Manitoba Liberal Party candidates in the 1999 Manitoba provincial election

One member of the Manitoba Liberal Party was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the 1999 provincial election. Some of the party's candidates have their own biography pages; information about others may be found here.

This page also provides information for candidates in by-elections between 1999 and 2003.

Candidates +RidingCandidate nameNotesResidenceOccupationVotes%RankArthur-VirdenBob BrigdenBrigden is a farmer near Melita, Manitoba.Helen Fallding, "Income crisis grips riding", Winnipeg Free Press, 14 September 1999, A10. He was elected as a councillor in the Rural Municipality of Brenda in 1998, and was the first declared candidate for the 1999 Progressive Conservative nomination in Arthur-Virden. He later withdrew from that contest, and sought and won the Liberal Party nomination instead."Tory membership sales up in contest to replace MLA", Winnipeg Free Press, 22 April 1999, A8. Newspaper accounts do not indicate why he changed parties in the buildup to the campaign. Brigden did not stand for re-election to council in 2002. + Electoral record for Bob Brigden Election Division Party Votes % Place Winner 1998 RM Brenda municipal Council n/a 59 70.24 1/2 himself 1999 provincial Arthur-Virden Liberal 1,281 14.97 3/3 Larry Maguire, Progressive Conservative Melita, ManitobaFarmer1,28114.973rdAssiniboiaJ. Deborah ShiloffShiloff is a neuroscientist, a Scientific Support Officer at the National Research Council of Canada's Winnipeg Institute for Biodiagnostics, and a member of the Neuroethics New Emerging Team (NET).Neuroethics New Emerging Team: Who We Are , accessed 8 January 2000. She received 1,136 votes (11.56%) in the 1999 election, finishing third against New Democratic Party candidate Jim Rondeau.neuroscientist and Scientific Support Officer1,13611.563rdBrandon EastPeter LoganLogan has campaigned for Brandon City Council on two occasions. He sold computerized cash register systems in 1999, and could not campaign full-time until the last two weeks of the election.Helen Fallding, "Voters get choice of new faces for MLA", Winnipeg Free Press, 13 September 1999, A6. He later became president of the federal Liberal Party riding association in Brandon—Souris, and was one of Paul Martin's nominators for the party leadership in 2003."Martin Nominated for Liberal Leader by Grassroots Party Members" [press release], Canada NewsWire, 6 March 2003. Logan supported Michael Ignatieff's leadership bid in 2006.Michael Ignatieff: Endorsements from, Michael Ignatieff, accessed 13 January 2007.+ Electoral record for Peter Logan Election Division Party Votes % Place Winner 1995 Brandon Council, Ward Ten n/a 204 20.00 2/3 Don Jessiman 1999 provincial Brandon East Liberal 453 5.74 4/4 Drew Caldwell, New Democratic Party 2002 Brandon Council, Ward Ten n/a 538 2/3 Don JessimanPoint of Sale System Salesperson4535.744thBrandon WestLisa RoyRoy (now Lisa Blixhavn) is a teacher, and an active curler. She led the 1998 Manitoba women's junior champions team at the 1998 Canadian Junior Curling Championships in Calgary, Alberta, and was a member of the runner-up team in the 2005 women's provincial curling championship.Greg Harder, "Obey your father ...he's the skip", Winnipeg Free Press, 27 March 1998, C5. She has remained active in the sport after suffering a serious eye injury in a 2005 accident."Blinded curler vows to compete", Toronto Star, 15 August 2005, A9; Bill Redekop, "Curler nearly blinded", Brandon Sun, 15 August 2005.

Roy was a university student during the 1999 campaign.Helen Fallding, "McCrae the victim of Brandon's vote for change", Winnipeg Free Press, 22 September 1999, B2. She received 407 votes (4.09%), finishing third against New Democratic Party candidate Scott Smith.Teacher and Curler4074.093rdBurrowsMike Babinsky1,84923.812ndCarmanRaymond Le Neal2,29130.242ndCharleswoodAlana McKenzie2,32323.382ndConcordiaChris HladyHlady has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Manitoba. He has been a comic book illustrator, and has done video work.Tony Davis, "Comic capers close to home", Winnipeg Free Press, 21 November 1993; Michael Thibault, "New comic book shows off talented artists", Winnipeg Free Press, 13 March 1996, 1. He has also written several Letters to the Editor in the Winnipeg Free Press. See for instance Chris Hlady, "Farewell and thanks to a friend", 6 May 1995; Chris Hlady, "Support gun law", Winnipeg Free Press, 24 November 1995, A19; Chris Hlady, "Quit pandering", Winnipeg Free Press, 24 January 1996, A9. He was 33 years old in 1997. See Chris Hlady, "Winnipeg 'Plague man' happy as is", Winnipeg Free Press, 16 January 1997, A11. He received 444 votes (5.47%) in 1999, finishing third against New Democratic Party leader Gary Doer.Comic Book Illustrator and Videographer4445.473rdDauphin–RoblinNo Candidate–––0––ElmwoodNo Candidate–––0––EmersonTed Klassen2,05427.832ndFlin FlonNo Candidate–––0––Fort GarryTed Gilson1,14311.323rdFort RougeJohn Shanski1,87019.133rdFort WhyteMalli AulakhAulakh was one of five candidates for the federal Liberal Party nomination for Winnipeg South in 1993. He was eliminated after the first ballot and gave his support to rival candidate Reg Alcock, the eventual winner (WFP, 25 March 1993). He later attempted to challenge Kevin Lamoureux for the Winnipeg Centre Liberal nomination in 2000, but was unable to do so when the party ruled he had missed a filing deadline (WFP, 30 September 2000).

He received 1,202 votes (11.45%) in the 1999 election, finishing third against Progressive Conservative John Loewen. In 2003, Aulakh was named to the board of directors of the Winnipeg Public Library (WFP, 24 March 2003).1,20211.453rdGimliPat Carroll1,0198.793rdInksterKevin Lamoureux3,35842.642ndInterlakeMargaret Swan7709.823rdKildonanMichael Lazar1,09311.233rdKirkfield ParkVic WielerWieler campaigned ran for the Manitoba legislature in the 1995 provincial election, and finished second against Progressive Conservative incumbent Eric Stefanson. He campaigned against Stefanson again in the 1999 election, and finished third.

In 2000, he was nominated as that Liberal candidate for a by-election in Kirkfield Park against new Progressive Conservative Party Leader Stuart Murray. He finished second with 2,158 votes (26.64%).

Previously a high-school principal, Wieler had become a financial planner by the time of the 2000 election. He was also president of the Rotary-Club of Winnipeg Assiniboine at the time of the by-election (Winnipeg Free Press, 11 May 2000). In 2003, he became a director of the Mennonite Central Committee's Furniture Thrift Store (Winnipeg Free Press, 12 November 2003).High School Principal and Financial Planner2,30620.103rdLa VerendryeLéon E. Morrissette1,46517.083rdLac du BonnetNo Candidate–––0––LakesideDave Harcus1,64618.133rdLord RobertsAllen Mills1,77617.963rdMinnedosaGordon L. Powell5787.673rdMintoDuane Poettcker4526.373rdMorrisHerm Martens2,17924.892ndPembinaMarilyn Skubovius1,03914.913rdPoint DouglasAjay ChopraChopra was awarded the National Indo-Canadian Council Distinguished Youth Entrepreneurship Award in 1998. He was 22 years old at the time of the 1999 election, and finished a credible second against New Democratic Party incumbent George Hickes with 1,336 votes (21.35%).