Editing Stan Roberts (section)

==Resignation==
Roberts resigned from the legislature to contest the [[1962 Canadian federal election|1962 federal election]]<ref name="members"/> in the [[electoral district (Canada)|riding]] of [[Provencher]]; he was defeated by [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] [[Warner Jorgenson]] by about a thousand votes.  He again lost to Jorgenson in the [[1963 Canadian federal election|1963 federal election]], by a slightly greater margin.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/Parliament/FederalRidingsHistory/hfer.asp?Include=&Language=E&rid=574&Search=Det |title=Provencher, Manitoba (1871 - ) |work=History of Federal Ridings since 1867 |publisher=Library of Parliament |accessdate=2013-09-15}}</ref>

Roberts subsequently worked as a Manitoba advisor to [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Lester B. Pearson]], and served as president and acting leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party from 1969 to 1970 (after party leader [[Robert Bend]] failed to win his seat in the [[1969 Manitoba general election|1969 provincial election]]).  He also worked as an executive officer for [[McCabe Grain Company Limited]], later [[National Grain Company Limited]]. In 1971, he was named vice-president of [[Simon Fraser University]],<ref name="harper">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mojDQdgGhQgC&pg=PA77 |title=Stephen Harper and the Future of Canada |page=77 |ISBN=1551992205 |year=2009 |last=Johnson |first=William  |publisher=Random House LLC |accessdate=2013-09-15}}</ref> serving until 1976.<ref name="lachine"/>