The 1995 Manitoba municipal elections were held on October 25, 1995 to elect mayors, councillors and school trustees in various communities throughout Manitoba, Canada.
Cities
| 1995 Brandon municipal election: Mayor of Brandon
|
| Candidate
|
Votes |
%
|
| (x)Rick Borotsik
|
11,299
|
80.17
|
| Stephen Downes
|
1,620
|
11.49
|
| Geoff Borden
|
1,175
|
8.34
|
| Total votes cast
|
14,094
|
100.00
|
1995 Brandon municipal election, Councillor, Ward One (Assiniboine)
| Candidate
|
Total Votes
|
% of Total Votes
|
| (incumbent)Joe Kay
|
acclaimed
|
n/a
|
| 1995 Brandon municipal election: Councillor, Ward Two
|
| Candidate
|
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 Three (Victoria)
| Candidate
|
Total Votes
|
% of Total Votes
|
| (incumbent)Don Kille
|
1329
|
63.71
|
| Ron Cayer
|
757
|
36.29
|
| Total valid votes
|
2086
|
100.00
|
1995 Brandon municipal election, Councillor, Ward Four (University)
| Candidate
|
Total Votes
|
% of Total Votes
|
| Rick Chrest
|
699
|
54.35
|
| (incumbent)Brian Deacon
|
587
|
45.65
|
| Total valid votes
|
1286
|
100.00
|
1995 Brandon municipal election, Councillor, Ward Five (Meadows)
| Candidate
|
Total Votes
|
% of Total Votes
|
| Laurie MacKenzie
|
943
|
66.08
|
| Bob Crighton
|
484
|
33.92
|
| Total valid votes
|
1427
|
100.00
|
1995 Brandon municipal election, Councillor, Ward Six (South Centre)
| Candidate
|
Total Votes
|
% of Total Votes
|
| (incumbent)Jim Reid
|
acclaimed
|
n/a
|
- Romeo Lemieux represented Ward Seven on the Brandon City Council from 1992 to 1995.
1995 Brandon municipal election, Councillor, Ward Eight (Richmond)
| Candidate
|
Total Votes
|
% of Total Votes
|
| (incumbent)Margo Campbell
|
1006
|
66.05
|
| Marv Robinson
|
517
|
33.95
|
| Total valid votes
|
1523
|
100.00
|
1995, Brandon municipal election, Councillor, Ward Nine (Riverview)
| Candidate
|
Total Votes
|
% of Total Votes
|
| (incumbent)Ross Martin
|
577
|
47.41
|
| Bill Comstock
|
355
|
29.17
|
| Lorne Hill
|
285
|
23.42
|
| Total valid votes
|
1217
|
100.00
|
1995 Brandon municipal election, Councillor, Ward Ten (Green Acres)
| Candidate
|
Total Votes
|
% of Total Votes
|
| Don Jessiman
|
616
|
60.40
|
| Peter Logan
|
204
|
20.00
|
| (incumbent)Arnold Grambo
|
200
|
19.60
|
| Total valid votes
|
1020
|
100.00
|
- Arnold Grambo served four terms on Brandon City Council from 1983 to 1995.
post-election changes
Mayor Rick Borotsik resigned his position in 1997, after being elected to the House of Commons of Canada. A by-election was held to choose his replacement.
| Brandon, Manitoba municipal by-election, September 24, 1997: Mayor of Brandon
|
| Candidate
|
Votes |
%
|
| Reg Atkinson
|
elected
|
-
|
| Dan Munroe
|
about 200 votes behind
|
-
|
| Scott Smith
|
about 400 votes behind
|
-
|
| Geoff Borden
|
|
-
|
| three other candidates
|
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]
See: 1995 Winnipeg municipal election
Rural Municipalities
1995 Rockwood municipal election, Reeve
| Candidate
|
Total votes
|
% of total votes
|
| (incumbent)Leon Vandekerckhove
|
accl.
