Preston Manning

Preston Manning is one of the great political and intellectual forces of modern Canadian times. As founder and leader of the Reform Party of Canada he started a political movement that forged new realities for Canadian politics. Manning represented the federal constituency of Calgary Southwest from 1993 until 2002 and served as Leader of the Official Opposition from 1997 to 2000. He is the founder of the Manning Foundation for Democratic Education and the Manning Centre for Building Democracy, not-for-profit organizations dedicated to strengthening Canadian democracy in accordance with conservative principles. Manning has received the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada, The Order of Canada, and the Alberta Order of Excellence.