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Borotsik was a strong supporter of party leader Jean Charest, and was considered a star candidate.
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Borotsik and was
Smith was narrowly defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Rick Borotsik, a popular former mayor, in the 2007 provincial election.
Borotsik was born to a Ukrainian family in Brandon, was raised in that city, and graduated from Brandon University in 1971.
Borotsik was an employee of the shopping-centre firm Bramalea Inc. during the 1980s.
A colourful and bombastic figure, Borotsik was elected on a platform of aggressive municipal development and became known for his efforts to promote the city.
Borotsik was his party's only elected representative from western Canada.
Borotsik was subsequently chosen as national caucus chairman, and endorsed Joe Clark's successful bid to succeed Charest as leader.
Borotsik was also an opponent of the United Alternative, a Reform-sponsored drive for a new political party that resulted in the creation of the Canadian Alliance.
There was speculation that Borotsik would seek the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba in 2000, but he declined.
Borotsik was narrowly re-elected in the 2000 federal election over a candidate of the Canadian Alliance, as the Liberals won a third consecutive majority government nationally.
Borotsik was subsequently named as party whip and Critic for Agriculture, Indian Affairs and the Canadian Wheat Board.
Prentice was defeated by Peter MacKay on the final ballot of the party's 2003 leadership convention ; Borotsik resigned as party whip, but remained Agriculture Critic.
Borotsik strongly opposed this decision, and said that he would not be a candidate for the merged party if Stephen Harper was chosen as its leader.
Borotsik provoked some controversy when he announced that he favoured an end to Manitoba's tuition freeze ; the party's official policy was to keep the freeze in place.
The New Democratic Party was re-elected to a third consecutive majority government in the 2007 election, and Borotsik entered the legislature as a member of the Official Opposition.
Note: Reports in the Winnipeg Free Press newspaper do not indicate if Borotsik was elected in Ward Three or Ward Four in the 1980 election.
Borotsik and party
Rick Borotsik joined the new party, but openly criticized it from within, did not run for re-election in 2004, and also publicly endorsed the Liberals over the Conservatives during the campaign.
Charest resigned as party leader in 1998, despite requests from Borotsik and other MPs that he remain in the position.
Borotsik and considered
Some considered Borotsik as a possible replacement, but he quickly ruled himself out as a candidate.
Borotsik and .
In the early months following the merger, MP Rick Borotsik, who had been elected as Manitoba's only PC, became openly critical of the new party's leadership.
Borotsik chose not to run in the 2004 general election.
Lukewarm endorsements of Liberal Party candidates at the onset of the campaign were extended by former Tory MPs Joe Clark, Brian Mulroney, André Bachand, Rick Borotsik, and former federal PC Party president Bruck Easton.
He planned to seek the PC nomination again for the 1997 election, but withdrew in favour of Brandon Mayor Rick Borotsik.
Rick Borotsik ( born September 8, 1950 ) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada.
Borotsik is a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba.
Borotsik sought the provincial PC party's nomination for Brandon West in the buildup to the 1986 provincial election, but lost to Jim McCrae.
Borotsik sought and won the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada's nomination for Brandon-Souris in the 1997 federal election.
Borotsik opposed the Canadian gun registry, which he described as unworkable.
Borotsik took part in preliminary discussions between the Progressive Conservatives and the Canadian Alliance in early 2001.
No agreements were reached, and Borotsik later called for disgruntled Canadian Alliance members to rejoin the Progressive Conservative Party.
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