Conservative Party candidates, 2006 Canadian federal election
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The Conservative Party of Canada
ran a full slate of 308 candidates in the 2006 Canadian federal election
. Some of these candidates have separate biography pages; relevant information about other candidates may be found here.
The candidates are listed by province and riding
name.
Fabian Manning (Avalon
Fabian Manning
won in this riding he received 19,132 votes. Defeating Liberal
Candidate Bill Morrow's 14,318 votes.
Aaron Hynes (Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor
Aaron Hynes lost to Scott Simms
of the Liberal Party of Canada
. Hynes received 15,376 votes to Simms'
19,866.
Cyril Pelley Jr. (Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte
Cyril Pelley, Jr. lost to incumbent
Gerry Byrne of the Liberal Party of Canada
. Pelley received 10,137 votes to Byrne's 17,820.
Joe Goudie (Labrador
Goudie lost to Todd Russell
of the Liberal Party of Canada
, receiving 4,528 votes to Russell's 5,768.
Cynthia Downey (Random—Burin—St. George's
Cynthia Downey lost to Bill Matthews
of the Liberal Party of Canada
, receiving 12,232 votes to Matthews's 13,652.
Norman Doyle (St. John's East
Norman Doyle
won in this riding he received 19,110 votes. Defeating Liberal
Candidate Paul Antle's 14,345 votes.
Loyola Hearn (St. John's South—Mount Pearl
Loyola Hearn
won in this riding she received 16,644 votes. Defeating Liberal
Candidate Siobhán Coady's 12,295 votes.
Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel
Suzanne Courville is a sales and customer service representative. At the time of the 2006 election, she worked for a frozen food company. Elections Canada
alleged in 2008 that Courville received funds that came under scrutiny in the Conservative Party's in-and-out funding scheme
.
Courville sought election to municipal office in Mirabel
in 2005. There was also a candidate named Suzanne Courville in the 2009 municipal election
in Terrebonne
, although this may have been a different person.
Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour
Marie-Ève Hélie-Lambert was 26 years old at the time of the election, and was a Philosophy
student at the University of Quebec in Trois-Rivières
. She previously worked at a centre for drug addicts. She lived in the nearby Berthier-Maskinongé riding, but indicated that she did not want to oppose Marie-Claude Godue as the Conservative candidate there. Hélie-Lambert expressed interest in stopping the exodus of young people from the region, and was writing a book on the loss of collective responsibility in society. She was not right-wing in her personal views, and said that she was running for the Conservatives as a "citizen open to the world".
She received 11,588 votes (23.36%), finishing second against Bloc Québécois
incumbent Louis Plamondon
. Elections Canada
subsequently alleged that Hélie-Lambert was one of a number of Conservative Party candidates involved in a funding scheme, wherein the central party organization transferred funds in and out of her riding to avoid spending limit restrictions.
Hull—Aylmer
Poirier is a teacher at the Université du Québec en Outaouais
, and is a former vice-president of the New Democratic Party
in the riding. He nevertheless chose to run for the Conservatives in the 2006 election, during which he improved his party's showing by 9% and moved up to 3rd place in a traditionally left-wing and federalist riding. Liberal incumbent Marcel Proulx
retained his seat.
Lac-Saint-Louis
A graduate from Concordia University
with a double major in journalism and political science, she also studied civil law at Université Laval
.
Prior to the 2006 election, she worked as a Legislative Assistant to the Opposition House Leader on Parliament Hill
. In addition, she was the party's official spokesperson for Montreal's West Island.
She has been active in both the Conservative Party of Canada and the Quebec Liberal Party, and worked as a political aid to provincial MNAs on the West Island, as advisor or press secretary to provincial cabinet ministers of Fisheries, Education, and Transport, and as media representative during provincial referendums. She also held a position in communications for the Jean Charest
leadership campaign for the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
.
Paine was Publicity Director on the West Island Women’s Centre Board of Directors, and serves on the Board of Directors for both the West Island Community Resource Centre and Kuper Academy.
