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Province loses 'tremendous premier'; [Dufferin] Roblin hailed as visionary leader
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| Last Edited | RMF May 31, 2010 04:11pm |
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| Category | Obituary |
| Author | Nick Martin |
| News Date | Monday, May 31, 2010 07:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Duff Roblin, Manitoba's 14th premier from 1958 to 1967, died Sunday evening.
The Greatest Manitoban died late Sunday afternoon almost at the moment that Duff’s Ditch was once again rescuing Winnipeg.
Duff Roblin, our 14th premier from 1958 to 1967, died about 6 p.m. Sunday in Victoria General Hospital with his daughter Jennifer by his side, said Roblin’s longtime friend Bill Neville.
Roblin, who would have turned 93 next month, will be forever remembered for relentlessly pursuing and achieving his vision of a floodway to carry the Red River around the city of Winnipeg, a quest he launched as an opposition backbencher shortly after the devastating 1950 flood. |
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