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Manitoba Elections: The power of persuasion
From Tory blue to NDP orange and back again, with scarcely a red Liberal in sight – that's been the alternating pattern in Manitoba elections since the 1950s. Manitobans seem to prefer stability in their governments but punish a government when it overstays its welcome. Both parties have gotten the boot for stoking the public's ire: the NDP for boosting auto insurance rates in 1988 and the Tories in 1999 for a vote-rigging scheme. From Hudson Bay to the Red River, CBC Archives goes to the polls.
Program: Midday
Broadcast Date: Aug. 30, 1990
Guest(s): Ken Goldstein, Jake Marks, Brian O'Leary, David Walker
Reporter: Sharon Basaraba
Duration: 5:24
Campaign ads: Progressive Conservative, Liberal, and New Democratic parties of Manitoba
Last updated: January 18, 2012
Page consulted on February 25, 2013
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