Progressive Conservative Party candidates, 1995 Manitoba provincial election

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The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba fielded a full slate of 57 candidates in the 1995 provincial election. Thirty-one of these candidates were elected, giving the party its second consecutive majority government. Many candidates have their own biography pages; information about others may be found here.

[edit] Bill McGee (Burrows)

McGee is from Beausejour, Manitoba, and has been a self-employed construction contractor. He received 1,266 votes (17.99%), finishing second against New Democratic Party incumbent Doug Martindale. He was hired to set up a regional health authority after the election, and was a board member of the North Eastman Health Association in 2000-01.^[1][2]

[edit] Claire Riddle (Point Douglas)

Riddle was born to a Métis family in Eddystone, Manitoba, and has been an active member of the Manitoba Métis Federation (MMF) for many years. She served as vice-president of the MMF's Winnipeg Region from 1986 to 1993, and has been a director for the region since that time. She was re-elected to a third term in office in 2000. Riddle is the chair for Métis Rights and the Métis Nation Agenda within the MMF, and is the Manitoba representative at the Métis Rights Panel of the Métis National Council. She has also worked with the MMF Unemployment Insurance Commission and for the Canadian Aboriginal Economic Development Strategy. As of 2005, she works with the Residential Tenancies Office of the province of Manitoba.

Riddle received 578 votes (11.77%) in 1995, finishing third against New Democratic Party incumbent George Hickes.

[edit] Eric Kennedy (Rupertsland)

Kennedy was born in Princess Harbour on Lake Winnipeg. He began his political career at the municipal level, serving as Mayor of Long Body Creek and president of the Northern Association of Community Councils. Kennedy took the MACC out of debt within one year of becoming its leader. He is an aboriginal Canadian, and has long been active in drawing attention to aboriginal issues.

He first campaigned for the Manitoba legislature in a by-election to replace Elijah Harper, held on September 21, 1993. He received 614 votes, finishing third against New Democrat Eric Robinson. He again placed third against Robinson in 1995, receiving 619 votes (13.98%). Kennedy has been critical of both the Progressive Conservatives and the New Democratic Party in their handling of northern affairs in Manitoba.

In June 2005, Kennedy was appointed to manage the Pauingassi First Nation office of Southeast Child and Family Services. Since taking this position, he has become prominent in drawing attention to solvent abuse among young children, and has proposed an outreach program to the federal and provincial governments.