Laurie Evans (politician)

He worked as an agriculturalist before entering public life, and joined the Academic Staff of the University of Manitoba in 1958.

He received 1,376 votes, finishing well behind incumbent New Democrat Andy Anstett and the winner, Progressive Conservative Gilles Roch.

Two years later, he was elected in the south-central Winnipeg riding of Fort Garry (which included the University of Manitoba's main campus at the time), defeating incumbent Progressive Conservative Charlie Birt[2] by almost 1,000 votes.

The Liberals increased their parliamentary representation from one to twenty in this election, and Evans sat with the official opposition for the next two years.

In the provincial election of 1990, he lost to Progressive Conservative Rosemary Vodrey[2] amid a general loss of support for the Liberal Party.