Siegfried John Enns (26 April 192425 January 2020) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the

House of Commons of Canada The House of Commons of Canada () is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Monarchy of Canada#Parliament (King-in-Parliament), Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the Bicameralism, bicameral legislature of Ca ...

. He was a social worker by career. He was first elected at the

Portage—Neepawa Portage—Neepawa was a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 to 1968. This riding was created in 1947 from parts of Macdonald, Neepawa and Portage la Prairie ridings ...

riding in the 1962 general election, then re-elected there in

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...

and

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lynd ...

. With riding boundary changes, Enns sought re-election at the Portage riding for the 1968 election but was defeated by

Gerald Cobbe Gerald Richard Joseph Cobbe (22 March 1927 – 27 September 2004) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a mechanical contractor and operator by career. He was first elected at the Portage riding in the 1968 gene ...

of the

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. He died on 25 January 2020, aged 95. His brother

Harry Enns Harry Enns (November 30, 1931 – June 24, 2010) was a Manitoba politician. He served as a Cabinet Minister in the governments of Dufferin Roblin, Walter Weir, Sterling Lyon and Gary Filmon, and was an unsuccessful candidate for the leadersh ...

was a long-serving (1966–2003) member of the

Legislative Assembly of Manitoba The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba () is the deliberative assembly of the Manitoba Legislature in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Manitoba. Fifty-seven members are elected to this assembly at List of Manitoba genera ...

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* 1924 births 2020 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Manitoba Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs Russian emigrants to Canada Canadian Mennonites 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada {{Manitoba-MP-stub