Jim" Walding, May 9, 1937-April 23, 2007; politician in Manitoba, Canada)
Wikipedia description:
Derek James Walding (May 9, 1937 – April 23, 2007) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1971 to 1988 and served as speaker of the assembly from 1982 to 1986. Walding was a member of the New Democratic Party of Manitoba (NDP). In 1988, he brought down the NDP government of Howard Pawley by voting against his party's budget. That was the first time in Canadian history that a majority government was defeated by a vote of one of its own party members.
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