2002 Manitoba municipal elections
Patricia Bowslaugh is a school principal.  She sought election to Brandon City Council in the 1998 municipal election, and was narrowly defeated by incumbent councillor Margo Campbell in Ward Eight.  She was elected to the Brandon School Board in 2002, finishing first in a field of seventeen candidates, and spearheaded an effort to provide students with academic credits for their work on science projects.  She did not seek re-election in 2006.  As of 2007, she is president of the Retired Teachers Association of Manitoba.