Bob Lane (Canadian politician) explained

Constituency Mp:Winnipeg—St. James
Parliament:Canadian
Term Start:May 22, 1979
Term End:December 13, 1979
Successor:Cyril Keeper
Profession:insurance executive
Party:Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
Spouse:[1]

Robert Edward Lane (born 1933) is a former Canadian insurance executive and politician from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Lane served as a Progressive Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada.[2] [3]

He represented the Winnipeg—St. James electoral district in Manitoba, which he won in the 1979 federal election. He did not serve in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Joe Clark. After serving his only term, the 31st Canadian Parliament, he was defeated in the 1980 federal election by Cyril Keeper of the New Democratic Party. Lane married Violet Cabel in November 1950, during which time he resided in Medicine Hat, Alberta.[4] She died in 2021.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Photograph - Bob Lane and Wife | digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca.
  2. "Mercier, Keeper out to bar Lane", Winnipeg Free Press, Wednesday, 13 February 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
  3. Book: Journal. 1979.
  4. News: Violet Cabel and R. E. Lane Plight Marriage Troth. Winnipeg Free Press. November 5, 1950. 13.
  5. Web site: LANE VIOLET - Obituaries - Winnipeg Free Press Passages .