The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba fielded fifty-six candidates in the 2007 Manitoba provincial election, and won 19 seats to remain as the Official Opposition party in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Many of the party's candidates have their own biography pages; information about others may be found here.
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De Groot holds an Advanced Accounting certificate from the University of Manitoba, is a certified management accountant, and has served as a controller and director of finance for Manitoba Conservation.[1] She was a trustee on the St. James-Assiniboia School Division from 2002 to 2006, and made an unsuccessful bid for the Winnipeg City Council in 2006. Her husband is a firefighter, and she received an endorsement from the United Fire Fighters of Winnipeg in the 2006 campaign.[2] Her candidacy was also backed by former Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba Pearl McGonigal.[3]
De Groot is a fiscal conservative, and was described as being on the centrist wing of her party when she sought provincial office.[4]
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 municipal | St. James-Assiniboia School Division, Kirkfield-St. Charles Ward | n/a | 4,932 | 25.27 | 2/5 | Linda Archer, herself and Bruce Chegus |
| 2006 municipal | Winnipeg City Council, St. Charles Ward | n/a | 2,727 | 26.79 | 2/4 | Grant Nordman |
| 2007 provincial | Assiniboia | Progressive Conservative | 2,686 | 32.38 | 2/3 | Jim Rondeau, New Democratic Party |
Waddell was born on April 1, 1970, and was raised in the Neepawa area. He completed a two-year diploma in Youth Work from CFNI in Surrey, British Columbia, and has been a full-time youth worker.[5] He is also chaplain of the Brandon Wheat Kings hockey team[6] and the founder of a group called Hockey Ministries, and sometimes works as a lay preacher.[7]
He is the son of Ken Waddell, who served as Mayor of Neepawa from 1998 to 2002 and was a candidate for the leadership of the Manitoba Progressive Conservative Party in 2006. Mike worked as his father's campaign manager on the latter occasion.[8] Both his father and mother, Christine Waddell, were Progressive Conservative Party candidates in the 2007 election.
Mike Waddell received 2,655 votes (38.10%), finishing second against New Democratic Party incumbent Drew Caldwell.
Negrych participated in the Conservative Party of Canada's Winnipeg North campaign in the 2006 federal election, and was the first Progressive Conservative candidate nominated for the 2007 provincial election.[9] He received 1,005 votes (18.76%), finishing second against New Democratic Party incumbent Doug Martindale.
Carrington has a Political Science degree from the University of Manitoba, and was involved with PC Youth. At the time of the election, he was district manager of retail operation for Husky Energy.[10] He received 1,323 votes (21.01%), finishing second against New Democratic Party incumbent Jim Maloway.
Waddell was raised south of Virden in rural Manitoba.[11] She later moved to Winnipeg, where she worked as a librarian and attended Teacher's College.[12] She is now the co-owner of Neepawa Banner and Rivers Banner newspapers with her husband Ken Waddell, and works with youth and agricultural groups.[13] She identified crime as the primary issue during the campaign.[14]
Waddell received 1,202 votes (14.75%), finishing third against New Democratic Party candidate Jennifer Howard. Her husband and her son Mike Waddell were also unsuccessful Progressive Conservative candidates in the 2007 election.
Rosentreter was born in Winnipeg to a Russian father and German mother. She has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from McGill University, and a Master of Business Administration from Rollins College in Florida. She was once general manager for Manitoba Film and Sound, and at the time of the election was a Business Affairs and Production Manager for Merit Motion Pictures Inc.[15] She received 481 votes (11.98%), finishing third against New Democratic Party incumbent George Hickes.
Burner holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the Asper School of Business at the University of Manitoba, and has worked for her family's financial services firm for over four years.[16] She helped to organize the "See Jane Run Conference" on women in politics, and was a board member of The Young Associates of the Asper School of Business for 2006-07.[17]
She was previously a candidate for the Progressive Conservative Party in the 2003 provincial election, in the division of Wolseley. In 2006, she worked on Hugh McFadyen's successful campaign to become party leader.[18]
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 provincial | Wolseley | Progressive Conservative | 679 | 11.09 | 4/4 | Rob Altemeyer, New Democratic Party |
| 2007 provincial | River Heights | Progressive Conservative | 2,341 | 25.11 | 2/4 | Jon Gerrard, Liberal |
McLeod is a manager with CanadInns, and has studied political science at the University of Winnipeg.[19] He entered political life by working on the campaigns of Vic Toews and Peter Kaufmann, and has himself campaigned for public office at the municipal, federal and provincial levels.
McLeod first sought election to the Winnipeg City Council in the 2002 municipal election, running in the division of Elmwood-East Kildonan. He focused on neighbourhood revitalization and crime prevention, and finished fourth in a field of four candidates.[20] One year later, he campaigned for the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba in the 2003 provincial election. The party was defeated, and McLeod subsequently wrote a letter openly criticizing leader Stuart Murray.[21]
He later ran for the Conservative Party in the 2004 federal election. At one stage in the campaign, he said that Manitoba Housing residents are 89 times more likely to be victims of crime than people who own their own homes. A provincial aide dismissed this claim as "absurd", and McLeod later indicated that he could not remember where he saw the statistic.[22]
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 municipal | Winnipeg City Council, Elmwood-East Kildonan | n/a | 1,548 | 13.03 | 4/4 | Lillian Thomas |
| 2003 provincial | Elmwood | Progressive Conservative | 1,229 | 20.49 | 2/4 | Jim Maloway, New Democratic Party |
| 2004 federal | Elmwood—Transcona | Conservative | 7,644 | 26.11 | 2/7 | Bill Blaikie, New Democratic Party |
| 2007 provincial | Transcona | Progressive Conservative | 1,470 | 22.16 | 2/3 | Daryl Reid, New Democratic Party |
Adrian Schulz was born in Germany, and moved to Canada with his family in 1993.[23] He left school at age 14 to start a computer business, and later become the director of operations for a Winnipeg-based mini-conglomerate called The Kitching Group. He has also worked in real estate and consulting, and is the Managing Director of the Actyl Group as of 2009.[24] He was 25 years old at the time of the 2009 election.[25] He received 913 votes (21.11%), finishing second against New Democratic Party candidate Bill Blaikie.