- published: 18 Nov 2013
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The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba fielded a full slate of 57 candidates in the 2003 provincial election, and won 20 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.
Maguire, the incumbent MLA, was re-elected in a field of three candidates with 4,135 votes (53.81%).
Wishanski was a banker for twenty-five years before starting a graphics design firm with his wife. He supported standardized tests for provincial schools during the 1990s, and was elected to the St. James-Assiniboia School Board in 1998. In 2001, he supported a theatre construction project at Sturgeon Creek Collegiate.
Wishanski did not seek re-election in 2002, choosing to campaign for a provincial seat. He defeated Grant Nordman, son of former MLA Ric Nordman, to win the 2003 Progressive Conservative nomination for Assiniboia. In the general election, he received 2,257 votes (27.65%) for a second-place finish against New Democratic Party incumbent Jim Rondeau. Wishanski was 55 years old.