Brandon - Just past the midway point of the current term for Brandon City Council, a new Probe Research Inc. survey of 400 adults conducted for the Brandon Sun reveals that Brandon residents are generally happy with the representation being offered by Mayor Shari Decter Hirst and the city's 10 councillors. However, this appraisal of Brandon city council's performance reveals citizens tend to be dissatisfied with the way Brandon city council is managing the public purse.

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Labels: Brandon city council, Brandon politics, Brandon Sun, Mayor Shari Decter Hirst, Probe Research

Brandon – Both seats in the City of Brandon could be battlegrounds in the upcoming provincial election, as the provincial New Democratic Party and Progressive Conservative Party are locked in a tight two-way race in support among Brandon residents, a Probe Research Inc. survey conducted for the Brandon Sun reveals.

Probe’s survey of 401 Brandon adults shows the NDP and PCs are statistically tied, with 40 percent of Brandon citizens indicating they would cast ballots for Premier Greg Selinger’s NDP in a hypothetical provincial election and the Hugh McFadyen-led Progressive Conservatives currently on 37 percent support from residents of the Wheat City. Jon Gerrard’s Manitoba Liberal Party, sits well back at 16 percent support, with six percent of voters indicating they would support a candidate from parties not currently represented in the Legislature.

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Brandon – Housing is the main issue on the minds of Brandon residents now considering who to vote for in the upcoming civic election, according to a Probe Research survey conducted exclusively for the Brandon Sun.

As candidates for mayor and city council were campaigning for their votes, Probe asked Brandon residents to identify which issues they consider to be the most important for civic decision-makers to address.

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Brandon – Two years since the party lost Brandon West by the narrowest of margins, it appears as if the provincial New Democratic Party could recapture its former seat in the Wheat City if a provincial election were held today.

A Probe Research poll conducted exclusively for the Brandon Sun reveals that the governing NDP leads the rival Progressive Conservative Party throughout Brandon. The NDP, which currently holds one of the city’s two seats in the Manitoba Legislature, is supported by 45 percent of decided voters city-wide. The Progressive Conservatives, whose MLA Rick Borotsik wrested Brandon West from NDP cabinet minister Scott Smith in the 2007 provincial election, enjoy the support of one in three Brandon adults (33%). Twelve percent of decided voters would cast a ballot for a Manitoba Liberal Party candidate, while a slightly smaller proportion (10%) support parties that are not represented in the Legislature. Thirteen percent of voters were undecided.

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Labels: Brandon politics, Manitoba Liberal Party, NDP, Probe Research, Progressive Conservative Party