Leanne Rowat
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Leanne Rowat is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. In 2003, she was elected to the Manitoba legislature as a Progressive Conservative.
Prior to entering public life herself, Rowat was a legislative assistant to Progressive Conservative MLA Harold Gilleshammer, and worked as a community development officer in the Souris region. She also served on the Board of Directors of the South West Regional Health Authority, and was a Public Relations Chair for the Manitoba Winter Games 2006 Bid Committee.
When Gilleshammer retired as MLA for Minnedosa in 2003, Rowat won the Progressive Conservative nomination to replace him. The riding is mosty rural, and is located in the province's southwestern corner. In the 2003 election, the governing New Democratic Party made the riding its top rural target. Rowat defeated NDP candidate Harvey Paterson, but by a margin of only fourteen votes (as confirmed on recount). She was subsequently named opposition critic for Family Services, Status of Women and Housing.
Rowat appears to be one of the more ideologically centrist figures in the Progressive Conservative caucus.
