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Manning was born in Carncluff , Saskatchewan in 1908 and was raised on a farm. A devoted listener of the evangelistic radio broadcasts of Alberta Premier William Aberhart, Manning enrolled in Aberhart's Calgary Prophetic Bible Institute in 1927, becoming the first graduate of that institution. In 1930, Manning himself began speaking on the Prophetic Bible Institute Sunday radio hours, which were broadcast to a large audience across Canada, a practice he kept up throughout his life. In 1935, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta as a member of the Social Credit Party. That same year he became Alberta's Provincial Secretary and Minister of Trade and Industry. In 1943 he became premier of Alberta, succeeding William Aberhart. Upon retirement in 1968, Manning established his own consulting firm, Manning Consultants Limited . In 1970 he was appointed to the Canadian SenateThe Senate of Canada is the upper house of the Parliament of Canada. The senate has 105 members who are appointed by the Governor General on advice from the Prime Minister and serve until the age of 75. 24 from Ontario; 24 from Quebec; 24 are from the Mar and made a Companion of the Order of CanadaThe Order of Canada is Canada's highest civilian honour, awarded to those who adhere to the Order's motto Desiderantes meliorem patriam meaning "they desire a better country. The Order was created on July 1, 1967, on the country's 100th anniversary, to re. In 1936Events January-February January 15 The first building to be completely covered in glass is completed in Toledo, Ohio, for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company. January 20 Death of George V of the United Kingdom. His son Edward VIII succeedes him as King of th Ernest Manning married Muriel Aileen Preston, the pianist at the Prophetic Bible Institute, with William Aberhart giving the bride away. They had two sons, Keith who died in 19861986 is a common year starting on Wednesday. Events January January 1 Spain and Portugal enter the European Community January 1 Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands and is separated from the Netherlands Antilles. January 9 After losing a pa, and PrestonErnest Preston Manning (born June 10, 1942), Canadian politician, was the first leader of the Reform Party of Canada, a Canadian federal political party that disbanded under his leadership to form the Canadian Alliance, for which he sat in parliament unti who founded the Reform Party of Canada (a Canadian federal political party later known as the Canadian Alliance, and one of the forebears of today's Conservative Party of Canada).

There is a high school in Calgary, Alberta named after Ernest Manning.