Charles Witney, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
About Charles Witney
- Charles Hubert (Buck) Witney (July 12, 1919 – May 21, 1991) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada.
- He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1959 to 1969, and served as a cabinet minister in the governments of Dufferin Roblin and Walter Weir.Witney was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.
- The son of Percy Howard Witney and Winnifred Marion Herrington, Witney was educated at Technical High School in Moose Jaw, and did not attend university.
- During World War II, he served as a radar mechanic in the Royal Canadian Air Force.
- In 1947, Witney married Vera Ruby Matthews.
- He moved to Flin Flon in 1949.
- Prior to his election, he was a star personality at CFAR, at the time the only radio station in Flin Flon. Known as a populist, he first ran for the Manitoba legislature in the 1958 provincial election, against Liberal-Progressive Francis Bud Jobin in the riding of Flin Flon.
- He lost, but defeated Jobin in the 1959 provincial election, as the Progressive Conservatives won a majority government under the leadership of Dufferin Roblin.
- Witney defeated Jobin, who later served as Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba.
- He was appointed Minister of Mines and Natural Resources on August 7, 1959.Re-elected in the 1962 provincial election, Witney was appointed Minister of Health on December 9, 1963.
- He held this position for the remainder of Roblin's time in office, and was retained in the portfolio when Walter Weir succeeded Roblin as Premier in 1967.
- Many aldermen in Winnipeg found him extremely stubborn on health-related matters.
- On September 24, 1968, he was transferred to the Ministry of Labour.He was defeated by New Democratic Party candidate Thomas Barrow in the 1969 provincial election, and did not seek re-election after that time.In 1969, Witney moved to Toronto, where he served as executive director of the Canadian School Trustees Association.
- He moved to Ottawa when the association moved its office there in 1975.
- Witney died at home in Nepean at the age of 71.
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