Winnipeg Centre

Robert-Falcon Ouellette, Liberal

Ouelletteran for mayor in Winnipeg's 2014 civic election, placing third, and is now running for MP in Winnipeg Centre for the Liberal Party.

He was born onthe Red Pheasant First Nation in Saskatchewan andraised in Calgary, Alta.

The 38-year-old recalls times in his life whenhe didn't have anywhere to liveand when there wasn't food on the table. That, hesays, is what drives him to try toimprove the lives of Canadians.

Times have improved for Ouellette, whohas a wife, Catherine,and five children four boysand a little girl. He and his kids adore Manitoba performerAlSimmons, whom they see whenever they can.

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Prior to entering politics, Ouellette spent time in the Canadian Armed Forcesand as a professor at the University of Manitoba in the aboriginal focus programs.

Ouellette drives a 2001 Toyota Echo.

Pat Martin, NDP

Incumbent MPMartin has represented Winnipeg Centre since 1997.

Born in Winnipeg in 1955, Martin grew up in the River Heights area on Warsaw Avenue.Before enteringpolitics, he worked blue-collar jobs, including onein the asbestos mines in the Yukon Territory.

Martin supports the local art and music scene, he says. His favourite filmmaker and songwriter is a local talent, Curtis Wiebe, whom he supportedat the West Broadway Youth Outreach Dreams Film Festival in August.

Another favourite isRuth Moodie, who has turned Bruce Springsteen's Dancing in the Dark into something fresh with her acoustic version.

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Martin marriedin Augustand has two grown children. He drives a 2000 Volkswagen Passat.

Allie Szarkiewicz, Conservative

Szarkiewicz,58,was born in the southwest corner of Poland and immigrated with her family to Canada when she was two.

She became a middle-school teacherand taught in Winnipeg for more than30 years. Since then, she's worked part-time in human resources, helping people transition into new careers.

A mother of two grown children, Szarkiewicz isa big fan of the Jets because she's been a hockey mom since her children were fouryearsold.

Her taste in music ranges from Pavarotti to Maroon 5but she really enjoys watching Walle Larson's summerconcerts inAssiniboine Park.

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Szarkiewicz often travels to Europe to visit her familybut most recently visited Europe when she won a contest through theEvian water company.

She currently drives a Mazda 3.

Don Woodstock, Green Party

As a Green Party candidate, Woodstocksays it's fitting he works as a bus driver, helping to reduce carbon emissions and getting to know people in his riding.

A husbandand father of two, Woodstock intentionally picks bus routes in the middle of his constituency because he wants to get a sense of what the community needs.

When not driving the bus, Woodstock is behind the wheel of his Ford F-150.

Woodstockcameto Canada in 1995 from Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica.

He wouldnot disclose his exact age, saying he's well over 40 but "you're only as old as you feel" and adding that he feels like he's 20.

His relationships in the community have flourishedand he referenced his friendship with comedian Big Daddy Taz, whom Woodstockcalls his favourite Manitoba performer. However, it's Bob Marley that rings true in Woodstock's everyday life, and he sayshe's a fan through and through.

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Woodstockworks with Winnipeg Blue Bombers alumni to hosta football clinic every year, which also provides four youth with a scholarship toward post-secondary education. He says his effort to connect with kids in the community is in the hope that through sport, the kids mightkeep their focus in positive areas.

Woodstock goes home to visit Jamaica as often as he can.

Darrell Rankin, Communist Party

Rankin,a 58-year-old father of one, is the Communist Party's Manitoba leader.

Born in Edmonton, Alta., Rankin has worked as an oilpatch roughneck and roofer, and on and off for trade unions and the Communist Party since 1988. He joined the Communist Party in 1978 and was elected Manitoba leader in 1996.

His favourite Manitoba performer is Sierra Noble, but his favourite song is Neil Young'sRockin' in the Free World. Rankin prefers the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to the Winnipeg Jetsbut mostly due to the Jets logo being too militaristic.

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Rankin drives a bicycle for transportationmost of the year but a Volvo during the winter months.

Scott Miller,Christian Heritage Party

Miller did not participate in the CBC-Red River College project.

Miller is a chaplain at Union Gospel Mission and has worked in Winnipeg Centre for about 15 years as well as having lived in the area for about the same length of time,according to his biography on the Christian Heritage Partywebsite,

He has served the area as a counsellor at Teen Challenge, director of the Lighthouse Mission, pastor of a local church and in his current position. He has twomaster's degrees, from the Lutheran Theological Seminary and Providence Seminary.