Liberal Party candidates, 1999 Manitoba provincial election
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The Manitoba Liberal Party elected one member 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.
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[edit] Malli Aulakh (Fort Whyte)
Aulakh was one of five candidates for the federal Liberal Party nomination for Winnipeg South in 1993. He was eliminated after the first ballot and gave his support to rival candidate Reg Alcock, the eventual winner (WFP, 25 March 1993). He later attempted to challenge Kevin Lamoureux for the Winnipeg Centre Liberal nomination in 2000, but was unable to do so when the party ruled he had missed a filing deadline (WFP, 30 September 2000).
He received 1,202 votes (11.45%) in the 1999 election, finishing third against Progressive Conservative John Loewen. In 2003, Aulakh was named to the board of directors of the Winnipeg Public Library (WFP, 24 March 2003).
[edit] Vic Wieler (Kirkfield Park)
Wieler campaigned ran for the Manitoba legislature in the 1995 provincial election, and finished second against Progressive Conservative incumbent Eric Stefanson. He campaigned against Stefanson again in the 1999 election, and finished third.
In 2000, he was nominated as that Liberal candidate for a by-election in Kirkfield Park against new Progressive Conservative Party Stuart Murray. He finished second with 2,158 votes (26.64%).
Previously a high-school principal, Wieler had become a financial planner by the time of the 2000 by-election. He was also president of the Rotary-Club of Winnipeg Assiniboine at the time of the by-election (Winnipeg Free Press, 11 May 2000). In 2003, he became a director of the Mennonite Central Committee's Furniture Thrift Store (Winnipeg Free Press, 12 November 2003).
[edit] Ajay Chopra (Point Douglas)
Chopra was awarded the National Indo-Canadian Council Distinguished Youth Entrepreneurship Award in 1998. He was 22 years old at the time of the 1999 election, and finished a credible second against New Democratic Party incumbent George Hickes with 1,336 votes (21.35%).
Chopra was a special assistant to the federal Minister of Justice and Attorney General in 2002, and worked on Phil Fontaine's campaign to lead the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) in 2003. Although he is not himself aboriginal, Chopra currently serves as the AFN's intergovernmental affairs advisor.
[edit] Cecilia Connelly (Rossmere)
Connelly has been a frequent candidate for the Liberal Party in the Rossmere constituency. Her poor showing in 1999 may be explained by the fact that the New Democratic and Progressive Conservative parties were engaged in a tightly-fought contest, with both parties siphoning Liberal support.
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 provincial | Rossmere | Liberal | 1,108 | 3/3 | Vic Schroeder, New Democratic Party | |
| 1988 provincial | Rossmere | Liberal | 2,851 | 3/4 | Harold Neufeld, Progressive Conservative | |
| 1995 provincial | Rossmere | Liberal | 875 | 9.31 | 3/3 | Vic Toews, Progressive Conservative |
| 1999 provincial | Rossmere | Liberal | 396 | 3.82 | 3/4 | Harry Schellenberg, New Democratic Party |
[edit] Rochelle Zimberg (Tuxedo)
Zimberg is a Chartered Accountant. She was executive director of the Manitoba Association of Urban Municipalities during the 1990s,[1] and argued in 1993 that the provincial Municipal Act was out of date and in need of revision.[2] She later sought a balanced approach on the use of Video Lottery Terminal revenues by municipal governments.[3] In 1997, she was appointed to an advisory committee overseeing the distribution of the Canadian Red Cross, Manitoba Flood Appeal Fund.[4] She was inducted into the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Roll of Honour in 1999.[5]
Zimberg placed third against Manitoba Premier Gary Filmon in the 1999 election. She campaigned for the Tuxedo constituency again in a 2000 by-election, after the original Liberal candidate withdrew from the contest.[6]
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 provincial | Tuxedo | Liberal | 1,391 | 14.19 | 3/4 | Gary Filmon, Progressive Conservative |
| provincial by-election, 21 November 2000 | Tuxedo | Liberal | 1,586 | 2/3 | Heather Stefanson, Progressive Conservative |
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ "Manitoba budget hits north hardest", Kitchener-Waterloo Record, 18 April 1991, C6; Randy Turner, "Political cats end the hissing", Winnipeg Free Press, 22 June 1993.
- ^ Allison Bray, "Panel to find out how to fix statute", Winnipeg Free Press, 28 September 1993.
- ^ Keith McArthur, "Votes sought on VLTs' fate", Winnipeg Free Press, 4 April 1998, A1.
- ^ "Committee members", Winnipeg Free Press, 16 May 1997, A5.
- ^ Larry McIntosh, "Manitoba Movers Appointments", Winnipeg Free Press, 28 April 1999, B8.
- ^ Sean O'Connor, "Candidates fear federal vote will overshadow provincial byelection Tuxedo Tories", Winnipeg Free Press, 16 November 2000, A9.
