Art Thomas Moug was a politician

Politician

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 in Manitoba, Canada

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. He was a Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba

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 member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

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 from 1969 to 1977.

Moug was educated in Winnipeg schools, and worked as a contractor, becoming the owner of Berkeley Construction. He was the Mayor

Mayor

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 of Charleswood from 1966 to 1971, prior to its amalgamation with Winnipeg. In 1969, he also served as chair of the city's public works committee. He was also a member of the Scottish Rite

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 of freemasonry

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 and the Royal Canadian Legion

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Moug was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1969 provincial election

Manitoba general election, 1969

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, defeating former Liberal

Manitoba Liberal Party

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 leadership candidate Duncan Edmonds

Duncan Edmonds

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 by over 1,000 votes. He was re-elected in the 1973 election

Manitoba general election, 1973

The Manitoba General Election of June 28, 1973 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It was won by the social-democratic New Democratic Party, which took 31 of 57 seats...

 by a greater margin. the New Democrat Party

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 was in power throughout this period, and Moug sat as an opposition MLA throughout his time in parliament. He did not seek re-election in 1977, instead choosing to step aside for party leader Sterling Lyon

Sterling Lyon

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. He resumed his construction business after leaving office, and moved to Grande Prairie, Alberta

Grande Prairie, Alberta

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in 1980.

Miscellaneous: He opened the first 7-11 convenience store in the province of Manitoba.