Raymond Mitchell was a politician in Manitoba, Canada

Canada

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. He served in 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...

 as a Liberal-Progressive

Manitoba Liberal Party

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 from 1949 to 1958.

Mitchell was educated at Grand View, Manitoba and worked as a farmer and rancher. He served on the Board of Grain Commissioners of Canada, and was president of the Union of Manitoba Municipalities.

He first campaigned for the Manitoba legislature in the 1941 provincial election

Manitoba general election, 1941

Manitoba's general election of April 22, 1941 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada.This election was held shortly after the formation of a coalition government in December 1940...

, but lost to Stanley Fox

Stanley Fox

Stanley Fox was a politician in Manitoba, Canada, who served as the first leader of the Manitoba Social Credit Party, a party that supported the social credit theories of monetary reform....

 of the Social Credit League

Manitoba Social Credit Party

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 by over 600 votes in the Gilbert Plains constituency. Both Mitchell and Fox were supporters of the coalition government led by Premier

Premier of Manitoba

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 John Bracken

John Bracken

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. Ironically, Mitchell defeated Fox for the coalition nomination in the 1949 provincial election

Manitoba general election, 1949

Manitoba's general election of November 10, 1949 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada.This election pitted the province's coalition government, made up of the Liberal-Progressive Party and the Progressive Conservative Party, against a variety of...

, and went on to defeat CCF candidate Jacob Schulz

Jacob Schulz

Jacob Shulz was a Canadian farmer and politician as well as the father-in-law of Governor General Ed Schreyer....

 by 330 votes on election day.

Mitchell was re-elected in the 1953 election

Manitoba general election, 1953

Manitoba's general election of June 8, 1953 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. This was the first election held in Manitoba after the breakup of a ten-year coalition government led by the Liberal-Progressives and Progressive Conservatives...

, defeating CCF candidate Robert J. Wilson. He served as a backbench supporter of Douglas Campbell

Douglas Lloyd Campbell

Douglas Lloyd Campbell, OC was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as the 13th Premier of Manitoba from 1948 to 1958...

's government during his time in the legislature.

In the 1958 election

Manitoba general election, 1958

Manitoba's general election of June 16, 1958 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada.This election was the first to be held in Manitoba after a comprehensive electoral redistribution in 1956...

, he lost to Keith Alexander

Keith Alexander (Manitoba politician)

Keith Alexander was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1958 to 1966....

 of the Progressive Conservative Party

Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba

The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba is the only right wing political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is also the official opposition party in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.-Origins and early years:...

 by 198 votes in the redistributed constituency of Roblin. He attempted a political comeback in the 1959 election

Manitoba general election, 1959

Manitoba's general election of May 14, 1959 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It resulted in a majority victory for the Progressive Conservative Party under the leadership of Dufferin Roblin...

, but finished third in the riding.

There is also an aboriginal leader in Manitoba named Raymond Mitchell.