{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{BLP sources|date=April 2011}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox person | birth_name = Philip Lee Eyler | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|9|1}} | birth_place = Hagerstown, Maryland | occupation = Politician | alma_mater = Carleton University<br>University of Manitoba | political_party = New Democratic Party of Manitoba }} '''Philip Lee Eyler''' (born September 1, 1948 in Hagerstown, Maryland) is a former politician in Manitoba, Canada.<ref name="wcpi">{{cite web |url=http://images.uwinnipeg.ca/action.cfm?mode=advanced&search=&fk_collection=&txtCreator=&imageNumber=40488&dateStart=&dateEnd=&maxRows=50 |title=WCPI search results |publisher=University of Winnipeg |accessdate=2014-03-21}}</ref> He was a New Democratic<ref name="Services1985">{{cite book|last=Services|first=Corpus Information|title=Corpus almanac & Canadian sourcebook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WxB6AAAAMAAJ|accessdate=12 April 2011|year=1985|publisher=Corpus Information Services|page=7}}</ref> member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1981 to 1986.<ref name="members">{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/members/mla_bio_living.html#e |title=MLA Biographies - Living |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Manitoba |accessdate=2014-03-20}}</ref>
The son of Donald W. Eyler and Helen F. Dern,<ref name="pgn">{{cite book |title=Canadian Parliamentary Guide |year=1984 |last=Normandin |first=Pierre G}}</ref> he was educated at Bridgewater College, Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, and the University of Manitoba.<ref name="wcpi"/> He has several academic degrees, including a certificate in resource management from the latter institution. In 1975, Eyler married Paula J. Harper.<ref name="pgn"/>
He was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the provincial election of 1981,<ref name="wcpi"/> defeating Progressive Conservative candidate Harold Piercy by 46 votes in the upscale north Winnipeg riding of River East.<ref name="cbc"/> He was not appointed to cabinet, but served as Deputy Speaker<ref name="Doern1985">{{cite book|last=Doern|first=Russell|title=The battle over bilingualism: the Manitoba language question, 1983-85|url=https://archive.org/details/battleoverbiling0000doer|url-access=registration|accessdate=12 April 2011|year=1985|publisher=Cambridge Publishers|isbn=978-0-9692313-0-1|page=[https://archive.org/details/battleoverbiling0000doer/page/184 184]|quote=Rumours indicated that if the speaker refused to comply, the government would call upon non-descript deputy speaker Phil Eyler to conduct the vote. }}</ref> from December 2, 1982 to February 11, 1986.<ref name="members"/>
Eyler lost to Tory candidate Bonnie Mitchelson in the 1986 provincial election. The NDP have been unable to recover the seat in the intervening years, and Eyler has not sought a comeback in provincial politics.<ref name="cbc">{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/river-east-1.1089243 |title=River East |work=Manitoba |publisher=CBC News |accessdate=2014-03-21}}</ref> Following his defeat, he was appointed to the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism. Eyler currently resides in Kenora, Ontario.
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