Robert David "Bob" Banman (born January 10, 1945 in

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) is a

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from Manitoba,

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. He was a member of the

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from 1973 to 1986, and served as a

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in the government of

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. The son of Jacob G. Banman and Barbara Enns, he was raised in

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. He worked as an automobile dealer after graduating from high school and was on the Steinbach Town Council from 1970 to 1973. In 1968, Banman married Joanne Baerg. He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the

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, defeating incumbent

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Leonard Barkman by about 550 votes in the rural riding of La Verendrye. He was re-elected in the 1977 election, which was won by the Conservatives under Sterling Lyon. Banman was named

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and Manitoba Minister of Tourism, Recreation and Cultural Affairs, Minister of Tourism, Recreation and Cultural Affairs on October 24, 1977, also holding responsibility for the Manitoba Development Corporation Act. Following a cabinet shuffle on October 20, 1978, he was named Minister of Fitness, Recreation and Sport and Minister of Cooperative Development, with responsibility for the MDCA. On November 15, 1979, he was also named responsible for the Communities Economic Development Fund and the Manitoba Lotteries Corporation Act (which was retitled the Manitoba Lotteries and Gaming Control Act on January 16, 1981). As Industry Minister, he considered privatizing the government-owned company

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. The Progressive Conservatives were defeated in the provincial election of 1981, but Banman was re-elected in his own riding by 3,269 votes. He did not run for a fourth term as MLA in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Banman, Robert Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba MLAs 1945 births Living people Manitoba municipal councillors Members of the Executive Council of Manitoba People from Steinbach, Manitoba Politicians from Winnipeg 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba