party investigated Nestibo's actions, and determined that he had acted in an unethical manner. His nomination was annulled, and he was expelled from the party. Nestibo maintained that he did nothing wrong, saying that the land purchase was part of a compensation agreement for damaged floodland and had nothing to do with the election. His wife, Lorna Nestibo, contested the vacated Arthur-Virden nomination and lost to Larry Maguire. Despite the controversy, Nestibo indicated that he would continue to support the Progressive Conservative Party. Nestibo's membership in the provincial Progressive Conservative Party was reinstated in early 2000. Later in the year, he announced that he would support the newly formed Canadian Alliance at the federal level. In May 2000, he hosted a fundraising dinner for Alliance leadership candidate Stockwell Day in Brandon. In October, he won the Brandon—Souris nomination in an upset over former Brandon mayor Reg Atkinson and Jason Shaw. Nestibo's campaign focused on agricultural issues, although he also articulated socially conservative positions on abortion and same-sex marriage. He received 11,678 votes (31.87%), finishing second against Progressive Conservative Party of Canada incumbent Rick Borotsik. Nestibo was appointed to the Turtle Mountain Conservation District in 2004. Reginald A. Smith (Winnipeg Centre) Smith was born on 18 March 1928 in Winnipeg. He was a civil servant at the Manitoba Land Title Office & Lands Branch from 1945 to 1951, and worked in land administration for the oil sector from 1951 to 1974. He was the secretary-manager of a recreational club in Calgary from 1974 to 1978, and owned a restaurant in White Rock, British Columbia until retiring in 1989. He became involved with the Reform Party while living in British Columbia in 1989, and remained active after returning to Winnipeg. Bill Hancock (Winnipeg South) A Winnipeg Free Press report from 1997 identifies Hancock as a thirty-five-year-old political analyst (24 March 1997). In 2000, he listed himself as a consultant. He received 12,638 votes (30.04%), finishing second against Liberal Party incumbent Reg Alcock. Betty Granger (Winnipeg South Centre) Granger's campaign was marked by controversy over comments that she made concerning an "Asian invasion" of Canadian universities. She suspended her campaign in late November 2004, after acknowledging that her comments were inappropriate. Her name remained on the ballot, and she received 3,210 votes (8.53%) to finish fourth against Liberal candidate Anita Neville. Shawn Rattai (Winnipeg—Transcona) Rattai was a 33-year-old accountant. He won the Alliance