David Winninger (born October 10, 1949) is a former

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, Canada. He was a New Democratic member of the

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from 1990 to 1995 representing the riding of

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. From 2000 to 2010 he was a municipal councillor in the city of

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Background

Winninger has a

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degree and a

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degree from the

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, as well as a law degree (LLB 1978) from

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. He practiced law for 10 years before entering political life and received the Quebec Bar Prize in 1977.

Politics

Provincial

Winninger ran for the Ontario legislature in the 1985 provincial election, finishing in third place against Liberal

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in the riding of

. He ran again in the 1987 provincial election, and again placed third. The NDP won a

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in the 1990 provincial election, and Winninger was elected as an MPP for London South. He served as a

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from 1990 to 1995 to the

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. In 1992, he passed a private member's bill to save the Talbot Block, an historical site within London. The NDP were defeated in the 1995 provincial election, and Winninger lost his seat to Progressive Conservative Bob Wood by over 7,000 votes.

Municipal

Winninger was elected to London City Council in 2000. He won re-election in 2003. In 2006, he was elected as councillor for Ward 11 in London's revised ward system of 14 wards—each represented by one councillor. In addition, he sat on the London Public Library Board until his defeat in the 2010 municipal elections.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Winninger, David 1949 births McGill University Faculty of Law alumni Living people London, Ontario city councillors Ontario New Democratic Party MPPs University of Western Ontario alumni 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario