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New Democratic Party of Manitoba candidates, 1990 Manitoba provincial election
The New Democratic Party of Manitoba fielded a full slate of candidates in the 1990 provincial election, and won 20 seats out of 57 to form the Official Opposition in the legislature. Many of the party's candidates have their own biography pages; information about others may be found here.
==Shirley Lord (Fort Garry)==

Shirley Lord is a community organizer and activist. She was a nurse from 1970 to 1981, and fought for pay equity between aids and orderlies. She was also active with the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), and eventually chaired the CUPE Manitoba and Manitoba Federation of Labour political Action Committees. She was hired by CUPE as a full-time employee in 1991.〔("Solidarity, Sisterhood, Commitment, Caring: Sister Shirley Lord truly lives those words ), Manitoba Federation of Labour, accessed 19 November 2008.〕 She also served as chairwoman of the Village Clinic Board, where she campaigned for medical patients to be granted legal access to cannabis to alleviate pain.〔"Medical marijuana tests OK'd", ''Winnipeg Free Press'', 4 March 1999, B2.〕 She was a Winnipeg board member of the Council of Canadians and a prominent member of the Winnipeg social policy group CHO!CES.〔Wanda Chow, "Disney management seminar a Winnipeg first", ''Winnipeg Free Press'', 10 November 1995, A5; David Roberts, "Winnipeg lab accident irks residents, politicians", ''Winnipeg Free Press'', 14 July 1999, A2.〕 Lord was in Seattle during the 1999 protests against the World Trade Organization, and indicated that she was tear-gassed by police while walking through a fish market. She described the police actions against protesters on this occasion as "right out of control", and compared the scene to protests against the Vietnam War in the 1960s.〔"Manitobans tear-gassed; 'it's absolute madness'", ''Winnipeg Free Press'', 1 December 1999, A1.〕
She was the provincial New Democratic Party's president during the 1980s,〔"Tories gain easy win in Manitoba by-election", ''Globe and Mail'', 3 October 1984, P9; Linda Rosborough, "Accomplished women modest about book", ''Winnipeg Free Press'', 9 April 1997, A3.〕 and was campaign manager for Bill Blaikie's first political campaign in 1979.〔("Solidarity, Sisterhood, Commitment, Caring: Sister Shirley Lord truly lives those words ), Manitoba Federation of Labour, accessed 19 November 2008.〕 She has been a New Democratic Party candidate on two occasions.
Lord relocated to Kampala, Uganda in 2004, where she helped in fundraising for orphans and worked with the National Union of Persons with Disabilities through Volunteer Services Oversees (VSO). In 2007, she began a six-month VSO placement with the Christian Relief and Development Association in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.〔("Solidarity, Sisterhood, Commitment, Caring: Sister Shirley Lord truly lives those words ), Manitoba Federation of Labour, accessed 19 November 2008.〕

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