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Guy SavoieGuy Savoie is a former politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a city councillor in Winnipeg from 1980 to 1989. Savoie first ran for the Manitoba legislature in the provincial election of 1973, campaigning as a Liberal in Brandon West. He finished third, well behind his Progressive Conservative and New Democratic Party opponents. In 1980, he was elected to the Winnipeg City Council in the Tache district of St. Boniface. During his time on the council, Savoie was associated with the pro-development Independent Citizen's Election Committee, and subsequently with an informal centre-right alliance known as the "Gang of 18", which dominated municipal politics in Winnipeg during the late 1980s. In addition to his municipal career, he also ran for the Manitoba legislature again in the provincial election of 1981, finishing second to New Democrat Laurent Desjardins in the riding of St. Boniface. He was initially the favoured candidate to win the St. Boniface Liberal nomination again in 1988, at a time when the party was polling extremely well in the region. Instead, he was challenged by Neil Gaudry, and withdrew from the race when it appeared that he would not be victorious. At a subsequent press conference, he burst into tears while accusing the Liberal Party of betraying him. He then sought the St. Boniface nomination of the Progressive Conservative Party, which he won without opposition. In the subsequent campaign, Savoie attempted to portray himself as the only genuine pro-life candidate in St. Boniface, despite the fact that his PC and NDP opponents were both personally opposed to abortion. Savoie's public outbursts won few supporters in the 1988 campaign, and he finished a humiliating third in the riding. The next year, he lost his council seat to Greg Selinger, later an NDP Finance Minister. Selinger had previously accused Savoie of a conflict of interest in the city's condominium development projects. Savoie, Guy
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