Manitoba municipal elections, 1995

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The 1995 Manitoba municipal elections were held on October 25, 1995 to elect mayors, councillors and school trustees in various communities throughout Manitoba, Canada.

Manitoba Province of Canada

Manitoba is a province at the longitudinal centre of Canada. It is often considered one of the three prairie provinces and is Canada's fifth-most populous province with its estimated 1.3 million people. Manitoba covers 649,950 square kilometres (250,900 sq mi) with a widely varied landscape, stretching from the northern oceanic coastline to the southern border with the United States. The province is bordered by the provinces of Ontario to the east and Saskatchewan to the west, the territories of Nunavut to the north, and Northwest Territories to the northwest, and the U.S. states of North Dakota and Minnesota to the south.

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Cities

Brandon

1995 Brandon municipal election, Mayor of Brandon edit
CandidateTotal votes% of total votesNotes
(x)Rick Borotsik 11,29980.17
Stephen Downes1,62011.49
Geoff Borden1,1758.34
Total votes cast14,094100.00

1995 Brandon municipal election, Councillor, Ward One (Assiniboine)

CandidateTotal Votes% of Total Votes
(x)Joe Kayacclaimedn/a
1995 Brandon municipal election, Councillor, Ward Two edit
CandidateTotal votes% of total votesNotes
(x)Drew Caldwell 73564.19
Barbara Bragg35330.83
Darryl Wolski574.98
Total valid votes1,145100.00
  • Barbara Bragg is founder and president of The Learning Company, a training centre that teaches students various aspects of computer technology. In 2002, she won a Contribution to Community Award. [1] As of 2007, she serves on the Brandon University Animal Care Committee. [2] She had previously served on Brandon's Board of Governors ini the 1990s, resigning in 1997. [3] Bragg campaigned for the Rosser Ward (Ward Two) a second time in a 1999 by-election, losing to Marion Robinsong. Her husband, Marty Snelling, was the Progressive Conservative candidate for Brandon East in the 1999 provincial election. [4]
Brandon University

Brandon University is a university located in the city of Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, with an enrollment of 3662 (2018) full-time and part-time undergraduate and graduate students. The current location was founded on July 13, 1899, as Brandon College as a Baptist institution. It was chartered as a university by then President John E. Robbins on June 5, 1967. The enabling legislation is the Brandon University Act. Brandon University is one of a very few predominantly undergraduate liberal arts and sciences institutions in Canada.

The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba is a right-of-centre political party in Manitoba, Canada and the only right-leaning party in the province. It is currently the governing party in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, after winning a substantial majority in the 2016 provincial election.

1995 Brandon municipal election, Councillor, Ward Three (Victoria)

CandidateTotal Votes% of Total Votes
(x)Don Kille132963.71
Ron Cayer75736.29
Total valid votes2086100.00

1995 Brandon municipal election, Councillor, Ward Four (University)

CandidateTotal Votes% of Total Votes
Rick Chrest 69954.35
(x)Brian Deacon58745.65
Total valid votes1286100.00

1995 Brandon municipal election, Councillor, Ward Five (Meadows)

CandidateTotal Votes% of Total Votes
Laurie MacKenzie94366.08
Bob Crighton48433.92
Total valid votes1427100.00

1995 Brandon municipal election, Councillor, Ward Six (South Centre)

CandidateTotal Votes% of Total Votes
(x)Jim Reidacclaimedn/a
1995 Brandon municipal election, Councillor, Ward Seven edit
CandidateTotal votes% of total votesNotes
Scott Smith 1,35066.34
(x)Romeo Lemieux68533.66
Total valid votes2,035100.00
  • Romeo Lemieux represented Ward Seven on the Brandon City Council from 1992 to 1995.

1995 Brandon municipal election, Councillor, Ward Eight (Richmond)

CandidateTotal Votes% of Total Votes
(x)Margo Campbell100666.05
Marv Robinson51733.95
Total valid votes1523100.00

1995, Brandon municipal election, Councillor, Ward Nine (Riverview)

CandidateTotal Votes% of Total Votes
(x)Ross Martin57747.41
Bill Comstock35529.17
Lorne Hill28523.42
Total valid votes1217100.00

1995 Brandon municipal election, Councillor, Ward Ten (Green Acres)

CandidateTotal Votes% of Total Votes
Don Jessiman61660.40
Peter Logan20420.00
(x)Arnold Grambo20019.60
Total valid votes1020100.00
  • Arnold Grambo served four terms on Brandon City Council from 1983 to 1995.

post-election changes

Mayor Rick Borotsik resigned his position in 1997, after being elected to the House of Commons of Canada. A by-election was held to choose his replacement.

