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2006 Winnipeg municipal election: City Councillor, Transcona Ward
Russ Wyatt
Winnipeg City Councillor for Transcona
Assumed office
2022
CandidateVotes%
(x)Russ Wyatt 7,88085.23
Gerald Basarab7858.49
Stephen Smith5816.28
Total valid votes9,246100.00
2002 Winnipeg municipal election : City Councillor, Transcona Ward
CandidateVotes%
Russ Wyatt 7,27061.67
Carol Miles3,04225.81
Bob Cook1,47612.52
Total valid votes11,788100.00

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  2. Bill Redekop, "Factory boss set for tall-grass fight", Winnipeg Free Press, 10 August 1993.
  3. Bill Redekop, "City agrees to study park-and-ride idea", Winnipeg Free Press, 29 July 1993. "Park-and-ride" areas are for drivers who choose to park their cars before taking public transportation.
  4. Russ Wyatt, letter, 2 June 1997, A11.
  5. Kim Guttormson, "City budget plan secretive, too rushed, councillors told", Winnipeg Free Press, 28 February 1998, A4.
  6. Linda Quattrin, "10 New Democrats run under banner", Winnipeg Free Press, 18 August 1998, A3.
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  12. Mary Agnes Welch, "Rookies win plum positions on city council", Winnipeg Free Press, 13 November 2002, A6.
  13. Mary Agnes Welch, "Wyatt's abandonment of hell-raising style sign of his ambitions?", Winnipeg Free Press, 13 December 2004, B3.; Mary Agnes Welch, "Transcona tired of being abused", Winnipeg Free Press, 14 March 2003, B1.
  14. Mary Agnes Welch, "Shouting match erupts between mayor, councillor", Winnipeg Free Press, 17 July 2003, A3.
  15. Leah Hendry, "Police stations at risk", Winnipeg Free Press, 11 December 2002, A1; Leah Hendry, "Police station plan 'alienates' Transcona", Winnipeg Free Press, 14 January 2003, A6; Mary Agnes Welch, "Councillor threatens to 'fight' city hall", Winnipeg Free Press, 27 June 2003, B3.
  16. Mary Agnes Welch, "Councillor targets police station plans", Winnipeg Free Press, 19 July 2003, A7.
  17. Mary Agnes Welch, "New police stations win council approval", Winnipeg Free Press, 24 July 2003, A3.
  18. Leah Hendry, "Higher fares for bus riders get council OK", Winnipeg Free Press, 12 December 2002, A12.
  19. Daniel Lett, "'Get off the fence,' Tory chief tells Doer", Winnipeg Free Press, 25 September 2003, A6.
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  21. Mary Agnes Welch, "Urban reserves to tackle poverty?", Winnipeg Free Press, 25 June 2003, A1.
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  23. "Privatized garbage pickup debated", Winnipeg Free Press, 22 April 2004, A5.
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  25. Patti Edgar, "Steek denies campaign winding down", Winnipeg Free Press, 21 June 2004, A1; Patti Edgar, "Mihychuk says Katz team made her unsolicited offer", Winnipeg Free Press, 22 June 2004, B3.
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  27. Mary Agnes Welch, "City transit boss quits", Winnipeg Free Press, 30 September 2004, A1.
  28. "Who got what", Winnipeg Free Press, 20 October 2004, A8.
  29. Leah Janzen, "$312-M transit vision unveiled", Winnipeg Free Press, 14 May 2005, A1; Mary Agnes Welch, "The path of least resistance", Winnipeg Free Press, 24 May 2005, B5.
  30. Patti Edgar, "Light-rail plan derailed", Winnipeg Free Press, 5 July 2005, B1.
  31. Bartley Kives, "The bus stops here", Winnipeg Free Press, 15 June 2008, B1.
  32. Patti Edgar, "Rapid transit years away", Winnipeg Free Press, 27 October 2005, B1.
  33. Bartley Kives, "Transit task force a $200,000 'waste'", Winnipeg Free Press, 27 May 2008, A5.
  34. Nick Ternette, "Light rail better than buses" [letter], Winnipeg Free Press, 30 May 2008, A12.
  35. Mary Agnes Welch, "Waverley West rainy-day funds touted", Winnipeg Free Press, 27 January 2005, B1.
  36. Patti Edgar, "Panhandlers be warned", Winnipeg Free Press, 30 June 2005, B1.
  37. Mary Agnes Welch, "Looming infestation swats city's 'greener' approach", Winnipeg Free Press, 13 July 2005, A1.
  38. Bartley Kives, "Council nixes vote on term limits", Winnipeg Free Press, 23 March 2006, B1. Wyatt also supported a similar motion in 2007. See Bartley Kives, "Veteran councillors terminate plan for term limits", Winnipeg Free Press, 22 November 2007, A4.
  39. Bartley Kives, "8 council candidates get labour's backing", Winnipeg Free Press, 22 June 2006, B3; Bartley Kives, "Cerilli gets OlyOpp vote", Winnipeg Free Press, 25 September 2006, B1.
  40. "Transcona", Winnipeg Free Press, 26 October 2006, B9.
  41. Mary Agnes Welch, "Vocal critic gets a promotion", Winnipeg Free Press, 2 November 2006, B1.
  42. "Katz gives one-time critic Wyatt red-tape job", Winnipeg Free Press, 21 February 2007, Web Extra; "Katz names appointees to housing committee", Winnipeg Free Press, 8 March 2007, Web Extra. In April 2007, he recommended removing licences for home-based businesses. See Bartley Kives, "City 'cash grab' could be history", Winnipeg Free Press, 25 April 2007, B2.
  43. Bartley Kives, "Save the park...and the riverbank...and our bridges...", Winnipeg Free Press, 14 June 2007, B2.
  44. Bartley Kives, "Police service 'isn't working': Katz", Winnipeg Free Press, 27 September 2007, A5.
  45. Bartley Kives, "Pesticide ban passes -- with a bit of tweaking", Winnipeg Free Press, 8 May 2008, B3.
  46. Bartley Kives, "Katz's council allies become critics Disraeli Freeway, CPR issues spark rare attacks from two staunch supporters", Winnipeg Free Press, 10 June 2008, B1.
  47. Bartley Kives, "Who's driving this thing?", Winnipeg Free Press, 11 February 2008, B2.
  48. Bartley Kives, "Letter to Katz in question in tax dispute - He said he wasn't involved in firm", Winnipeg Free Press, 17 September 2008, A3.
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  53. Joel Paraskevas, "Control of plastic bags back on councillors' plate", Winnipeg Free Press, 13 November 2008, A3.
  54. Bartley Kives, "Strip off lawns sought for freeway", Winnipeg Free Press, 17 March 2009, B2.
  55. Joe Paraskevas, "Bike paths split civic committee", Winnipeg Free Press, 11 December 2008, B3.
  56. Joe Paraskevas, "Council refuses to budge on funds for bicycle paths", Winnipeg Free Press, 17 December 2008, B1.
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