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Santos was born in the Philippines and was educated as Harvard University and the University Of Michigan , receiving a PhD in Political Science from the latter institution. He moved to Winnipeg in 1965 after receiving a teaching position at the University Of Manitoba , where he continues to serve as a faculty member. Santos has also worked as a consultant for the Instituto Centro-Americano De Administracion Publica in Costa Rica , and was a board member of the Citizenship Council Of Manitoba from 1977 to 1980 . He sought the NDP nomination for Fort Garry in the 1973 Election , but was defeated. He ran for the Winnipeg city council in 1977 and 1980 , but lost both times. Santos was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1981 Provincial Election as a New Democrat in the north-end Winnipeg riding of Burrows , defeating NDP-turned- Progressive MLA Ben Hanuschak . He was re-elected in the 1986 Election . During the early 1980s, he was one of the few NDP MLAs to support Russell Doern 's call for a referendum on provincial french-language services. Santos lost the Burrows NDP nomination to Doug Martindale in 1988 , and subsequently entered the party's leadership race (which was choosing a successor to Howard Pawley ) for the sole purpose of protesting the party's nomination methods. He was not a serious candidate, and received only five votes on the first ballot. (See New Democratic Party Of Manitoba Leadership Conventions .) Santos ran for Mayor of Winnipeg in 1989 , but was again not considered a serious candidate and finished a distant fourth. In 1990 , Santos won the NDP nomination for Broadway , another north-end riding, by a single vote over favoured candidate Marianne Cerilli . He subsequently defeated Liberal incumbent Avis Gray in the 1990 General Election , and was re-elected in the 1995 Election . In 1995 , he endorsed Lorne Nystrom 's bid to lead the federal NDP . When the Broadway riding was eliminated by redistribution in 1999 , Santos won the NDP nomination in Wellington (also in Winnipeg's north end), and was returned by a wide margin in the 1999 Provincial Election . He was again re-elected in the 2003 Election . Santos was named Deputy Speaker after the elections of 1986 and 1999 , but has never been appointed to a Cabinet position. |
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