Stu Briese
{{Short description|Canadian politician (1946–2019)}}
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| office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Agassiz
Ste. Rose (2007-2011)
| term_start = May 22, 2007
| term_end = April 19, 2016
| predecessor = Glen Cummings
| successor = Eileen Clarke
| party = Progressive Conservative
| birth_date = {{birth date|1946|5|6}}
| birth_place = Neepawa, Manitoba, Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|2019|3|12|1946|5|6}}
| death_place = North Cypress–Langford, Manitoba, Canada
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Stuart Gordon Briese (May 6, 1946 – March 12, 2019) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the 2007 provincial election, for the electoral division of Ste. Rose. Briese was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.{{cite news|url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/tories-want-to-delay-election-finance-changes-63232387.html|title=Tories want to delay election finance changes|date=October 2, 2009|work=Winnipeg Free Press|accessdate=September 1, 2010}}
Biography
Briese served twenty years on the council for the Rural Municipality of Langford. He also was a director of the Association of Manitoba Municipalities, serving as president and vice-president as well, and served three years on the board for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. In 2013, he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for outstanding contribution to municipal government in Manitoba.{{cite web |url=http://www.amm.mb.ca/documents/DiamondJubilee-3.pdf |title=Municipal leaders to receive Diamond Jubilee Medals |publisher=Association of Manitoba Municipalities}}
Briese was reelected in the 2011 provincial election for the newly created electoral division of Agassiz. In June 2014, he announced that he would not run for reelection in the upcoming general election.{{cite news |url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/Briese-to-end-term-as-MLA-263506371.html |title=Briese to end term as MLA |newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press |date=June 17, 2014}} He died on March 12, 2019, at the age of 72.{{Cite web|url=https://pembinavalleyonline.com/local/former-pc-mla-stu-briese-passes-away|title = Former PC MLA Stu Briese Passes Away}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.whitesfh.ca/notices/Stuart-Briese|title=Obituary for Stuart Gordon Briese | White's Funeral Home}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.pcmanitoba.com/Our-Team/stubriese.html Stu Briese political profile]
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Category:Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba MLAs
Category:21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
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