Independent candidates, 1999 Manitoba provincial election

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Information about Independent candidates in the 1999 Manitoba provincial election may be found on this page.

[edit] Peter Juba (Point Douglas)

Juba ran for Mayor of Winnipeg in 1986 and finished third in a field of ten candidates, behind frontrunners William Norrie and Russell Doern. Juba's relatively strong showing may have been partly the result of voters confusing him with Stephen Juba, who served as Winnipeg's mayor from 1957 to 1977. Peter Juba supported lower property taxes and a wage reduction for senior government officials, and claimed not to know if he was related to Stephen Juba.

He received 360 votes (5.75%) in the 1999 election, finishing last in a field of four candidates. The winner was George Hickes of the New Democratic Party.

Juba later contested the Mynarski ward in the 2002 Winnipeg municipal elections, and placed third against Harry Lazarenko with 1,138 votes.