Phil Eyler

Phil Eyler
Born
Philip Lee Eyler

(1948-09-01) September 1, 1948 (age 76)
Hagerstown, Maryland
Alma materCarleton University
University of Manitoba
OccupationPolitician
Political partyNew Democratic Party of Manitoba

Philip Lee Eyler (born September 1, 1948 in Hagerstown, Maryland) is a former politician in Manitoba, Canada.[1] He was a New Democratic[2] member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1981 to 1986.[3]

The son of Donald W. Eyler and Helen F. Dern,[4] he was educated at Bridgewater College, Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, and the University of Manitoba.[1] He has several academic degrees, including a certificate in resource management from the latter institution. In 1975, Eyler married Paula J. Harper.[4]

He was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the provincial election of 1981,[1] defeating Progressive Conservative candidate Harold Piercy by 46 votes in the upscale north Winnipeg riding of River East.[5] He was not appointed to cabinet, but served as Deputy Speaker[6] from December 2, 1982 to February 11, 1986.[3]

Eyler lost to Tory candidate Bonnie Mitchelson in the 1986 provincial election. The NDP have been unable to recover the seat in the intervening years, and Eyler has not sought a comeback in provincial politics.[5] Following his defeat, he was appointed to the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism. Eyler currently resides in Kenora, Ontario.

  1. ^ a b c "WCPI search results". University of Winnipeg. Retrieved 2014-03-21.
  2. ^ Services, Corpus Information (1985). Corpus almanac & Canadian sourcebook. Corpus Information Services. p. 7. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
  3. ^ a b "MLA Biographies - Living". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Retrieved 2014-03-20.
  4. ^ a b Normandin, Pierre G (1984). Canadian Parliamentary Guide.
  5. ^ a b "River East". Manitoba. CBC News. Retrieved 2014-03-21.
  6. ^ Doern, Russell (1985). The battle over bilingualism: the Manitoba language question, 1983-85. Cambridge Publishers. p. 184. ISBN 978-0-9692313-0-1. Retrieved 12 April 2011. Rumours indicated that if the speaker refused to comply, the government would call upon non-descript deputy speaker Phil Eyler to conduct the vote.