Early Life and Career
Atkinson was mayor of Hartney, Manitoba from 1981 to 1989, and owned a small farming implements business in this community before relocating to Brandon in 1994. He was elected as Mayor of Brandon in a by-election on September 24, 1997 after the previous mayor, Rick Borotsik, was elected to the Canadian House of Commons. Atkinson was 49 years old.
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