Preston Manning

Preston Manning was a Canadian politician, writer, management consultant and businessperson (born 1942). He was born at Edmonton.

Also recorded as Ernest Preston Manning.

Preston Manning in brief

Born
1942
Known for
politician, writer, management consultant and businessperson
Place of birth
Edmonton
Contents

Career and activity

Recorded positions include Leader of the Official Opposition and member of the House of Commons of Canada. He worked at Calgary.

Catalogued works

15 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1750 to 1951.

The New Canada. Pandemic Panic. Redtape Letters. Faith, Leadership and Public Life. Report of the Covid Commission. Do Something! Leadership Lessons from the Life of the Exiles. A robber holding a cudgel is leaning against a wall waiting to attack and rob a man who is walking along a path under a full moon. Colour lithograph., dated 1800-1899, held by Wellcome Collection. Baroness Burdett-Coutts' garden party at Holly Lodge, Highgate, for members of the International Medical Congress, 1881. Oil painting by Archibald Preston Tilt and/or Alfred Preston Tilt and/or Arthur Preston Tilt, 1881-1882., dated 1882, held by Wellcome Collection. The scale , or, woman weigh'd with man. A poem; in three canto's. By C. Taylor. Author of the Britannia., dated 1750, held by Wellcome Collection. The Poor man's posey of prayers; or The key of heaven Being a magazine of devotion, collected from Catholic authors, and adapted to all persons and occasions. The second edition, carefully revised, and improved, by the author. The just man's prayer is the key of heaven: our petitions ascend to God, and his mercies descend to us., dated 1768, held by Wellcome Collection. The history of the House of Stanley, from the conquest, to the death of the Right Honorable Edward, late Earl of Derby, in 1776. Containing a genealogical and historical account, of that illustrious house. To which is added, a description of the Isle of Man, dated 1793, held by Wellcome Collection. The black-book of conscience; or, God's high-court of justice in the soul of man. Wherein truth and sincerity, the deceit and hypocrisy of every man's heart and ways, are judged and discovered by conscience., dated 1795, held by Wellcome Collection. "The Two Condons", acrobats. Photograph, 1951., dated 1951, held by Wellcome Collection. The poor man's posey of prayers or the key of Heaven: being a magazine of devotions, collected from Catholic authors, and adapted to all persons and occasions., dated 1769, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 40 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

6 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Why Preston Manning should not have to submit receipts, Canada Watch, 1994. Preston Manning: Pour un Patriotisme Juridique Canadien, D'une Nation à L'Autre: Discours Nationaux au Canada, 2011. Preston Manning and the Politics of Postmodernism in Canada, Canadian Journal of Political Science, 1994. Preston Manning and the Reform Party, Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques, 1994. A Captive Three Times Over: Preston Manning and the Dilemmas of the Reform Party, American Review of Canadian Studies, 1998. Implications of the Recommendations of the Expert Panel on Federal Support to Research and Development, The School of Public Policy Publications, 2012.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 11 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Preston Manning studied at University of Alberta. the recorded working language is English.

Residence is recorded at Calgary. Positions recorded include Leader of the Official Opposition and member of the House of Commons of Canada.

Distinctions recorded are Companion of the Order of Canada.

Chronology

  1. 1942Preston Manning born at Edmonton.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    A Captive Three Times Over: Preston Manning and the Dilemmas of the Reform Party, American Review of Canadian Studies, 1998

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Open Library author record for Preston Manning (Internet Archive), 7 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  3. 3.

    Preston Manning and the Politics of Postmodernism in Canada, Canadian Journal of Political Science, 1994

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

    Consult the source
  4. 4.

    Preston Manning and the Reform Party, Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques, 1994

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Preston Manning: Pour un Patriotisme Juridique Canadien, D'une Nation à L'Autre: Discours Nationaux au Canada, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

    Consult the source
  6. 6.

    Why Preston Manning should not have to submit receipts, Canada Watch, 1994

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

    Consult the source
  7. 7.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 3 articles naming Preston Manning.

    open access index · Unverified

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  8. 8.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 40 works naming Preston Manning.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  9. 9.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q959778: Preston Manning

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  10. 10.

    “Preston Manning”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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