Manicouagan
Pierre Paradis is a civil engineering consultant, superintendent, and project manager. In 2006, he was the commissioner of oaths for the Baie Comeau and Mingan judicial districts. He has also worked as a teacher.
Paradis was the Canadian Alliance
candidate for Charlevoix
in the 2000 federal election
. In 2001, he joined with the rest of his riding association in leaving the Canadian Alliance for the Progressive Conservatives
, citing dissatisfaction with the Alliance's leadership. The two parties later merged to form the Conservative Party of Canada, which Paradis joined. He has been a Conservative candidate in two elections.
He is not to be confused with the former Quebec cabinet minister Pierre Paradis
.
Outremont
Daniel Fournier
is a prominent businessperson in Montreal
. He received 5,168 votes (12.73%), finishing fourth against incumbent Liberal Party
cabinet minister Jean Lapierre
.
Ian West (Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing
West entered political life as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party
, and was 25 years old when he first campaigned for the PCs in the 2000 election
. A graduate of the University of Windsor
, he had recently completed a work term with DaimlerChrysler
in Germany
(Windsor Star, 31 October 2000). His campaign focused on environmental concerns, and highlighted his party's plan to eliminate Canada's debt in twenty-five years (Windsor Star, 25 November 2000). Although credited by the local media for running a solid campaign, he finished a distant fourth against longtime Liberal
incumbent Herb Gray
in Windsor West
.
West campaigned for the Progressive Conservatives again in a 2002 by-election, after Gray retired from the House of Commons. He emphasized the environment and cross-border trade with America (Windsor Star, 17 April 2002), and again finished fourth against New Democrat
Brian Masse
. West later joined the Conservative Party of Canada
, and was the party's candidate for Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing
in the 2006 federal election
. As of 2005, he is in his last year of studies at the law school at the University of Ottawa
(Sudbury Star, 12 December 2005).
Peter Conroy (Beaches—East York
Conroy was born and raised in Beaches-East York, where he attended St. Denis elementary school and Cardinal Newman Secondary School. In 1988, he led an unsuccessful attempt to stop the Newman board from mandating school uniforms (Toronto Star, 7 June 1988). After completing an Honours degree in History and Political Science at the University of Western Ontario, he worked in Ottawa for four years as an executive and legislative assistant to Liberal
Member of Parliament
(MP) Tom Wappel
in Ottawa
.http://www.parl.gc.ca/committees/jula/evidence/178_95-10-24/jula178_blk101.html He then returned to Beaches-East York to start a family and pursue a career in business. Conroy and his wife Shelley have three children: twin daughters Alexandra and Elizabeth and son Jacob. They are homeowners in the Upper Beach
area.
Conroy is a founder and executive of CollectiveBid Systems Inc, through which he has launched a fixed income exchange designed to eliminate the inefficiencies in the Canadian Bond Market. He currently works for the Montreal Exchange
. He is an active member of the Beaches Lions Club where he has helped to raise funds in support of local causes including Kew Play and Community Centre 55’s Hamper program. Along with three friends, he has promoted a community-based business, The Christmas Tree Company, since 1992. This venture has also raised money for the Children's Wish Foundation of Canada
.
Conroy was thirty-six years old in the 2006 campaign (Toronto Star, 16 July 2006). He received 9,238 votes (18.04%) in the 2006 election, finishing third against Liberal
incumbent Maria Minna
.
John Carmichael (Don Valley West
John Carmichael was the Conservative Party's candidate in Don Valley West
in the 2006 and 2008 federal elections.
Carmichael is the Chairman and CEO of City Buick Pontiac Cadillac GMC Ltd, a family business that has operated in Toronto for over fifty years. He has served as president of a national leasing company, as Chairman of ARK e-tail Services and as Chairman of Commonwealth Financial Corporation. He is also Past Chairman of the Canadian Automobile Dealers Association and was a founding chairman of the Ontario Motor Vehicle Industry Council.
