The 1983 Winnipeg municipal election was held on October 26, 1983 to elect a mayor, councillors and school trustees in the city of

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. There were also two

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questions, on bilingualism and nuclear disarmament.

Bill Norrie William Norrie (January 21, 1929 – July 6, 2012) was the 39th Mayor of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and was a onetime Chancellor of the University of Manitoba. Norrie was also involved in various charities, and once chaired the United Way of Winnipeg's ...

defeated

Brian Corrin Brian Mark Corrin (born July 4, 1945) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1977 to 1986, sitting as a New Democratic Party of Manitoba, New Democrat. Corrin was born in Winnipeg, Man ...

in the mayoral contest.

Results

* Jim Ragsdill was elected to Winnipeg City Council in

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, and re-elected in

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and 1983. He was a vocal critic of Winnipeg's civil service during the early 1980s.John Drabble, "City councillors ask: What's wrong ... why can't we get anything done?"
, ''Winnipeg Sun'', 12 September 1982, Retrieved 24 May 2008. He did not seek re-election in 1986. ''Results taken from the Winnipeg Free Press newspaper, 27 October 1983.''

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