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6 unusual facts about Jim Pankiw


Brad Trost

In 2004, in what was the closest 4-way race in the country, Trost received 417 more votes than second place candidate, the NDP's Nettie Wiebe, 435 votes ahead of the third place candidate, Liberal Patrick Wolfe, and 2368 votes ahead of former Canadian Alliance Member of Parliament Jim Pankiw.

Jim Pankiw

Pankiw sought re-election in the 2004 federal election, against Conservative candidate Brad Trost, Liberal Patrick Wolfe and New Democrat Nettie Wiebe.

He ran into opposition during his on-campus debate with the Liberal candidate, former MP Morris Bodnar.

Pankiw was defeated again in the 2006 federal election in the Battlefords-Lloydminster constituency by Conservative Gerry Ritz.

He won a plurality of just 220 votes over Dennis Gruending of the New Democratic Party.

Nettie Wiebe

However, she did run, unsuccessfully, as the federal New Democratic Party candidate in the 2004 federal election in the riding of Saskatoon—Humboldt, against Conservative candidate Brad Trost, Liberal candidate Patrick Wolfe, and incumbent independent Jim Pankiw.



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