Sharon Carstairs took the people of Manitoba by surprise by announcing her resignation as Liberal leader in early November. (Carstairs had led the party since 1984. She was best known across the country for her opposition to both the Meech Lake and Charlottetown constitutional accords.)

Date: 1992-11-05
Placeline: WINNIPEG, Manitoba.
Source: The Canadian Press
Length: 11 seconds

Transcript Prediction: << there is a saying that timing is everything in politics while the time has come for me to pass on the mantle of leadership to someone new therefore I am tendering my resignation to take effect upon the election of a new leader >>

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