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.

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[edit] Cities

[edit] Brandon

1995 Brandon municipal election, Councillor, Ward Twoedit
Candidate Total votes % of total votes
(x)Drew Caldwell 735 64.19
Barbara Bragg 353 30.83
Darryl Wolski 57 4.98
Total valid votes 1,145 100.00
  • 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]


1995 Brandon municipal election, Councillor, Ward Sevenedit
Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Scott Smith 1,350 66.34
(x)Romeo Lemieux 685 33.66
Total valid votes 2,035 100.00
  • Romeo Lemieux represented Ward Seven on the Brandon City Council from 1992 to 1995.
post-election changes

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


Brandon, Manitoba municipal by-election, September 24, 1997, Mayor of Brandonedit
Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Reg Atkinson elected not listed
Dan Munroe about 200 votes behind not listed
Scott Smith about 400 votes behind not listed
four other candidates not listed not 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]

[edit] Winnipeg

See: Winnipeg municipal election, 1995

[edit] Towns

[edit] Hartney

1995 Hartney municipal election, Mayor of Hartney
Candidate Total votes % of total votes
(x)Leo Peloquin accl. .
  • Leo Peloquin was Mayor of Hartney from 1989 to 1998, and presided over a period of relative economic growth for the town.[6] He did not seek re-election in 1998. He has previously served on council from 1986 to 1989.

[edit] Villages

[edit] Waskada

1995 Waskada municipal election, Mayor of Waskada
Candidate Total votes % of total votes
(x)Vaughn Ramsay accl. .


1995 Waskada municipal election, Waskada Village Council (four members elected)
Candidate Total votes % of total votes
John Innes accl. .
Terry Bradco accl. .
Dellene Heath accl. .
Tom Rickard accl. .

Source: Winnipeg Free Press newspaper, 27 October 1995.

[edit] 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.
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