as the Manitoba representative of the Canadian Labour Congress. Taylor is a past member and president of CEP Local 7, and once worked for the Manitoba Telephone Service. She supported Alexa McDonough's campaign to lead the federal New Democratic Party in 1995 (Winnipeg Free Press, 23 May 1997), and endorsed Bill Blaikie in 2002-03. In 2003, she was a vocal opponent of the United States invasion of Iraq (Winnipeg Free Press, 9 March 2003). She campaigned for the federal NDP in the 1997 election, and received 4,629 votes (12.21%) for a fourth-place finish against Liberal Reg Alcock. In 1999, she received 2,909 votes to finish second against Progressive Conservative Jack Reimer. Janet Brady (Turtle Mountain) Brady was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, and has a Master of Social Work degree from Carleton University. She is a social worker by profession, and has worked in Quebec, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. She was the spokeswoman for the Westman Community Action Coalition in 1998, and in this capacity scrutinized plans for a wastewater treatment plant in the Brandon area. She also criticized the provincial government of Gary Filmon for approving a local hog farm without conducting a Clean Environment Commission review. She originally sought the NDP nomination for Arthur-Virden for the 1999 election, but lost to Perry Kalynuk. She later campaigned in Turtle Mountain and received 1,902 votes, finishing second against Progressive Conservative incumbent Merv Tweed. Brady worked in Thompson from 1987 to 1990 as a social worker with Awasis, and returned to the community in 2002 to teach at the city's Faculty of Social Work, affiliated with the University of Manitoba. She serves on the Burntwood Regional Health Authority. Jack Dubois (Tuxedo) Dubois worked as curator of mammology at Winnipeg's Museum of Man and Nature 1971 - 2001, and has done extensive research into Manitoba's bat population. He was chair of the board of the Manitoba Environmental Network for 10 years, and was appointed to the Manitoba Round Table on Environmental and the Economy in 1988. Dubois was later appointed to the Manitoba Round Table for Sustainable Development in 1998, and reappointed in 2000. He is Director of the Wildlife and Ecosystem Prevention Branch of Manitoba Conservation, starting January 2002, and continues to hold this position as of 2010. He received 2,333 votes (23.80%) in 1999, finishing second against Progressive Conservative Premier Gary Filmon. Dawn Thompson (Kirkfield Park by-election, November 21,