2002 Manitoba municipal elections
Malcolm Jolly was born and educated in England, and received Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees from Queens University at Oxford.  He moved to Canada in 1967, and taught high school history in Brandon until 1990.  He was first elected as a trustee in 1992, and was re-elected in 1995, 1998 and 2002.  In 1998 and 1999, he was part of a majority of trustees who refused to cut services to balance the division's budget.  He served as board chair during his third term.  He criticized the provincial government's forced merger of school boards in 2002, arguing that the province was attempting increase its control over the boards.  He was the author of a book entitled "Freely We Serve: The Effective School Board".  Jolly died on March 11, 2003.  His widow, Bea Jolly, was elected to the Brandon School Board in 2006.