He was elected to the Manitoba Legislature twice when his provincial Liberal party was so unpopular only leader Jon Gerrard joined him in caucus. He was the only Liberal elected in Manitoba at all in the 2011 federal election, when the party only picked up four seats west of Ontario. In those three ridings, the PPC vote was smaller than the margin of the Conservative losses. (Walther Bernal/CBC, Holly Caruk/CBC)With the benefit of hindsight, the great tactical error of the 2021 Conservative campaign in Manitoba was diverting volunteers from the western Winnipeg riding into Winnipeg South and Elmwood-Transcona. That means roughly a fifth of the electorate decided to vote before election day, either for convenience or to avoid the possibility of contracting COVID.

Source: CBC News September 21, 2021 23:05 UTC