Winnipeg municipal election, 2002
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The 2002 Winnipeg municipal election was held on October 23, 2002 to elect a mayor, councillors and school trustees in the city of Winnipeg
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Glen Murray, the city's centre-left mayor, was re-elected to a second term over challenger Al Golden
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Electors could vote for three candidates. The percentages are determined in relation to the total number of votes.
River East Transcona School Division
Electors could vote for two candidates. Percentages are determined in relation to the total number of votes.
St. James-Assiniboia School Division
Winnipeg
Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...
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Glen Murray, the city's centre-left mayor, was re-elected to a second term over challenger Al Golden
Al Golden (politician)
Allan Golden is a politician and businessman in Winnipeg, Manitoba.Golden is involved in many business operations, including the St. Vital Hotel and the Transcona Country Club. He entered politics after being encouraged by former Mayor of Winnipeg Stephen Juba, to run in the 1980 mayoral election...
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Councillors
- Greg Bozyk was a sales representative for a security company at the time of the election. He indicated that he was putting $10,000 of his personal savings into the campaign. Boyzk supported budget increases for police and firefighters. After his defeat, he was quoted as saying, "The people of Elmwood deserve what they get. We're going to continue to be a have-not area... we're going to continue to be the NewfoundlandNewfoundland and LabradorNewfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...
of Winnipeg."
- Carol Miles was the 44-year-old director of finance for the Canadian Food Grains Bank. She was endorsed by the New Democratic PartyNew Democratic Party of ManitobaThe New Democratic Party of Manitoba is a social-democratic political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is the provincial wing of the federal New Democratic Party, and is a successor to the Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation...
and the Winnipeg Labour CouncilWinnipeg Labour CouncilThe Winnipeg Labour Council is a labour council based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Affiliated to the Canadian Labour Congress, it represents 50,000+ workers in Winnipeg through 27 affiliated labour unions.- List of affiliated unions :...
, and called for community policing in areas with high crime. - Bob Cook was a 57-year-old retired policeman and president of the Transcona Golf Club. His candidacy was supported by Shirley Timm-RudolphShirley Timm-RudolphShirley Timm-Rudolph is a former politician in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She was a city councillor from 1986 to 1992 and again from 1995 to 2002, and served on the city's Executive Policy Committee from 1997 to 1998...
, the ward's outgoing councillor. Cook called for an increased police presence in the community, and opposed a suggestion that Transcona's police station could be moved to another part of Winnipeg for efficiency purposes.
School trustees
Winnipeg School Division| Candidate | Total votes | % of total votes |
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| (x)Mike Babinsky | 10,892 | 23.97 |
| (x)Liz Ambrose | 7,243 | 15.94 |
| (x)Roman Yereniuk Roman Yereniuk Roman Yereniuk is an educator and former public official in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He has been the principal of St. Andrew's College at the University of Manitoba, and was a trustee with the Winnipeg School Board from 1989 to 1995 and again from 1998 to 2006. He has also ran for the Canadian... |
5,918 | 13.02 |
| Luba Fedorkiw | 5,158 | 11.35 |
| Kevin Rebeck | 3,644 | 8.02 |
| Neri DiMacali | 3,096 | 6.81 |
| Don Smith | 2,890 | 6.36 |
| Alana Brownlee | 2,820 | 6.21 |
| Stan Tomchuk | 2,371 | 5.22 |
| Rylan Reed | 1,405 | 3.09 |
| Total valid votes | 45,437 | 100.00 |
Electors could vote for three candidates. The percentages are determined in relation to the total number of votes.
- Kevin Rebeck is a Manitoba labour leader. He is a former records clerk with the Manitoba Workers Compensation Board, and joined the Canadian Union of Public EmployeesCanadian Union of Public EmployeesThe Canadian Union of Public Employees is a Canadian trade union serving the public sector - although it has in recent years organized workplaces in the non-profit and para-public sector as well...
