The Progressive Conservatives lost both elections to the New Democratic Party, and Rocan now serves as a member of the opposition.

Denis Rocan ( born February 14, 1949 ) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada.

Rocan was re-elected over Liberal candidate Ross McMillan in the 1988 election, though his majority was cut to about 600 votes.

Support for the Liberal Party declined in the 1990 provincial election, and Rocan was easily re-elected in the redistributed constituency of Gladstone.

The NDP won a majority government in the 1999 election, and Hickes defeated Santos, Denis Rocan and Marcel Laurendeau in a free vote of the assembly to become its new speaker.

Rocan was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party, but became an independent in 2007.

Rocan was born to a French Canadian family in Somerset, Manitoba and was raised in north-end Winnipeg.

Rocan worked as a farmer before entering political life, and also operated a building and moving company and a grain business.

Rural seats in southern Manitoba are generally considered safe for the Progressive Conservative party, and Rocan was elected by more than 2, 000 votes over his nearest opponent.

The New Democratic Party won the election, and Rocan served as a member of the opposition.

The Progressive Conservatives emerged from this election with a minority government, and Rocan was appointed as speaker of the assembly by premier Gary Filmon on July 21, 1988.

Rocan was respected by all parties in the legislature, and his tenure as speaker was free of the controversies over partisanship which plagued his successor, Louise Dacquay.

Further redistribution brought Rocan into the riding of Carman for the 1999 provincial election.

On November 16, 2006, Rocan lost the Carman Conservative nomination to Blaine Pedersen.

On April 18, 2007, Rocan was removed from the Conservative caucus for supporting the NDP budget, which his party opposed.

Unlike her predecessor, Denis Rocan, she was often accused of partisanship by members of the opposition New Democratic Party.

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