Iva Yeo is a politician

Politician

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 in Manitoba, Canada

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. She was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba and the lieutenant governor form the Legislature of Manitoba, the legislature of the Canadian province of Manitoba. Fifty-seven members are elected to this assembly in provincial general elections, all in single-member constituencies with first-past-the-post...

 from 1988 to 1990, representing the Winnipeg riding of Sturgeon Creek for the Manitoba Liberal Party

Manitoba Liberal Party

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Yeo was educated at the Winnipeg General Hospital

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 and the University of Saskatchewan

University of Saskatchewan

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, and worked as a nurse educator

Nurse educator

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 at the St. Boniface School for Practical Nurses, as well as working in student affairs at St. Boniface Schools of Nursing. She served as a school trustee in the 1980s, in the district of Silver Heights-Booth.

In the provincial election of 1988

Manitoba general election, 1988

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, she defeated incumbent Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba

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 Frank Johnston

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John Franklin Johnston is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1969 to 1988, and served as a cabinet minister in the Progressive Conservative government of Sterling Lyon.Johnston did not attend university...

 by 659 votes in Sturgeon Creek. The Manitoba Liberals increased their parliamentary representation from one to twenty in this election, and Yeo sat in the official opposition for the next two years. In the 1990 provincial election

Manitoba general election, 1990

The Manitoba general election of September 11, 1990 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservative Party, which took 30 out of 57 seats...

, she lost to Tory Gerry McAlpine

Gerry McAlpine

Gerry McAlpine is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1990 to 1999, representing Sturgeon Creek. He was the vice-chairperson of the standing committee on public utilities and natural resources....

by 769 votes amid a general loss of support for her party.