|
not listed
|
1995 Rockwood municipal election, Council, Ward One
| Candidate
|
Total votes
|
% of total votes
|
| (incumbent)Clayton McMurren
|
426
|
58.84
|
| Tom Huffman
|
177
|
24.45
|
| Ted Demeniuk
|
121
|
16.71
|
| Total valid votes
|
724
|
100.00
|
1995 Rockwood municipal election, Council, Ward Two
| Candidate
|
Total votes
|
% of total votes
|
| (incumbent)Gordon Appleyard
|
accl.
|
.
|
1995 Rockwood municipal election, Council, Ward Three
| Candidate
|
Total votes
|
% of total votes
|
| (incumbent)Garnet Thievin
|
372
|
83.41
|
| Dean Reid
|
74
|
16.59
|
| Total valid votes
|
446
|
100.00
|
1995 Rockwood municipal election, Council, Ward Four
| Candidate
|
Total votes
|
% of total votes
|
| Ken Hibbitt
|
146
|
55.09
|
| (incumbent)Bill Docking
|
102
|
38.49
|
| Doug Holmes
|
17
|
6.42
|
| Total valid votes
|
265
|
100.00
|
1995 Rockwood municipal election, Council, Ward Five
| Candidate
|
Total votes
|
% of total votes
|
| (incumbent)Gilbert Good
|
accl.
|
.
|
1995 Rockwood municipal election, Council, Ward Six
| Candidate
|
Total votes
|
% of total votes
|
| (incumbent)Alex Glowachuk
|
174
|
56.31
|
| Jeff Tomchak
|
135
|
43.69
|
| Total valid votes
|
309
|
100.00
|
Towns
1995 Hartney municipal election, Mayor of Hartney
| Candidate
|
Total votes
|
% of total votes
|
| (incumbent)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 had previously served on council from 1986 to 1989. Peloquin is the father of professional wrestler Chi Chi Cruz.
1995 Neepawa municipal election, Mayor of Neepawa
| Candidate
|
Total votes
|
% of total votes
|
| Roy McGillivray
|
accl.
|
.
|
- Roy McGillivray was first elected as Mayor of Neepawa in 1992, defeating incumbent mayor Homer Gill by a two-to-one margin.[7] He was appointed to the provincial building standards board, and was re-elected to the mayoralty without opposition in 1995.[8] In 1996, he encouraged the construction of an Agro-Enviro Centre to support the local farm industry.[9] He did not seek re-election in 1998. In 1999, he was appointed to a task force that assessed flooding damage to businesses in western and southwestern Manitoba.[10] He was critical of Ken Waddell, his successor as mayor, accusing him of "mixing religion with politics".[11]
Villages
1995 Waskada municipal election, Mayor of Waskada
| Candidate
|
Total votes
|
% of total votes
|
| (incumbent)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.
- ^ Murray McNeill, "Winnipegger wins entrepreneur award", Winnipeg Free Press, 17 May 2002, B4.
- ^ Brandon University Standing Committees Archived 2007-11-07 at the Wayback Machine, Brandon University, accessed 26 January 2007.
- ^ Brandon University - Board of Governors - Minutes - December 18, 1997, Brandon University, accessed 26 January 2007.
- ^ Helen Fallding, "Firefighter ready to get feet wet as Brandon MLA", Winnipeg Free Press, 27 September 1999, A6.
- ^ Bud Robertson, "Ex-Hartney mayor wins byelection to run Brandon", Winnipeg Free Press, 25 September 1997, A3.
- ^ "Hartney is booming ...", Winnipeg Free Press, 5 July 1997, 2.
- ^ "Incumbents tossed out in Manitoba elections", Toronto Star, 29 October 1992, A28.
- ^ Bob Lowery, "Urban leaders want potty parity in new building code", Winnipeg Free Press, 21 April 1993.
- ^ "Centre to showcase farm industry", Winnipeg Free Press, 30 March 1996, B14.
- ^ "Rural task force to assist businesses affected by flood", M2 Presswire, 13 July 1999.
- ^ Mia Rabson, "Tory 1, Tory 2 or Tory 3?", Winnipeg Free Press, 17 April 2006, A1.