His share of the popular vote fell to below 50% in the provincial election of 1995,[4] but he was still re-elected by a nearly 2-to-1 margin over the NDP, despite the Liberals winning only two other seats in the rest of the province.
The Manitoba Liberal Party experienced internal divisions in 1997, due to disgruntlement with the leadership of Ginny Hasselfield.
[5] Neil Gaudry died of a heart attack on February 18, 1999,[4] while attending the Festival du Voyageur in St. Boniface[2] and the legislature passed a motion of condolence in his memory on April 26 of the same year.
He sought to have Louis Riel recognized as a Father of Confederation, and was an active member in l'Assemblee internationale des parlementaires de la langue francaise.
Despite partisan differences, he also assisted the Progressive Conservative government of Gary Filmon on matters relating to francophone education.