There were two independent candidates in the
2003 Manitoba provincial election, neither of who were elected. They received a total of 167 votes. Information about these candidates may be found on this page.
Didz Zuzens (
Fort Garry
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)
Zuzens has campaigned for the
House of Commons of Canada and the
Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (french: Assemblée législative du Manitoba) is the deliberative assembly of the Manitoba Legislature in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Fifty-seven members are elected to this assembly at provincial gen ...
on a total of four occasions.
He intended to register as a
Libertarian Party of Canada
The Libertarian Party of Canada (french: Parti libertarien du Canada) is a federal political party in Canada founded in 1973. The party subscribes to classical liberal tenets, and its mission is to reduce the size, scope, and cost of government ...
candidate for his first federal campaign in
1997
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, but was informed by an
Elections Canada
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official that he could not do so as the party had withdrawn from the election. Zuzens acknowledged that he had been told of the party's decertification before registering, but added "Maybe I didn't want to hear that I wasn't going to be the candidate. It may be delirious, but I just refused to believe that". He registered as an independent candidate in 1997, and again in
2000
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.
At the provincial level, Zuzens campaigned for the
Libertarian Party of Manitoba
The Freedom Party of Manitoba, founded as the Libertarian Party of Manitoba, is a provincial political party in Manitoba, Canada, advocating cannabis legalization.
History
The party was created in the mid-1980s and formally changed its name in ea ...
in
1999
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and as an independent in
2003. The LPM was registered for the 2003 election, and it is unclear why Zuzens ran as an independent.
Zuzens lists himself as retired. He wrote against Canada's public health system in 2000, describing it as the "Canada Waiting List" system.
[D. Zuzens, "People suffer on waiting lists", ''Winnipeg Free Press'', 15 March 2000, A9.]
Colin Atkins ( Minnedosa)
Atkins is a leading organizer for the federal
Christian Heritage Party in
Manitoba
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. He received 106 votes (1.54%), finishing fourth against
Progressive Conservative candidate
Leanne Rowat
Leanne Rowat is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. In 2003, she was elected to the Manitoba legislature as a Progressive Conservative.
Prior to entering public life herself, Rowat was a constituency assistant to Progressive Conservative MLA Haro ...
.
Footnotes
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