- Guy Savoie
Guy Savoie is a former
politician inManitoba ,Canada . He was a city councillor in Winnipeg from1980 to1989 .Savoie first ran for the
Manitoba legislature in the provincial election of 1973, campaigning as a Liberal in Brandon West. He finished third, well behind his Progressive Conservative and New Democratic Party opponents.In
1980 , he was elected to theWinnipeg City Council in the Tache district of St. Boniface. During his time on the council, Savoie was associated with the pro-developmentIndependent Citizens' Election Committee , and subsequently with an informal centre-right alliance known as the "Gang of 18", which dominated municipal politics in Winnipeg during the late 1980s.In addition to his municipal career, he also ran for the Manitoba legislature again in the provincial election of 1981, finishing second to New Democrat
Laurent Desjardins in the riding of St. Boniface.He ran as a Progressive Conservative in the 1988 provincial election, and finished third to
Neil Gaudry , the Liberal candidate.
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