Henry Carroll (born December 21, 1937 in
St.
Boniface
, Manitoba
) is a lawyer
and politician in Manitoba, Canada
. He
served as a member of the
Legislative Assembly of
Manitoba from 1981 to 1986, initially as a
New Democrat but
subsequently as an independent.
Carroll
was educated at the University of Manitoba
, and later practiced as a lawyer. He first
ran for the provincial legislature in the
election of 1973 as a New
Democrat, finishing second to
Progressive
Conservative Edward McGill in
Brandon West. He ran
for the seat again in the
provincial election of 1977,
with the same result.
McGill did not seek re-election in the
provincial election of 1981,
and Carroll was able to take the seat on his third try, defeating
Tory candidate
John
Allen by about 400 votes. The NDP under
Howard Pawley won a majority government in
this election, and Carroll entered the legislature as a government
backbencher.
Soon after, he announced his decision to leave the NDP (on
August 19,
1982) and
subsequently opposed the Pawley government's intentions to
re-entrench French language services in provincial law. He did not
seek re-election in 1986.
In the
federal election
of 1988, Carroll ran as a candidate of the
Reform Party in the riding of
Brandon—Souris. He finished
in fourth place, well behind victorious
Progressive
Conservative candidate
Lee
Clark. He has not attempted to re-enter provincial or federal
politics since then.
Carroll
now works as a lawyer in Brandon
.