survived by his wife, Valerie (who passed in 2020), and their children, Andrew, Phillip and Christine. Ian Stewart has written a book about Walding's political career, Just One Vote: Jim Walding's nomination to constitutional defeat (2009). Stewart argues that Walding's 1986 nomination victory set in motion a series of events that led to the defeat of the Meech Lake Accord on constitutional reform. Electoral record References Sources Lambert, Geoffrey. "Manitoba," Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs, 1988, pp 252–260. Stewart, Ian. Just One Vote: From Jim Walding's Nomination to Constitutional Defeat (Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 2009). External links Obituary in the Winnipeg Free Press 1937 births 2007 deaths New Democratic Party of Manitoba MLAs People from Rushden Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba Deaths from cancer in Manitoba