1998 Manitoba municipal elections

none September 2023 The 1998 Manitoba municipal elections were held on October 28, 1998 to elect mayors, councillors and school trustees in various communities throughout Manitoba, Canada. Cities Brandon Source: Winnipeg Free Press, 29 October 1998, A13, 113 of 121 polls reporting. The final results did not significantly change Atkinson's margin of victory. It is not clear if any of the council or school board results (listed below) are also incomplete. 1998 Brandon municipal election, Councillor, Ward One (Assiniboine) CandidateTotal votes% of total votesDoug Paterson42238.89Janet Johnson31328.85Don Somerville18517.05John Shopka16515.21Total votes cast1085100.00 Caldwell was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the 1999 provincial election, and resigned his seat on Brandon City Council. Marion Robinsong was elected as his replacement, defeating five other candidates."Fitzpatrick, Robinsong elected in Brandon", Winnipeg Free Press, 25 November 1999, A3. Robinsong is a retired teacher, and alumnus of Brandon University, and a supporter of the New Democratic Party. She had been appointed to the Board of Governors of Brandon University shortly before her election.Helen Fallding, "Caldwell drops seven appointees from BU board", Winnipeg Free Press, 6 November 1999, A13. Robinsong campaigned for Mayor of Brandon in 2002, but finished third against Dave Burgess. As of 2007, she serves on the board of directors of the Brandon Regional Health Authority.Board of Directors https://web.archive.org/web/20070129113628/http://www.brandonrha.mb.ca/en/foundation/ 2007-01-29 , Brandon Regional Health Authority, accessed 25 January 2007. 1998 Brandon municipal election, Councillor, Ward Three (Victoria) CandidateTotal votes% of total votesTodd Lumbardacclaimedn/a 1998 Brandon municipal election, Councillor, Ward Four (University) CandidateTotal votes% of total votes(incumbent)Rick Chrest92768.41Glen Kruck42831.59Total votes cast1355100.00 1998 Brandon municipal election, Councillor, Ward Five (Meadows) CandidateTotal votes% of total votesBeth Smale61552.84(incumbent)Laurie MacKenzie38432.99Elizabeth Archambault16514.17Total votes cast1164100.00 1998 Brandon municipal election, Councillor, Ward Six (South Centre) CandidateTotal votes% of total votesDave Burgess72175.89Grant Hamilton15516.32Bob Crighton7407.79Total votes cast950100.00 1998 Brandon municipal election, Councillor, Ward Eight (Richmond) CandidateTotal votes% of total votes(incumbent)Margo Campbell38244.06Pat Bowslaugh30735.41Chris Milne17820.53Total votes cast867100.00 1998 Brandon municipal election, Councillor, Ward Nine (Riverview) CandidateTotal votes% of total votesErrol Blackacclaimedn/a 1998 Brandon municipal election, Councillor, Ward Ten (Green Acres) CandidateTotal votes% of total votes(incumbent)Don Jessimanacclaimedn/a + 1998 Brandon municipal election, School Trustees, Urban Candidate Total votes % of total votes (incumbent)Marty Snelling 5,402 10.55 (incumbent)Malcolm Jolly 5,293 10.34 (incumbent)Linda L. Ross 5,227 10.21 (incumbent)Jim Murray 5,180 10.12 Donna Young 4,412 8.62 Cheryl Burke 4,065 7.94 Lynne McCaughey 3,628 7.09 Mark Rukin 3,587 7.01 Tom Downie 3,325 6.50 Lydia Blais 3,248 6.35 Garry Cooper 3,142 6.14 Jo-Ann Pasklivich-Holder 2,900 5.67 Orest Bobei 1,778 3.47 Total votes cast 51,187 100.00 Winnipeg See: 1998 Winnipeg municipal election Towns Neepawa + 1998 Neepawa municipal election, Councillors (six elected) Candidate Total votes % of total votes (incumbent)Arnold (Bud) Birch 1,239 16.53 (incumbent)Ronald Forsman 1,193 15.92 Jim Cockburn 1,075 14.34 (incumbent)Dean Dietrich 1,059 14.13 (incumbent)Bill Stilwell 986 13.16 Terrence Volden 871 11.62 (incumbent)Ken Hermiston 856 11.42 Eli (Jim) Baryla 216 2.88 Total valid votes 7,495 100.00 Electors could votes for six candidates. Percentages are determined in relation to the total number of votes. Rural municipalities Brenda + 1998 RM Brenda municipal election, Reeve of RM Brenda Candidate Total votes % of total votes John Dickinson accl. . + 1998 Waskada municipal election, Councillors (four elected) Candidate Total votes % of total votes Norm Adams accl. . John Griffith accl. . Roy Mann accl. .Bob Brigden 59 70.24 Gordon Voth 25 29.76 Rockwood + 1998 Rockwood municipal election, Reeve Candidate Total votes % of total votes (incumbent)Leon Vandekerckhove accl. . + 1998 Rockwood municipal election, Council, Ward Two Candidate Total votes % of total votes (incumbent)Gordon Appleyard accl. . + 1998 Rockwood municipal election, Council, Ward Three Candidate Total votes % of total votes (incumbent)Garnet Thievin accl. . + 1998 Rockwood municipal election, Council, Ward Four Candidate Total votes % of total votes (incumbent)Ken Hibbitt accl. . + 1998 Rockwood municipal election, Council, Other Wards (three members) Candidate Total votes % of total votes Nick Neumann 282 elected Gunnar Kratzer 276 elected (incumbent)Clayton McMurren 241 elected Dennis Persoage 181 defeated Jeff Tomchak 157 defeated Harold Bond 109 defeated (incumbent)Gilbert Good 104 defeated Jack Fetterman 56 defeated Ted Demeniuk 52 defeated Douglas Valen 45 defeated Source: Winnipeg Free Press, 29 October 1998, A13. The results in the Free Press list all candidates in alphabetical order, and do not indicate which candidates ran in specific wards. Persoage appears to have replaced Neumann on council at some point between 1998 and 2002. Villages Waskada + 1998 Waskada municipal election, Mayor of Waskada Candidate Total votes % of total votes (incumbent)Vaughn Ramsay accl. . + 1998 Waskada municipal election, Waskada Village Council (four members elected) Candidate Total votes % of total votes Jackie Reid 119 24.29 (incumbent)Terry Bradco 86 17.55 Anita Barker 76 15.51 Jeanette Stirling 75 15.31 Ken Austin 68 13.88 (incumbent)John Innes 66 13.47 Total valid votes 490 100.00 Electors could vote for four candidates. Percentages are determined in relation to the total number of votes. Results are taken from the Winnipeg Free Press newspaper, 2 November 1998. The final official totals do not appear to have been significantly different. Footnotes Category:Municipal elections in Manitoba Category:1998 elections in Canada Category:1998 in Manitoba Category:October 1998 in Canada