- William Scraba
William Scraba (died 1971) was a politician in
Manitoba ,Canada . He served in theLegislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1945 to 1949 as a representative of the Liberal-Progressive Party.Before his career in provincial politics, Scraba served on the Winnipeg City Council as a member of the conservative
Civic Election Committee . He was a businessman in the city.Scraba was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1945 provincial election, in the ten-member constituency of Winnipeg. During this period, Winnipeg elected ten members to the legislative assembly by a
single transferable ballot . Scraba finished ninth on the first count, and secured the tenth and final seat on the fifteenth count, narrowly edging out Progressive ConservativeMorley Lougheed . He served as a background supporter of PremiersStuart Garson and Douglas Campbell over the next four years.Winnipeg's electoral map was changed for the 1949 provincial election, as the single ten-member constituency was replaced with three separate four-member constituencies. Scraba ran for re-election as an "Independent Liberal-Progressive" in Winnipeg North, but was defeated. He finished sixth on the first count, and was eliminated on the seventh count.
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