The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba fielded a full slate of 57 candidates in the 1988 provincial election, and won 25 seats to form a minority government. Many of the party's candidates have their own biography pages; information about others may be found here.
Allan Yap (Burrows)
Yap was the sales manager for a prominent insurance company, and was involved in the Malaysia Singapore Association of Manitoba."The Filmon Team" [advertisement], Winnipeg Free Press, 16 April 1988, 14. He first campaigned for the Manitoba legislature in the 1981 provincial election at age forty, as a candidate of the Progressive Party."St. Norbert", Winnipeg Free Press, 14 November 1981, L3.
He is not to be confused with the Vancouver businessman of the same name.
+ Electoral record Election Division Party Votes % Place Winner 1981 provincial St. Norbert Progressive 216 4/4 Gerry Mercier, Progressive Conservative 1990 provincial Burrows Progressive Conservative 1,040 14.12 3/5 William Chornopyski, Liberal
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