[2] He worked as a farmer on his family's 5,000 acre beef farm after returning to the province, and was a professor in the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Manitoba from 1970 to 1977.
[3] The election was narrowly won by the New Democratic Party under Howard Pawley, and Findlay joined 25 other Conservatives in the official opposition.
Findlay was re-elected without difficulty in the general election which followed, and was appointed Minister of Agriculture with responsibility for the Manitoba Telephone System on May 9, 1988.
[4] He endorsed Jean Charest's bid to lead the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in June 1993.
[5] On September 10, 1993, he was named Minister of Highways and Transportation, retaining responsibility for the provincial telephone system.