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Nick Ternette
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Nick Ternette (January 1945 - 3 March 2013) was a German-born Canadian politician and political activist in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He was a perennial candidate for mayor of the city, representing left-wing and socialist policies. The Winnipeg Free Press once called him "the city's best-known left-leaning activist". Family life and education Ternette was born in West Berlin, Germany, the only child of Serafina, an aristocrat who had studied art in Turkey, and Georg, a working-class man who had also served in the German army. The family moved to Winnipeg in 1955 when Nick was ten years old, and Georg worked on the railway while Serfina stayed home painting and raising her son. Nick learned English quickly, but was taunted due to his German accent with his peers yelling "Nazi" at him. He was an alumnus of the University of Winnipeg, holding a Bachelor of Sociology and Political Science degree. Ternette met his wife Emily in 1985, and they married in 1993. Death Ternette died 3 March 2013, at St. Boniface Hospital's palliative care unit, in Winnipeg.<ref nameGlobeObit /> His autobiography, Rebel Without a Pause, was published in 2013.<ref nameGlobeObit /> Electoral record *1977 Municipal Election, Mayor of Winnipeg, 5682 votes (winner: Robert Steen) *1986 Municipal Election, Mayor of Winnipeg, 3060 votes (winner: Bill Norrie) *1989 Municipal Election, Mayor of Winnipeg, 6865 votes (winner: Bill Norrie) *1995 Municipal Election, Mayor of Winnipeg, 1782 votes (winner: Susan Thompson) *2002 Municipal Election, Mayor of Winnipeg, 2665 votes (winner: Glen Murray) 
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