New Democratic Party of Manitoba candidates in the 1995 Manitoba provincial election

The New Democratic Party of Manitoba ran a full slate of 57 candidates in the 1995 Manitoba provincial election, and elected 23 members to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba to remain as the official opposition. Several of the party's candidates have individual biography pages; information about others may be found here.

Brock Holowachuk (Fort Garry)

Brock Holowachuk is a senior planning officer with Manitoba Emergency Measures Organization. He previously worked with the provincial Office of the Fire Commissioner, and was involved in risk analysis and hazard assessment. He has coordinated provincial-federal activities related to the Council of the Federation, and has served as Secretary to Manitoba’s Security Subcommittee of Cabinet and the All Party Task Force on Security. He was president of Manitoba's Disaster Recovery Information Exchange in 2007-08,^[1] and has published several works on emergency planning.^[2] He has also taken a prominent role in devising strategies for the rescue and care of household pets.^[3]

Holowachuk received 1,857 votes (15.05%) as a New Democratic Party candidate in 1995, finishing third against Progressive Conservative Party incumbent Rosemary Vodrey.

Footnotes

^ "DRIE Central's 2007/2008 Executive Line Up", Disaster Recovery Information Exchange, accessed 18 November 2006.
^ His works include "Business Continuity planning from the municipal perspective", presented at Manitoba's Disaster Management Conference 2006; "Developing an organisation-wide business continuity programme in the public sector – case study of The Government of Manitoba", published in the Journal of Business Continuity & Emergency Planning, 2006; and "A framework for consensus, cooperation, and progress: The role of Canada's Council of the Federation in building a national strategy for emergency management", published in the Journal of Emergency Management, May/June 2007.
^ Al Besson, "Include pets in emergency planning", Winnipeg Free Press, 27 January 2004, D5; Brenda Suderman, "Ready Or Not?", Winnipeg Free Press, 3 October 2005, D1; "Manitoba community faces fall flooding emergency", Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 17 November 2006, 11:46 am, accessed 19 November 2008.

[1] "DRIE Central's 2007/2008 Executive Line Up", Disaster Recovery Information Exchange, accessed 18 November 2006.

[2] His works include "Business Continuity planning from the municipal perspective", presented at Manitoba's Disaster Management Conference 2006; "Developing an organisation-wide business continuity programme in the public sector – case study of The Government of Manitoba", published in the Journal of Business Continuity & Emergency Planning, 2006; and "A framework for consensus, cooperation, and progress: The role of Canada's Council of the Federation in building a national strategy for emergency management", published in the Journal of Emergency Management, May/June 2007.

[3] Al Besson, "Include pets in emergency planning", Winnipeg Free Press, 27 January 2004, D5; Brenda Suderman, "Ready Or Not?", Winnipeg Free Press, 3 October 2005, D1; "Manitoba community faces fall flooding emergency", Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 17 November 2006, 11:46 am, accessed 19 November 2008.

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