[7] Reg Atkinson, a former Mayor of Brandon, received 2,982 votes (34.93%) for a second-place finish against New Democratic Party incumbent Scott Smith.
He then challenged Manitoba Premier Gary Doer in the 2003 provincial election, and finished a distant second in the north Winnipeg division of Concordia.
[9] Lloyd later became a spokesperson for the Manitoba Métis Federation, and in 2005 announced that the MMF would rescind an honour they had planned to give Premier Doer due to disagreements over harvester rights.
[11] A social conservative, Larsson was an advocate for children to have the choice of having one mother and one father in cases of adoption and a member of REAL Women.
The Minister of Justice at the time was Gord Mackintosh, who expressed reluctance to intervene until existing legal avenues had been tried (Winnipeg Free Press, 7 December 2002).
He sought the Canadian Alliance nomination for Brandon—Souris in the 2000 federal election, but lost to Gary Nestibo (Winnipeg Free Press, 22 October 2000).
Marsiglia has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Manitoba, majoring in Foreign Language and minoring in Psychology.
She operated a family business called Torino Tile at the time of the election, and has also worked at an upmarket clothing store for children.