Geoff Borden, nicknamed "Gorf" first campaigned for public office in the 1995 Brandon mayoral election.
He was a twenty-year-old part-time student, and said that he was running because he was tired of older people making decisions for him.
He unsuccessfully sought the Reform Party nomination against Maurice Vellacott, and later entered the contest as an independent.
Although a conservative on both fiscal and social issues, Dyck argued that he would not impose his personal views on others.
He was quoted as saying, "You can't legislate morality and that's the direction he (Vellacott) is going" (Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, 17 May 1997).