Obie Baizley

William Obadiah Baizley ( born May 25, 1917 in Montreal, Quebec; † 3 May 2000) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a progressive- conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1959 to 1969 and served as a cabinet minister in the governments of Dufferin Roblin and Walter Weir.

Baizley was on Glenlawn Collegiate in St. Vital and the Lincoln College of Chiropractic taught in Indiana. He returned in 1937 to Manitoba and worked there as a chiropractor, he also served as president of the Manitoba Association Chiropratiker before entering political life. During the Second World War, he was a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force.

He was first elected to the provincial elections of 1959 in the Manitoba legislature, where he unexpectedly struck the leader of the CCF Lloyd Stinson with 326 votes. He served as a supporter of the rear bank of Roblins government for the next five years. When he was re-elected without difficulty in the province of election of 1962, Baizley was appointed Labour Minister to the Cabinet on 27 February 1963. He held his position until September 24, 1968, was then appointed Minister of Municipal Affairs. He agreed with Walter Weir to appoint Roblin as successor to the Progressive Conservative leader in 1967.

Baizley was again re-elected general elections without major problems in Manitoba, but lost to Ian Turnbull of the Manitoba New Democratic Party with 623 votes in the General Elections Manitoba in 1969. After this time, he did not seek a return to the office.

During the 70 years was president of the Manitoba Labour Board Baizley. He also served as president of the United Church in Riverview, Canada.

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