New Manitoba speaker.

PositionCPA Activities: The Canadian Scene - Myrna Driedger - Brief article

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On May 16, Manitoba's MLAs elected Myrna Driedger as the new Speaker of the Assembly. Driedger succeeds former Speaker Daryl Reid who opted not to run in the most recent provincial election.

"I wish to thank the members for the high honour the House has conferred on me," she said to the Assembly upon her election. "I leave the floor of this House to take the Speaker's Chair. I leave behind all political and partisan feelings, and I intend to carry out the important duties of the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly with impartiality and to the best of my ability."

Born in Benito, Manitoba, prior to her election as a Progressive...

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