Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba candidates in the 2003 Manitoba provincial election

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The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba ran a full slate of 57 candidates in the 2003 provincial election and won 20 seats, keeping the party as the Official Opposition in the Manitoba Legislature.

Notable candidates and results
- Larry Maguire (Assiniboia) – the incumbent MLA was re-elected in a three-candidate race with 4,135 votes (53.81%).
- Wishanski (Assiniboia) – a banker for 25 years who later started a graphics design firm; previously on the St. James-Assiniboia School Board. He won the PC nomination for Assiniboia by defeating Grant Nordman and, in the general election, finished second with 2,257 votes (27.65%) behind NDP incumbent Jim Rondeau; he was 55 years old.
- Dinsdale (Brandon area) – from a prominent Brandon political family; a teacher active with the Manitoba Teachers’ Society and the Salvation Army. He had campaigned for the legislature before (1995) and finished second then; in 2003 he ran again.
- Reg Atkinson (Brandon) – former Mayor of Brandon; finished second with 2,982 votes (34.93%) behind NDP incumbent Scott Smith.
- Lambert – a youth delegate who voted against the party’s “one member, one vote” leadership plan; finished third with 423 votes (7.29%).
- Lloyd (raised in Selkirk) – ran in Concordia in north Winnipeg, finishing second to Premier Gary Doer; later involved with the Manitoba Métis Federation and political activity.
- Larsson – a social conservative who supported adoption rights for children and was involved with REAL Women; finished second with 2,296 votes to NDP incumbent Harry Schellenberg (5,057).
- Garnett (Winnipeg) – linked to a 2002 case about a doctor and legal action; finished third with 612 votes (10.49%) against NDP incumbent Gord Mackintosh.
- Shaw – an investment advisor who had sought the Canadian Alliance nomination in Brandon–Souris (2000) and later ran in Churchill, finishing third.
- Marsiglia – has a BA in Foreign Language; ran a family business and worked in clothing retail; finished third with 915 votes (14.40%) against NDP incumbent Daryl Reid.
- Burner – finished fourth with 679 votes (11.09%) against NDP candidate Rob Altemeyer.
- Wyatt T. McIntyre – a political strategist who ran in Point Douglas and finished third with 337 votes (8.37%); NDP winner was George Hickes. He had also run in Alberta as a candidate in Calgary-Fort.

In short, the PCs fielded 57 candidates, won 20 seats, and remained the Official Opposition, with a mix of incumbents, nominees who won their nomination battles, and several who finished behind the NDP incumbents in their ridings.