(CUPE) in 1991. He wrote against provincial workfareWorkfareWorkfare is an alternative model to conventional social welfare systems. The term was first introduced by civil rights leader James Charles Evers in 1968; however, it was popularized by Richard Nixon in a televised speech August 1969...
programs in 1995, arguing that they ignored the real problems of the job market while targeting the victims of high unemployment. He was chosen as vice-president of CUPE Manitoba in 1999, and became the union's interim president in late 2003 when Paul MoistPaul MoistPaul Moist is national president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees , Canada's largest trade union.-Career:Moist has been a CUPE member since he was a teenager, working first as a lifeguard, then as a greenhouse attendant for the City of Winnipeg...
left to lead the union's federal affiliate. Rebeck was confirmed as the president of CUPE Manitoba by provincial delegates in April 2004, and said that he would work to empower members at the local level. He has also served as vice-president of the Manitoba Federation of LabourManitoba Federation of LabourThe Manitoba Federation of Labour is the Manitoba provincial trade union federation of the Canadian Labour Congress.It was formed in 1956 and has a membership of 90,000 people working in various private sector and public sector fields such as Manufacturing, Government, Retail, Hospitals, Schools,...
, general vice-president for CUPE National, and second-vice president for the Winnipeg Labour CouncilWinnipeg Labour CouncilThe Winnipeg Labour Council is a labour council based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Affiliated to the Canadian Labour Congress, it represents 50,000+ workers in Winnipeg through 27 affiliated labour unions.- List of affiliated unions :...
. After the election of Stephen HarperStephen HarperStephen Joseph Harper is the 22nd and current Prime Minister of Canada and leader of the Conservative Party. Harper became prime minister when his party formed a minority government after the 2006 federal election...
's government in the 2006 federal electionCanadian federal election, 2006The 2006 Canadian federal election was held on January 23, 2006, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 39th Parliament of Canada. The Conservative Party of Canada won the greatest number of seats: 40.3% of seats, or 124 out of 308, up from 99 seats in 2004, and 36.3% of votes:...
, he took part in an unsuccessful effort to preserve Canada's national child-care program. When CUPE Ontario endorsed a resolution supporting the international campaign to boycott IsraelIsraelThe State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
in 2006, Rebeck wrote a public letter indicating that no similar resolution had been passed by his organization. He wrote that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was "complex", and called for dialogue that would "respect the legitimate aspirations of both the Palestinian and Israeli people". Rebeck sought the federal New Democratic PartyNew Democratic PartyThe New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...
nomination for Elmwood—TransconaElmwood—TransconaElmwood—Transcona is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988. Its population in 2006 was 78,700....
in the buildup to the 2008 federal electionCanadian federal election, 2008The 2008 Canadian federal election was held on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 40th Canadian Parliament after the previous parliament had been dissolved by the Governor General on September 7, 2008...
, and received the support of the Manitoba Federation of LabourManitoba Federation of LabourThe Manitoba Federation of Labour is the Manitoba provincial trade union federation of the Canadian Labour Congress.It was formed in 1956 and has a membership of 90,000 people working in various private sector and public sector fields such as Manufacturing, Government, Retail, Hospitals, Schools,...
. He lost to Jim MalowayJim MalowayPeter James "Jim" Maloway is a Canadian politician. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the Winnipeg division of Elmwood—Transcona in the 2008 federal election as a member of the New Democratic Party. He previously served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1986 to 2008,...
, who was later elected as the Member of ParliamentMember of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for the riding.
River East Transcona School Division
| Candidate | Total votes | % of total votes |
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| (x)Colleen Carswell | 5,041 | 33.46 |
| (x)Mary Andree | 3,136 | 20.82 |
| Ken Silk | 2,856 | 18.96 |
| Carl Schneiderat | 2,846 | 18.89 |
| Dwayne Charles | 1,185 | 7.87 |
| Total valid votes | 15,064 | 100.00 |
Electors could vote for two candidates. Percentages are determined in relation to the total number of votes.
