Background
The son of S. E. Fennell and Beatrice May DeLong, he was educated in Roland.
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Leslie Raymond Fennell
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He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal-Progressive from 1953 to 1958. In 1922, Fennell married Mary Marjorie Douglas. He was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1953 provincial election, in the constituency of Saint Boniface.
This was a two-member constituency at the time, and Fennell defeated Cooperative Commonwealth Federation candidate David Turner for the second seat.
He served as a backbench supporter of Douglas Campbell"s government during his time in the legislature. The Liberal-Progressives were defeated by the Progressive Conservatives in the 1958 election, and Fennell lost to future Premier of Manitoba Sterling Lyon by 1,323 votes in the redistributed constituency of Fort Garry.
In 1973, Fennell moved to Portuguese Hope, Ontario. He later died there at the age of 92.
Membership
He was a member of the Board of Governors and the Winnipeg Grain Exchange, and was mayor of the suburban municipality of Fort Garry from 1946 to 1953.
