Paula Fletcher is a Canadian politician and is the Councillor for Ward 14 Toronto Danforth. In 2003, she was elected to Toronto City Council for Ward 30 Toronto-Danforth, and was re-elected in 2006, 2010 and 2014. Fletcher ran again as councillor for the newly constituted Ward 14 Toronto Danforth in the 2018 Toronto election and defeated Mary Fragedakis who was the incumbent councillor for former Ward 29. As a city councillor, Fletcher is regarded as an advocate for affordable housing, environmentally sustainable municipal policy, social justice and good land use planning. She describes her views as ascribing to progressive values.
Kelvin Goertzen, MLA is a Canadian politician and member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, currently serving as the Manitoba Minister of Education. He was first elected in the 2003 provincial election, and was re-elected in the 2007, 2011, and most recently in 2016.
Terry Duguid is a Canadian politician and executive in Manitoba, Canada, and is currently the MP for Winnipeg South in the House of Commons of Canada. He has campaigned for elected office at the municipal, provincial and federal levels, and served as a city councillor in Winnipeg from 1989 to 1995. He is the son of two time world and Canada curling champion Don Duguid.
Steinbach is a city located about 58 km south-east of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. According to the Canada 2016 Census, Steinbach has a population of 15,829, making it the third-largest city in Manitoba and the largest community in the Eastman region. The city is bordered by the Rural Municipality of Hanover, and the Rural Municipality of La Broquerie (east). The name of "Steinbach" is translated from German as "Stony Brook" and was first settled by Plautdietsch-speaking Mennonites from the Russian Empire in 1874. The city continues to have a strong Mennonite influence today; more than 50 percent of the residents claim Germanic heritage. Steinbach is found on the eastern edge of the Canadian Prairies, while Sandilands Provincial Forest is a short distance east of the city.
Victor "Vic" Toews, PC, QC is a Canadian jurist and former politician. Toews is a judge of the Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba. He represented Provencher in the House of Commons of Canada from 2000 until his resignation on July 9, 2013, and served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, most recently as Minister of Public Safety. He previously served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1995 to 1999, and was a senior cabinet minister in the government of Gary Filmon. Prior to his appointment to the judiciary, Toews was a member of the Conservative Party of Canada.
Leonard A. Barkman was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Manitoba legislature from 1962 to 1973, sitting as a member of the Liberal Party. He was the first Mennonite elected to the Manitoba assembly from an area formerly known as the East Reserve, which had at one time been set aside by the federal government for settlement by Mennonite immigrants.
One member of the Manitoba Liberal Party was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the 1999 provincial election. Some of the party's candidates have their own biography pages; information about others may be found here.
The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba fielded a full slate of 57 candidates in the 1995 provincial election. Thirty-one of these candidates were elected, giving the party its second consecutive majority government. Many candidates have their own biography pages; information about others may be found here.
The Canadian province of Manitoba held municipal elections on October 25, 2006.
The Steinbach City Council is the governing body of the City of Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada.
The Winnipeg Green Party was a municipal political party in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The party has been inactive and is possibly defunct.
The 1998 Manitoba municipal elections were held on October 28, 1998 to elect mayors, councillors and school trustees in various communities throughout Manitoba, Canada.
The 2002 Winnipeg municipal election was held on 23 October 2002 to elect a mayor, councillors and school trustees in the city of Winnipeg.
The 2014 municipal elections in Ontario were held on October 27, 2014.
By-elections to the 40th Canadian Parliament were held to fill vacancies in the House of Commons of Canada between the 2008 federal election and the 2011 federal election. The Conservative Party of Canada led a minority government for the entirety of the 40th Canadian Parliament, with little change from by-elections.
Scott Fielding is a Canadian politician. A city councillor in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada from 2006 to 2014, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the 2016 provincial election.
The South East Prairie Thunder are a Canadian Senior ice hockey team based out of Steinbach, Manitoba and two-time Allan Cup champions. They are a Manitoba Senior 'AAA' club and play an independent schedule under the jurisdiction of Hockey Manitoba.
Theodore J. "Ted" Falk is a Canadian politician, who currently represents the electoral district of Provencher in the House of Commons of Canada. A member of the Conservative Party of Canada, he was first elected in a by-election on November 25, 2013, succeeding former cabinet minister Vic Toews, who had retired from politics three months earlier after almost 13 years as the area's MP.
The New Democratic Party of Manitoba leadership election of 2017 was called as a result of the resignation of Manitoba NDP leader Greg Selinger following his government's defeat in the April 19, 2016 Manitoba general election.
