Progressive Conservative Party candidates, 2007 Manitoba provincial election

Progressive Conservative Party candidates, 2007 Manitoba provincial election

The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba fielded fifty-six candidates in the 2007 Manitoba provincial election, and won 19 seats to remain as the Official Opposition party in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Many of the party's candidates have their own biography pages; information about others may be found here.

Kelly de Groot (Assiniboia)

De Groot holds an Advanced Accounting certificate from the University of Manitoba, is a certified management accountant, and has served as a controller and director of finance for Manitoba Conservation. [ [http://uniter.ca/view.php?aid=38873 Michelle Dobrovolny, "Candidate Profiles: St. Charles Ward"] , "The Uniter", 21 September 2006, accessed 22 October 2007.] She was a trustee on the St. James-Assiniboia School Division from 2002 to 2006, and made an unsuccessful bid for the Winnipeg City Council in 2006. Her husband is a firefighter, and she received an endorsement from the United Firefighters of Winnipeg in the 2006 campaign. [Bartley Kives, "Firefighters like Magnifico in hot St. B race", "Winnipeg Free Press", 8 July 2006, B2.] Her candidacy was also backed by former Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba Pearl McGonigal. [Mary Agnes Welch, "Crime is top of mind in St. Charles", 10 October 2006, B3.]

A fiscal conservative, de Groot was described as being on the centrist wing of her party when she sought provincial office in 2007. [She was 45 years old in 2006. See "Riding to victory", "Winnipeg Free Press", 21 April 2007, A6; Mary Agnes Welch, "Fierce battle in sleepy ward", "Winnipeg Free Press", 13 October 2006, B2.]

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