The Green Party of Manitoba (GPM) fielded fourteen candidates in the 2003 provincial election, none of whom were elected. Information about these candidates may be found on this page. The party received a total of 3,792 votes.

The GPM also fielded a candidate in a 2005 by-election. Information about that candidate has been included on this page.

Jesse Tottle (Assiniboia)

Tottle worked in West Kildonan at the time of the election.Aldo Santin, "NDP in fight for hard-won seat", Winnipeg Free Press, 24 May 2003, A11. He received 102 votes (1.25%), finishing fourth against New Democratic Party incumbent Jim Rondeau.

Catharine Johannson (Burrows)

Johannson has an Economics degree from the University of Manitoba. She wrote several plays during the 1990s, including "Dogs on Prozac", "Free Radical", "Redneck Misunderstood" and "How to Love a Self-Hating Ukrainian".

Johannson comes from a politically active family. Her father, Robert Johannson, was a member of Winnipeg city council from 1971 to 1977, and later campaigned for the provincial New Democratic Party. She herself was a member of the Manitoba Young New Democrats in the 1990s, and became President of the New Democratic Youth of Canada, the NDP's national youth wing, in 1997.Catharine Johannson, letter, Winnipeg Free Press, 22 October 1996, A11; "Young teens are allowed to marry and drive -- and now they want to vote", Kitchener-Waterloo Record, 27 July 1998, B6. She campaigned for a seat on the Winnipeg City Council in 1992, but was unsuccessful.Nick Martin, "It's his home", Winnipeg Free Press, 26 March 1995, Lifestyles. She later left the NDP to join the Green Party. Her mother Joan Johannson and brother Mike Johannson have also been Green Party candidates.

Johannson has served on the federal council of the Green Party of Canada,Catharine Johannson, blog entry, 28 September 2006. Retrieved 22 July 2006. and supported Elizabeth May for the leadership of the Green Party of Canada in 2006.Catharine Johannson, blog entry, 28 September 2006. Retrieved 3 August 2006. She was also a member of the Green Party of Manitoba executive in the early 2000s.

+ Electoral record Election Division Party Votes % Place Winner 1992 Winnipeg municipal Councillor, Daniel McIntyre ward n/a 2,127 21.38 3/4 Amaro Silva 2003 provincial Burrows Green 123 2.12 4/4 Doug Martindale, New Democratic Party 2008 Federal Winnipeg North Green 1,077 4.78 4/6 Judy Wasylycia-Leis, New Democratic Party

Larry Powell (Dauphin—Roblin)

Powell is an organic food producer and community activist in Roblin. He was a vocal opponent of plans to construct large hog farms in the Roblin area in 2000, arguing that they were environmentally unsafe and had been approved without due process.Larry Powell, Letters to the Editor, Winnipeg Free Press, 9 November 2000, A15; Larry Powell, Letters to the Editor, Winnipeg Free Press, 29 December 2000, A11. In 2001, as chair of Citizens Against Factory Farming (CAFF), he argued that European hog producers were deliberately setting up business in Canada to take advantage of less restrictive environmental regulations."In Brief", Winnipeg Free Press, 21 August 2001, A10.

He received 216 votes (2.55%) in the 2003 election, finishing fourth against New Democratic Party incumbent Stan Struthers.

Mikel Magnusson (Fort Rouge)

Magnusson was born in Digby, Nova Scotia,"Mikel Magnusson", Election 2000, Globe and Mail (online edition). Retrieved 20 October 2006. and has worked as a personal care attendant in Winnipeg. He has campaigned for the Green Party at the provincial and federal levels.Winnipeg Centre: Election results for 2000, Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 20 October 2006. He endorsed mandatory labels for genetically modified food in 1999 and 2000, and opposed what he described as overdevelopment strategies.Mikel Magnusson, Letter to the Editor, Winnipeg Free Press, 9 November 1999, A11; Mikel Magnusson, Letter to the Editor, Winnipeg Free Press, 25 January 2000, A15; Mikel Magnusson, "Modify the market, instead", The Globe and Mail, 29 January 2000, A20. A 2003 newspaper report describes him as a friend of Markus Buchart, who led the Manitoba Green Party from 1998 to 2005.Lindor Reynolds, "Just being heard is a victory", Winnipeg Free Press, 4 June 2005, B7.

