Glen Simard

NDP candidate in the Brandon East Brandon race.

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Some of the races to keep an eye on in Manitoba’s provincial election – Winnipeg Free Press

5 September 2023

Winnipeg Free Press - ...NDP. Brandon East — This seat went to the NDP for decades before the Tories won it in 2016. Len Isleifson is seeking re-election for the Tories. Glen Simard is running for the NDP and Trenton Zazalak is running for the Liberals. Riel — This is one of a few suburban Winnipeg seats that have swung...

Some of the races to keep an eye on in Manitoba’s provincial election – Brandon Sun

5 September 2023

Brandon Sun - ...NDP. Brandon East — This seat went to the NDP for decades before the Tories won it in 2016. Len Isleifson is seeking re-election for the Tories. Glen Simard is running for the NDP and Trenton Zazalak is running for the Liberals. Riel — This is one of a few suburban Winnipeg seats that have swung...

Show of solidarity on Labour Day

5 September 2023

Brandon Sun - ...the bottom line.” Brandon’s Labour Day barbecue also featured an appearance from Manitoba NDP candidates Quentin Robinson (Brandon West) and Glen Simard (Brandon East), who are running in the upcoming provincial election that’s set to take place on Oct. 3. The pair shared a lot of the same...

NDP opens Brandon East campaign office

1 September 2023

Brandon Sun - ...hope to do the same to the rest of Brandon. Almost 18 months after he was first nominated as the party’s Brandon East candidate, local teacher Glen Simard opened his campaign office at the centre with a barbecue on Thursday evening with approximately 60 people showing up for burgers, hotdogs and...

NDP promise puts pressure on Isleifson – Brandon Sun

15 August 2023

Brandon Sun - ...government MLAs been surprisingly silent throughout the ups and downs of the issue? That silence has clearly frustrated Brandon East NDP candidate Glen Simard, who criticizes incumbent Tory MLA Len Isleifson for inaction on the Park file. “He (Isleifson) couldn’t get the Park Community Centre the...

Kinew pledges $1M for Brandon community centre

14 August 2023

Winnipeg Free Press - ...and cultural place, it’s not really a recreational place, so we’re going ahead with that.” Weighing in as NDP candidate for Brandon East, Glen Simard accused current Progressive Conservative MLA Len Isleifson of failing to deliver. “He (Isleifson) couldn’t get the Park Community Centre the...

Funding for housing, sobering centre

4 August 2023

Brandon Sun - ...contributing to crime and providing much-needed support to vulnerable individuals in our society.” Reached by phone, Brandon East NDP candidate Glen Simard said the period of time between the initial announcement and Thursday’s announcement shows the Progressive Conservative government can’t get the...

Balcaen seeks Tory nomination

26 June 2023

Brandon Sun - ...is the only Brandon representative seeking re-election this fall. He’s being challenged in Brandon East by NDP candidate and local teacher Glen Simard, as well as ACC instructor Trenton Zazalak, who’s running for the Liberals. Manitoba’s fixed-term election legislation dictates the next...

Zazalak eyes economic development

24 June 2023

Brandon Sun - ...Len Isleifson is making a bid for a third consecutive term after first being elected in 2016 and winning re-election in 2019. Local teacher Glen Simard, running for the NDP, was the first person to announce their candidacy in late 2021. Elsewhere in Brandon, Grant Jackson is the Tory nominee in the...

Marsh carries Green banner in Brandon West

7 June 2023

Brandon Sun - ...Mountain MLA Greg Nesbitt and Turtle Mountain MLA Doyle Piwniuk are running for re-election. The Manitoba NDP’s Westman candidates to date are Glen Simard in Brandon East and Lorna Canada-Vanegas Mesa in Turtle Mountain. The Manitoba Liberals have yet to officially nominate any Westman candidates, but...