Progressive Conservative candidates, 2003 Manitoba provincial election
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The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba fielded a full slate of candidates in the 2003 provincial election, and won 20 seats out of 57 to form the Official Opposition. Many of the party's candidates have their own biography pages; information about others may be found here.
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[edit] E. Ray Garnett (St. Johns)
In 2002, the Winnipeg Free Press newspaper published a story about a Winnipeg] resident named Ray Garnett, who was pressuring the province of Manitoba to change its laws to allow him to sue a doctor he believed had ruined his life through a misdiagnosis. Garnett was diagnosed in 1989 with kidney failure, which he believed was the result of having taken the drug lithium for twenty years. The Minister of Justice at the time was Gord Mackintosh, who expressed reluctance to intervene until existing legal avenues had been tried (Winnipeg Free Press, 7 December 2002). It may be reasonable to assume this was the same person as the candidate.
Garnett received 612 votes (10.49%), finishing third against Mackintosh, the incumbent candidate for the New Democratic Party.
[edit] Jason Shaw (Swan River)
Shaw lists himself as an investment advisor, and has campaigned for public office on two occasions. He sought the Canadian Alliance nomination for Brandon—Souris in the 2000 federal election, but lost to Gary Nestibo (Winnipeg Free Press, 22 October 2000). He subsequently won the party's nomination for the northern riding of Churchill, and finished third.
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 federal | Churchill | Canadian Alliance | 4,126 | 17.70 | 3/4 | Bev Desjarlais, New Democratic Party |
| 2003 provincial | Swan River | Progressive Conservative | 2,223 | 2/3 | Rosann Wowchuk, New Democratic Party |
[edit] Ashley Burner (Wolseley)
Burner was a young candidate in the 2003 campaign. She received 679 votes (11.09%), finishing fourth against New Democratic Party candidate Rob Altemeyer. A 2006 newspaper article lists her as twenty-four year old. She is a financial firm marketer, and a board member of The Young Associates of the I. H. Asper School of Business for 2006-07.[1] She worked on Hugh McFadyen's campaign to become Progressive Conservative leader in 2006, and is seeking the party's River Heights nomination for the next provincial election.[2]