Magnusson has criticized tendencies toward postmodernism and moral relativism, and has written against Noam Chomsky and Marxism.Mikel Magnusson, "It's all relative", The Globe and Mail, 11 February 2002, A14; Mikel Magnusson, "Chomping at Chomsky", National Post, 12 June 2002, A17; Mikel Magnusson, "It's not easy being green" , The Manitoban, 27 January 2001. Retrieved 20 October 2006; Mikel Magnusson, "Simplistic", Ottawa Citizen, 7 March 2007, A13.

+ Electoral record Election Division Party Votes % Place Winner 2000 federal Winnipeg Centre Green 698 2.56 5/6 Pat Martin, New Democratic Party 2003 provincial Fort Rouge Green 355 4.97 4/5 Tim Sale, New Democratic Party

Mario Ducusin (Inkster)

Ducusin was born in the Philippines, and moved to Canada in 1976. He was a candidate for city council in the 1995 municipal election, seeking election in the Old Kildonan ward. A newspaper article from this campaign describes him as forty-five years old, with no party affiliation. He called for a crackdown on youth crime, supported measures to strengthen the family unit, and strongly opposed government-owned casinos."The Candidates", Winnipeg Free Press, 12 October 1995, A6.

+ Electoral record Election Division Party Votes % Place Winner 1995 Winnipeg municipal Councillor, Old Kildonan ward n/a 551 3.74 3/5 Mike O'Shaughnessy 2003 provincial Inkster Green 103 1.50 4/4 Kevin Lamoureux, Liberal

Frank Luschak (Kildonan)

Luschak is an elementary school teacher in Winnipeg. In 1998, he argued that a local Hepatitis B immunization plan should be postponed, on the grounds that the shots could result in immune deficiency difficulties.Leah Janzen, "Hepatitis vaccination plan attacked", Winnipeg Free Press, 3 November 1998, A3. He also cautioned parents about a meningitis vaccine in 2001.Alexandra Paul, "Vaccine targets 60,000", Winnipeg Free Press, 24 March 2001, A1. Luschak's own daughter once fell into a seven-day coma after receiving a different immunization shot.Alexandra Paul, "Law report validates our stand", Winnipeg Free Press, 18 October 2000, A6. He received 140 votes (1.92%) in 2003, finishing fourth against New Democratic Party incumbent Dave Chomiak.

Vere H. Scott (Lord Roberts)

Scott received 442 votes (6.30%), finishing fourth against New Democratic Party incumbent Diane McGifford. He ran for the Green Party of Canada in the 2006 federal election.

Joan Johannson (Minto)

Johannson is former New Democrat, and was a candidate of the New Democratic Party in the 1981 and 1990 provincial elections. She later left the NDP to join the Green Party. Her husband, Robert Johannson, is a former Winnipeg City Councillor, and her children Catharine and Mike have campaigned for the Green Party at the provincial and federal levels.

Johannson has a Master's Degree in social work, and was a social worker in Winnipeg for many years. She became unemployed during the economic downturn of the early 1990s, and subsequently became a prominent anti-poverty activist in the city. Johannson led the Canadian Association of the Non-Employed (CANE) from 1993 to 2000,Kelly Taylor, "Out of work and out of time", Winnipeg Free Press, 24 April 1993. She was forty-nine years old in 1993. and was a director of the National Anti-Poverty Association.Frances Russell, "Budget talks focus on core values", Winnipeg Free Press, 1 December 1995, A14; Dan Lett, "Affirming unity may conquer separatists", Winnipeg Free Press, 13 January 1998; Linda Rosborough, "Canada's poor left 'to starve,' travelling Tory task force told", Winnipeg Free Press, 1 April 1999, A3. She wrote her autobiography, "Discovering the Bright Warrior: Confessions of a Social Activist", in 2001."Showbits", Winnipeg Free Press, 13 November 2001, D1; Holli Moncrieff, "Discovering the Bright Warrior tells story of activist's struggles", Winnipeg Free Press, 5 December 2001, p. 1.