Rick Borotsik is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as Mayor of Brandon from 1989 to 1997, was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2004, and was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in 2007. Borotsik is a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba.

House of Commons of Canada Lower house of the Canadian Parliament

The House of Commons is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons currently meets in a temporary Commons chamber in the West Block of the parliament buildings on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, while the Centre Block, which houses the traditional Commons chamber, undergoes a ten-year renovation.

Brandon, Manitoba municipal by-election, September 24, 1997, Mayor of Brandon edit
CandidateTotal votes% of total votes
Reg Atkinson electednot listed
Dan Munroeabout 200 votes behindnot listed
Scott Smith about 400 votes behindnot listed
Geoff Bordennot listed
three other candidatesnot listednot listed
  • Dan Munroe was a former city councillor. He was elected to represent the city's seventh ward in 1983 or earlier, and served until 1992. [5]

Winnipeg

See: Winnipeg municipal election, 1995

Rural Municipalities

Rockwood

1995 Rockwood municipal election, Reeve
CandidateTotal votes% of total votes
(x)Leon Vandekerckhoveaccl.not listed
1995 Rockwood municipal election, Council, Ward One
CandidateTotal votes% of total votes
(x)Clayton McMurren42658.84
Tom Huffman17724.45
Ted Demeniuk12116.71
Total valid votes724100.00
1995 Rockwood municipal election, Council, Ward Two
CandidateTotal votes% of total votes
(x)Gordon Appleyardaccl..
1995 Rockwood municipal election, Council, Ward Three
CandidateTotal votes% of total votes
(x)Garnet Thievin37283.41
Dean Reid7416.59
Total valid votes446100.00
1995 Rockwood municipal election, Council, Ward Four
CandidateTotal votes% of total votes
Ken Hibbitt14655.09
(x)Bill Docking10238.49
Doug Holmes176.42
Total valid votes265100.00
1995 Rockwood municipal election, Council, Ward Five
CandidateTotal votes% of total votes
(x)Gilbert Goodaccl..
1995 Rockwood municipal election, Council, Ward Six
CandidateTotal votes% of total votes
(x)Alex Glowachuk17456.31
Jeff Tomchak13543.69
Total valid votes309100.00

Towns

Hartney

1995 Hartney municipal election, Mayor of Hartney
CandidateTotal votes% of total votes
(x)Leo Peloquinaccl..

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Neepawa

1995 Neepawa municipal election, Mayor of Neepawa
CandidateTotal votes% of total votes
Roy McGillivrayaccl..

Villages

Waskada

1995 Waskada municipal election, Mayor of Waskada
CandidateTotal votes% of total votes
(x)Vaughn Ramsayaccl..
1995 Waskada municipal election, Waskada Village Council (four members elected)
CandidateTotal votes% of total votes
John Innesaccl..
Terry Bradcoaccl..
Dellene Heathaccl..
Tom Rickardaccl..

Source: Winnipeg Free Press newspaper, 27 October 1995.

Footnotes

  1. Murray McNeill, "Winnipegger wins entrepreneur award", Winnipeg Free Press, 17 May 2002, B4.
  2. Brandon University Standing Committees, Brandon University, accessed 26 January 2007.
  3. Brandon University - Board of Governors - Minutes - December 18, 1997, Brandon University, accessed 26 January 2007.
  4. Helen Fallding, "Firefighter ready to get feet wet as Brandon MLA", Winnipeg Free Press, 27 September 1999, A6.
  5. Bud Robertson, "Ex-Hartney mayor wins byelection to run Brandon", Winnipeg Free Press, 25 September 1997, A3.
  6. "Hartney is booming ...", Winnipeg Free Press, 5 July 1997, 2.
  7. "Incumbents tossed out in Manitoba elections", Toronto Star, 29 October 1992, A28.
  8. Bob Lowery, "Urban leaders want potty parity in new building code", Winnipeg Free Press, 21 April 1993.
  9. "Centre to showcase farm industry", Winnipeg Free Press, 30 March 1996, B14.
  10. "Rural task force to assist businesses affected by flood", M2 Presswire, 13 July 1999.
  11. Mia Rabson, "Tory 1, Tory 2 or Tory 3?", Winnipeg Free Press, 17 April 2006, A1.

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