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Encyclopedia > Don Plett

Don Plett is the president of the National Council of the Conservative Party of Canada, the governing party in Canada. The Conservative Party of Canada (French: Parti conservateur du Canada), colloquially known as the Tories, is a right-of-centre political party in Canada, formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in December 2003. ...


Plett, the owner of a mechanical contracting firm in Landmark, Manitoba, has been president of the Conservative Party Council since its creation in 2003 from the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. Motto: Gloriosus et Liber (Latin: Glorious and free) Official languages English Capital Winnipeg Largest city Winnipeg Lieutenant-Governor John Harvard Premier Gary Doer (NDP) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 14 6 Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 8th 647,797 km² 14. ... The Canadian Alliance (in full, the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance) was a Canadian right-of-centre conservative political party that existed from 2000 to 2003. ... The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (PC) was a Canadian centre-right conservative political party that existed from 1867 to 2003. ...


Prior to that, Plett was the campaign manager for Vic Toews in 2000, where Toews defeated incumbent Liberal MP David Iftody by a wide margin. Vic Toews (born September 10, 1952) is a member of the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Provencher in Manitoba for the Conservative Party of Canada. ... David Iftody (June 15, 1956—February 5, 2001) was a Canadian politician. ...


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Don Plett, President (Manitoba) (242 words)
Don, along with his wife Betty and 3 of their 4 sons own and operate a 3rd generation plumbing and heating Company.  They own as well a custom Truck, Trailer and car wash and a Land Developing Company.
Don is a lifelong resident of Landmark, Manitoba the geographical centre of Canada (East – West).
Don has always and still is active in his church; and his community as well is still active in sports, (something that he has always had a passion for.)
Doubts linger (Random Access) (654 words)
President Don Plett of the Conservative Party, who was the special guest speaker at the agm, didn't make the announcement so many were anticipating.
Plett told the meeting that there are many complicating factors involved in timing a nomination.
Plett took some umbrage at the suggestion that the fix is in, and pointed out that even a fresh, ethnically-pure, gender-correct superstar with a party-issue blue parachute would not be appointed because Mr.
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