2006 Manitoba Municipal Elections

The Canadian province of Manitoba held municipal elections on October 25, 2006.

Brandon

*Jeff Harwood is a teacher in Brandon. He was a councillor for the city's second ward in the 1980s, and represented Brandon before the Royal Commission on National Passenger Transportation in 1990. Following the events of September 11, 2001, Harwood wrote a piece supporting increased border security and an "increased role for our Armed Forces in national security". He wrote a public letter in support of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2002. The following year, he criticized Prime Minister Jean Chrétien for not supporting the United States of America in the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

*Ken Fitzpatrick is an information system manager. He was first elected for Brandon's seventh ward in a 1999 by-election, after the previous member, Scott Smith, was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Fitzpatrick left the council in 2002, but was returned in 2006.

Electors could vote for eight candidates.

The percentages are determined in relation to the total number of votes.

*Brian Mayes was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He holds a Bachelor of Public Administration degree from Carleton University (1984), and Master of Industrial Relations (1988) and Bachelor of Laws (2001) degrees from the University of Toronto. He ran for the Toronto City Council's thirteenth ward in 1991 as a New Democratic Party candidate, campaigning on a platform of affordable rental housing and police foot patrols on Bloor Street. He lost to John Adams. Mayes also worked as a representative of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union in this period, and was a vocal opponent of the Social Contract legislation introduced by Bob Rae's government. In 1993, he negotiated a pact for 1,000 OPSEU workers to avoid a wage freeze and unpaid holidays. He sought election to the Toronto City Council again in 1997, and was unsuccessful. As of 2006, he operates a private law practice in Brandon. He has served on the boards of Brandon University and the Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba. He was first elected to the Brandon School Board in 2006.
*Alexander James Murray is a hairstylist. He was first elected to the Brandon School Division in 1995, and was re-elected in 1998, 2002 and 2006. He served as chair of the board in his second term, and was part of a majority of trustees who argued against service cuts during the budget negotiations of 1998 and 1999. In 2000, he endorsed a tax increase designed to improve the division's teacher-to-student ratio. He declined to initiate merger talks with neighbouring rural school boards in 2001, due to concerns that Brandon would be seen as taking over other divisions. In 2003, he was elected unopposed to a one-year term as a vice-president of the Manitoba Association of School Trustees. He was chosen as chairperson of the Brandon board once again after the 2006 election.
*Peter Bartlette worked as an instructor in Brandon schools for 32 years before his election in 2006. He was self-employed at the time of the election, and campaigned on a platform of "visible, accountable management".
*Bea Jolly is a retired educator. She holds a Class 3 Childcare Certificate and a Permanent Special and Vocational Education Certificate. She taught in the United Kingdom from 1949 to 1967, and in Brandon from 1967 to 1996. Her husband, Malcolm Jolly, was a member of the Brandon School Board from 1992 until his death in 2003. She was first elected to the Brandon School Board in 2006, running on a platform of defending the public school system.
*Linda L. Ross holds a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Manitoba

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