- Mary Andree was a school trustee in TransconaTranscona, ManitobaTranscona is a suburb of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada located about 10 kilometres east of the downtown area. Until 1972 it was a separate municipality, having been incorporated first as the Town of Transcona in 1912 and then as the City of Transcona in 1961...
from 1962 to 2006. She served as chair of the Transcona-Springfield School DivisionTranscona-Springfield School DivisionThe Transcona-Springfield School Division is a former school division in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It was merged with the River East School Division in 2002 to create the new River East Transcona School Division....
on more than one occasion, and was elected to the successor River East Transcona School DivisionRiver East Transcona School DivisionRiver East Transcona School Division is located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, is the second largest school division in the province. It is composed of parts of what used to be two separate divisions the Transcona part of the Transcona-Springfield School Division and River East School Division, which...
in 2002. Andree was temporarily removed from the Transcona-Springfield School Board in December 1968, after a former trustee brought forward a charge that she benefited financially from her position on the board. The presiding justice John R. SolomonJohn R. SolomonJohn R. Solomon was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1941 to 1957, alternately as an independent and as a Liberal-Progressive....
dismissed the charge in January 1969, and reinstated her to the board. Andree described the charge against her as "malicious". She later opposed the creation of a separate Transcona-Springfield French School Board in 1985, arguing that there were not enough French-language students in the area to justify its creation. In 1994-95, she led the Transcona-Springfield Board in requiring school staff to take six days of unpaid leave over the course of the year. She helped adopt an Equity/Race Relations Policy for the division in 1996, and supported contracting out bus services in 2000. In 2005, she supported an unsuccessful attempt to rename Wayoata Elementary School after Terry FoxTerry FoxTerrance Stanley "Terry" Fox , was a Canadian humanitarian, athlete, and cancer research activist. In 1980, with one leg having been amputated, he embarked on a cross-Canada run to raise money and awareness for cancer research...
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| Candidate | Total votes | % of total votes |
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| Bob Fraser | 2,275 | 57.12 |
| David Greskiw | 879 | 22.07 |
| Khalid Mahmood | 829 | 20.81 |
| Total valid votes | 3,983 | 100.00 |
- Khalid Mahmood is a frequent candidate for public office in Winnipeg. He ran for city council in 1986Winnipeg municipal election, 1986The 1986 Winnipeg municipal election was held on October 22, 1986 to elect a mayor, councillors and school trustees in the city of Winnipeg.Bill Norrie was re-elected to a fourth term as mayor, defeating former Member of the Legislative Assembly Russell Doern and ten other...
with an endorsement from the New Democratic PartyNew Democratic Party of ManitobaThe New Democratic Party of Manitoba is a social-democratic political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is the provincial wing of the federal New Democratic Party, and is a successor to the Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation...
, and later ran for a school trustee position in 1995Winnipeg municipal election, 1995The 1995 Winnipeg municipal election was held on October 25, 1995 to elect a mayor, councillors and school trustees in the city of Winnipeg.Susan Thompson defeated Peter Kaufmann and Terry Duguid in the mayoral contest.-Councillors:...
, 1998Winnipeg municipal election, 1998The 1998 Winnipeg municipal election was held on October 28, 1998 to elect a mayor, councillors and school trustees in the city of Winnipeg.Centre-left candidate Glen Murray defeated populist right-winger Peter Kaufmann in the mayoral contest.-Councillors:...
and 2002. He has served as president of the PakistanPakistanPakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
Canada Cultural Equation of Manitoba. During celebrations marking the fiftieth anniversary of Pakistan's independence, he called for better relations between Pakistani and Indian Canadians. He has also been acting president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association. In the 2002 election, he called for tougher anti-bullying measures and supported standard tests. He was elected to the board of the Manitoba Association of Parent Councils for 2004-05 and 2005-06.
