was appointed deputy premier, with responsibility for the Manitoba Energy Council and the Manitoba Development Corporation. The Tories lost power to the NDP in the 1981 provincial election, and Craik personally lost to Doreen Dodick by 242 votes in a rematch from 1977. He died at his cottage at Clearwater Bay, Ontario in 1985, at the relatively young age of 54. He had previously suffered a heart attack in the 1970s. There is currently a Donald Craik Engineering Library at the University of Manitoba. The same institution offers a Don Craik Memorial Scholarship. References Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba MLAs 1931 births 1985 deaths University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering alumni Members of the Executive Council of Manitoba Finance ministers of Manitoba University of Manitoba alumni