Johannson became Policy Development coordinator for the Green Party of Canada (Manitoba) and the Green Party of Manitoba in 2004.September Green Idol: Joan Johannson, Green Party of Canada. Retrieved 27 October 2006.

+ Electoral record Election Division Party Votes % Place Winner 1981 provincial Turtle Mountain New Democratic Party 1,660 25.16 2/3 Brian Ransom, Progressive Conservative 1990 provincial Assiniboia New Democratic Party 1,348 16.58 3/3 Linda McIntosh, Progressive Conservative 2003 provincial Minto Green 197 3.82 4/5 MaryAnn Mihychuk, New Democratic Party

Linda Goossen (River Heights)

Goossen is a registered nurse. She wrote a newspaper column on the future of Manitoba nursing in 2002, encouraging graduates of Manitoba programs to stay in the area.Linda Goossen, "Nursing, there's no life like it", Winnipeg Free Press, 23 January 2002, A13. She was also a founding editor of Winnipeg's Motherwork magazine, and announced in 1994 that she would only purchase canola oil from organic farmers due to concerns about excessive pesticide use.Linda Goossen, Letter to the Editor, Winnipeg Free Press, 21 August 1994. Nick Underwood, an agronomist, criticized Goossen's letter in a follow-up letter printed on 11 September 1994. Goossen opposed the Winnipeg municipal government's decision to spray malathion in the city in 2002.Linda Goossen, Letter to the Editor, Winnipeg Free Press, 17 July 2002, A15. She received 209 votes (2.26%), finishing fourth against Liberal leader Jon Gerrard.

Alon Weinberg (St. Johns)

Weinberg received 221 votes (3.79%), finishing fourth against New Democratic Party incumbent Gord Mackintosh. He ran for the Green Party of Canada in the 2004 federal election.

Keith Barber (St. Norbert)

Barber, a Quaker, managed Agape Table, a soup kitchen in Winnipeg's inner city.Nick Martin, "Students given first-hand taste of city poverty", Winnipeg Free Press, 16 January 2004, B12. Agape suffered financial difficulties in late 2003, before a feature in the Winnipeg Free Press newspaper brought in significant local donations.Aldo Santin, "Soup kitchen desperate for donations", Winnipeg Free Press, 28 November 2003, B1; Aldo Santin, "Readers save charity", Winnipeg Free Press, 11 December 2003, B1. Barber has written in support of a mixed-member proportional representation electoral system.Keith Barber, Letter to the Editor, Winnipeg Free Press, 7 June 2003, A15. and was the Green Party's membership coordinator in 2004.Newsletter of the Green Party of Manitoba, Fall 2003. Retrieved 7 November 2006.

He initially became interested in the green movement while in Trier Germany in 1984, and felt an affinity for the emphasis on social justice, pacifism, environmentalism, egalitarian, collective intelligence and participatory democracy. He was active in the peace movement and straight edge Punk scene prior to encountering the Greens at a planning meeting in Trier to prepare for a protest against the nuclear power stations being built on the German-French Border. His goal in the election was to participate in many conversations about alternatives to grey politics rather than to achieve a large share of the vote. He received 186 votes (2.70%), finishing fourth against New Democratic Party candidate Marilyn Brick.

He also began the process of running in the 2004 federal election for the Greens, and campaigned mostly in First Nations communities such as Grassy Narrows and Big Grassy. While he was campaigning, he was looking for a local candidate to run for the Greens, and recruited Carl Chaboyer, a forestry expert, from Grassy Narrows First Nation to run in the Kenora Riding. He also recruited Trevor Farley to run in the Manitoba Selkirk-Interlake Riding during that same election.