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Ken Dillen

1938 – 2020

Canadian politician

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Lived 1938 – 2020 (aged 81). Ken Dillen was a Canadian politician.

Kenneth George Dillen (April 29, 1938 – April 20, 2020) was a Canadian politician and political activist. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1973 to 1977, serving as a member of the social democratic New Democratic Party. His political views later shifted to the right, and he ran for re-election to the Manitoba legislature in 2011 as a candidate of the Manitoba Liberal Party.

Early life and career Dillen was born at the Serpent River Indian Reserve in Cutler, Ontario, and was educated in Ontario schools and at the Canadian Army Apprentice Training School in Camp Borden. He trained as an ironworker He was also a member of the Manitoba Métis Federation in the 1970s.

Legislator He was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1973 provincial election, narrowly defeating Progressive Conservative candidate Anna Derby in the northern riding of Thompson. finishing third to New Democratic MLA Steve Ashton and Tory candidate Anita Campbell. Dillen died in Cutler, Ontario on April 20, 2020, nine days shy of his 82nd birthday.

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Who was Ken Dillen?

Canadian politician (1938-2020)

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Ken Dillen was born on 29 April 1938 in Serpent River First Nation.

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Ken Dillen died on 20 April 2020 in Cutler, Ontario, Ontario.

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Ken Dillen was a politician.

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Ken Dillen was Canadian.

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· Wikidata: Q16104850

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