St. James-Assiniboia School Division
| Candidate | Total votes | % of total votes |
|---|---|---|
| (x)Linda Archer | 5,561 | 28.50 |
| Kelly de Groot | 4,932 | 25.27 |
| (x)Bruce Chegus | 4,375 | 22.42 |
| (x)Jan Paseska | 2,531 | 12.97 |
| Deborah Weddall | 2,115 | 10.84 |
| Total valid votes | 19,514 | 100.00 |
City council
- Natalie Pollock is a former musician and talk show host, and has campaigned for Mayor of Winnipeg three times. She attended Grant Park and Kelvin high schools in Winnipeg, and audited courses in Political SciencePolitical sciencePolitical Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...
at the University of ManitobaUniversity of ManitobaThe University of Manitoba , in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, is the largest university in the province of Manitoba. It is Manitoba's most comprehensive and only research-intensive post-secondary educational institution. It was founded in 1877, making it Western Canada’s first university. It placed...
. She and her brother Ron Pollock worked as musicians in the 1960s and 1970s, under the names "Ron and Natalie O'Hara". Dionne WarwickDionne WarwickDionne Warwick is an American singer, actress and TV show host, who became a United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization, and a United States Ambassador of Health....
produced one of their songs in 1968, and three of their songs hit Billboard Magazine's easy-listening charts in the early 1970s. Pollock later ran her father's podiatrist office, and unsuccessfully sought a Liberal PartyLiberal Party of CanadaThe Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
nomination in the buildup to the 1984 federal electionCanadian federal election, 1984The Canadian federal election of 1984 was held on September 4 of that year to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 33rd Parliament of Canada...
. In the late 1980s, she and her brother hosted a cable-access television program called "The Pollock and Pollock Gossip Hour". A report in the Winnipeg Free Press asserts that the program featured "off-beat political interviews" and "often-provocative dancing by Natalie". The show was canceled in 1990. Pollock subsequently brought forward a sexual discrimination complaint, asserting that she had been let go because the cable station believed viewers were bothered by her protrusive breasts. The cable station denied this, and said that the show was canceled for other reasons including "promoting sexual stereotypes". The complaint was subsequently dismissed. Pollock first campaigned for Mayor of Winnipeg in 1992Winnipeg municipal election, 1992The 1992 Winnipeg municipal election was held on October 28, 1992 to elect a mayor, councillors and school trustees in the city of Winnipeg.Susan Thompson defeated Greg Selinger in the mayoral contest.-Councillors:...
in the aftermath of this controversy, and finished fifth in a field of seventeen candidates. She ran again in 1995Winnipeg municipal election, 1995The 1995 Winnipeg municipal election was held on October 25, 1995 to elect a mayor, councillors and school trustees in the city of Winnipeg.Susan Thompson defeated Peter Kaufmann and Terry Duguid in the mayoral contest.-Councillors:...
, promising to launch a constitutional challenge to prevent the sale of the Winnipeg Jets hockeyIce hockeyIce hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
team to the United States. She finished sixth out of seven candidates. In the 2004 by-election, she called for an aboriginal police chief and legal marriage for gays and lesbiansSame-sex marriage in CanadaOn July 20, 2005, Canada became the fourth country in the world and the first country in the Americas to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide with the enactment of the Civil Marriage Act which provided a gender-neutral marriage definition...
, while opposing the privatization of municipal services, anti-smoking regulations, and the city's proposed Waverley WestWaverley WestWaverley West is a planned suburb in the southwestern corner of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It was approved by the government of Manitoba in 2005, and is scheduled to be constructed over a twenty-year period....
extension.
- Roland Marcoux has a Bachelor of ScienceBachelor of ScienceA Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years .-Australia:In Australia, the BSc is a 3 year degree, offered from 1st year on...
degree in Adult Education from the University of MinnesotaUniversity of MinnesotaThe University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
, and has a background in consulting, training and economic development. He was elected president of the Old St. Boniface Residents' Association in December 2001, and held the position until 2005. He supported the federal-provincial-municipal Community Initiatives program, and championed development of Old St. Boniface as a residential rather than an industrial neighbourhood. Marcoux was elected to the board of directors of St. Boniface General Hospital in 2006, and became a director of Entreprises Riel in 2007. As of 2009, he is an associate director of the Esty Centre for Law and Economics in International Trade. - Tom Scott was the owner and operator of a store called The Chocolate Affair on Provencher Boulevard at the time of the election. In 2002, he wrote a letter to the editorLetter to the editorA letter to the editor is a letter sent to a publication about issues of concern from its readers. Usually, letters are intended for publication...
