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Brian PallisterBrian William Pallister (born July 6, 1954) is a Canadian politician. Pallister was born in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, and holds Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education degree from Brandon University. He worked as a high school teacher in rural Manitoba in the late 1970s, and later became a chartered financial analyst. Pallister began his political career at the provincial level, winning a by-election for the riding of Portage La Prairie on September 15, 1992. Pallister was sworn in to Gary Filmon's cabinet on May 9, 1995, serving as Minister of Government Services until January 6, 1997. He resigned his seat on April 28, 1997 to run for the federal House of Commons as a Progressive Conservative in the riding of PortageLisgar. He was defeated by Jake Hoeppner of the Reform Party by about 1500 votes. In 1998, Pallister ran for the leadership of the federal Progressive Conservative party on a platform favouring uniting with the Reform Party. Pallister placed third. He subsequently joined the Canadian Alliance (an alliance between the Reform Party and some Progressive Conservatives) and was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 2000 general election (Hoeppner had previously been expelled from the Reform Party, allowing Pallister to win the Alliance nomination in PortageLisgar without difficulty). Pallister became a member of the new Conservative Party of Canada on December 22, 2003, and was easily re-elected in 2004. Pallister, Brian Pallister, Brian Pallister, Brian
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