Progressive Conservative Party candidates, 1999 Manitoba provincial election
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba fielded a full slate of candidates in the 1999 provincial election, and won 24 out of 57 seats to became the Official Opposition after eleven years in government.
Many of the party's candidates have their own biography pages; information about others may be found here.
[edit] Marty Snelling (Brandon East)
Snelling has a Master of Education degree in Physical Education.[1] He was fitness director of the central YMCA in Toronto during the 1970s,[2] and was later director of YMCA Camp Pine Crest on the banks of Clear Lake in Ontario.[3] He later moved to Brandon, Manitoba, where he led the local YMCA.[4]
Snelling has been a Brandon school trustee since 1995. He was 53 years old during the 1999 election, and campaigned wearing a YMCA-themed "Run with Marty" t-shirt.[5] He highlighted the Progressive Conservative government's success in bringing a hog farm to the city.[6]
Snelling was chairman of the Brandon School Zone Committee in the early 2000s, and worked to ensure that persons under eighteen would not be permitted to buy cigarettes at local outlets.[7] The Committee's connection to the Canadian Tobacco Manufacturers Council was strongly criticized by provincial anti-smoking advocates, who argued that the service was simply a public relations exercise for the tobacco industry.[8]
Snelling's wife, Barbara Bragg, has also campaigned for municipal office.
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 municipal | Brandon School Trustee, Ward One | n/a | not listed | not listed | not listed | himself and seven other candidates |
| 1998 municipal | Brandon School Trustee, Ward One | n/a | 5,402 | 1/13 | himself and seven other candidates | |
| 1999 provincial | Brandon East | Progressive Conservative | 2,080 | 26.34 | 2/4 | Drew Caldwell, New Democratic Party |
| 2002 municipal | Brandon School Trustee, Ward One | n/a | himself and seven other candidates | |||
| 2006 municipal | Brandon School Trustee, Ward One | n/a | 4,985 | 7.15 | 3/20 | himself and seven other candidates |
[edit] Cheryl Clark (Burrows)
Clark received 724 votes (9.32%) in 1999, finishing third against New Democratic Party candidate Doug Martindale.
Former Manitoba Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Lee Clark has a daughter named Cheryl, although it is not clear if this is the same person as the 1999 candidate (Ottawa Citizen, 13 May 1993).
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Robert McLeod, "The busines of fitness", Globe and Mail, 3 September 1979, S12.
- ^ Denys Horgan and Malcolm Gray, "Canadian fitness club won't admit blind as members, but U. S. counterpart will", Globe and Mail, 24 October 1978, P19.
- ^ Ian Kinross, "Camper burned by lightning hailed as 'hero'", Toronto Star, 26 July 1987, A1.
- ^ "Brandon residents gear up for elections", Winnipeg Free Press, 7 October 1998, A9.
- ^ Helen Fallding, "Voters get choice of new faces for MLA", Winnipeg Free Press, 13 September 1999, A6.
- ^ Douglas Nairne, "PCs, NDP try to hog both seats in Brandon", Winnipeg Free Press, 15 September 1999, A8.
- ^ "Fines, ads lead to fewer smokes sold to Brandon minors", Winnipeg Free Press, 31 January 2000, A8.
- ^ Nick Martin, "Schools, big tobacco 'in bed'", Winnipeg Free Press, 20 July 2002, A13.
- ^ Note: The 1998 result is taken from the Winnipeg Free Press newspaper, 29 October 1998, A13. It is not clear if the numerical totals reflected the final results. The Winnipeg Free Press printed provisional results for the 1995 election on 26 October 1995, A6. Only 30 of 101 polls had reported by press time, however, and the results are too incomplete to be included in this article.