opposing councillor Dan Vandal's plans for tax credits that would promote residential housing in St. Boniface. Scott argued that the credits should support existing businesses instead. During the 2004 by-election, he pledged to revitalize Winnipeg's French Quarter with street-scaping and French-only signs. He supported a municipal effort to enhance Provencher Boulevard's francophone character after the election,. He was the business community's liaison on a post-election project to enhance Provencher Boulevard's francophone character, but resigned after his plans for French-only signs were rejected. - Émile Chartier was born and raised in the St. Boniface area of Winnipeg. He is a professional sculptor and a community activist. He was president of the Old St. Boniface Residents Association in the early 2000s, and served on a committee that reviewed proposals for Winnipeg's Provencher Bridge. Before running for office himself, he worked on campaigns for Dan VandalDan VandalDaniel 'Dan' Vandal is a politician in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He has represented St. Boniface on the Winnipeg City Council for all but two years since 1995, and ran unsuccessfully for Mayor of Winnipeg in 2004...
and Greg Selinger. Chartier was the first declared candidate in the 2004 by-election. He called for new affordable housing projects, and promised to turn industrial land over to new developments. After the election, he opposed plans for a new condo development in an historically sensitive area of the ward. He opposed the city's decision to open a Salisbury HouseSalisbury HouseThe Salisbury House in Des Moines, Iowa, also known as the Carl and Edith C. Weeks House and Gardens, is a Tudor, Gothic and Carolean style manorial home . It was a home of cosmetic magnate Carl Weeks and was completed in Des Moines, Iowa, United States, in 1928 for over $3 million...
restaurant on the Provencher pedestrian bridge in 2005, and argued in favour of a restaurant that would promote Franco-Manitoban cuisine and culture. Surprisingly, Chartier supported incumbent Franco Magnifico against former councillor Dan Vandal in the 2006 municipal electionWinnipeg municipal election, 2006The 2006 Winnipeg municipal election was held on October 25, 2006 to elect a mayor, councillors and school trustees in the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.Sam Katz was re-elected Mayor of Winnipeg over left-leaning challenger Marianne Cerilli.-Council:...
. In 2007, Chartier and Denis Savoie created a popular 15-metre long sand sculpture at The Forks called "The Mosasaur". As of January 2009, Chartier serves on the Board of Directors of the Winnipeg Art GalleryWinnipeg Art GalleryThe Winnipeg Art Gallery is a public art gallery that was founded in 1912. It is Western Canada's oldest civic gallery and the 6th largest in the country...
. - Marcel Boille was a real estate agent with Royal Lepage. He expressed frustration with the number of dilapidated homes in St. Boniface, and called for financial incentives for developers during the 2004 by-election. He was charged with not filing an audited list of donors after the election, and was prohibited from running in 2006Winnipeg municipal election, 2006The 2006 Winnipeg municipal election was held on October 25, 2006 to elect a mayor, councillors and school trustees in the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.Sam Katz was re-elected Mayor of Winnipeg over left-leaning challenger Marianne Cerilli.-Council:...
. He pleaded not guilty when the charge was brought to court, arguing that the law was being selectively enforced. Newspaper accounts do not indicate how the matter was resolved. - Derek W.J. Hay was the co-owner of three hotels at the time of the 2004 by-election. He promised a business approach to government, and proposed a small business park for an abandoned Canada Packers site in the ward. He was elected to a one-year term on the executive of the Manitoba Hotel Association in July 2004, shortly after the municipal by-election. In 2006, he was elected to the executive of the Gyro Club of Winnipeg. He campaigned against long-weekend alcohol bans in provincial campgrounds during the same period, arguing that his profits had declined since the ban was implemented in 1995. Hay was returned to the Board of Directors of the Manitoba Hotel Association in 2007, and was re-elected in 2008.