Carmichael is a member of North York General Hospital Governor's Council and has served on the Wellesley Hospital Foundation Board. He is an avid golfer and has been a competitive rower for many years. He is also the current president of Rowing Canada Aviron
and a director of the Canadian Olympic Committee
.
He has lived in Toronto
his entire life. He and his wife Kerry have three grown children: Christin, Michael and Julie.
Peter Coy (Eglinton—Lawrence
Coy was born on the Isle of Wight
, England
in 1951. He was a flight sergeant in the British Air Training Force at age sixteen, and flew in RAF
jet trainers over Germany
and England.http://www.cbc.ca/canadavotes/riding/127/#PeterCoy A Business Studies graduate from Crawley College, he entered the data processing profession and studied computer programming and system design. He moved to Canada in 1974. Since 1991, he has been president of Prodigm Inc., creating system designs and software for customer sales and service systems. Coy has served as president of the Toronto Operetta Theatre, chair of the outreach and social concern committee of Grace Church on-the-Hill, vice-president of the Eglinton-Lawrence Conservative EDA, and previously vice-president of the Eglinton-Lawrence Progressive Conservative
riding association. He received 14,897 votes (30.25%), finishing second against Liberal
incumbent Joseph Volpe.
John Capobianco (Etobicoke—Lakeshore
John Capobianco (born 1965) is a Canadian
corporate executive and activist. He has twice been a political candidate for the Conservative Party of Canada
.
Capobianco's parents immigrated from Italy
in 1960. He was born and raised in Etobicoke and has undertaken a career as a consultant, rising to the position of Senior Vice President Public Affairs with Edelman Canada, one of the largest integrated communications firms.
In his political life, Capobianco has been president of the Ontario PC Youth Association. During the government of Mike Harris
he worked as an advisor to then-Minister of Education David Johnson
.
Capobianco ran for Parliament as a Conservative in the 2004 election, losing to Jean Augustine
in Etobicoke—Lakeshore
by almost 10,000 votes. He was again the Tory standard-bearer in Etobicoke—Lakeshore after defeating Morley Kells
for his party's nomination and lost to Liberal
candidate Michael Ignatieff
in the 2006 federal election
, losing by less than 5,000 votes. Both times Capobianco received the most votes of any Conservative candidate in Toronto
. He is married with one child.
Eliot Lewis Hill (Hamilton Centre
Hill is a police officer, with experience in Hamilton
and Toronto. He has been also active with Habitat For Humanity, and received the Alan Ladkin Memorial trophy for community involvement in 1993. Hill worked in Toronto at the time of the election, but resided in Hamilton. He was thirty-one years old (Hamilton Spectator, 13 January 2006).
He defeated former candidate Leon Patrick O'Connor for the Conservative nomination in Hamilton Centre (Hamilton Spectator, 13 May 2005), and focused his campaign on "law and order" issues (Hamilton Spectator, 19 September 2005). He received 9,696 votes (20.29%), finishing third against New Democratic Party
incumbent David Christopherson
.
Lou Grimshaw (Kingston and the Islands
Grimshaw was born in St. Catharines
, Ontario
. He holds a Bachelor of Arts
degree in Political and Economic Science and a Master of Arts
degree in War Studies, both from Royal Military College of Canada
. He was a professional army officer for thirty-nine years before retiring in 1996], and received training as a paratrooper
(Kingston Whig-Standard, 5 January 2006). Grimshaw saw action with NATO forces in Germany
as a member of the British army
, and served with the United Nations
detachment in Cyprus
.
He was a defense management consultant and the owner of Louis E. Grimshaw Military Antiques during the 2006 election. He has also written on military topics. In 2005, he received the Province of Ontario Volunteer Service Award.http://www.lougrimshaw.ca/about.asp
Grimshaw was a Progressive Conservative
for many years, and became president of the party's federal Kingston and the Islands association in 2002]. He supported Scott Brison
's bid for the party leadership in 2003 (KWS, 2 June 2003). He later endorsed the party's merger with the Canadian Alliance
in 2003-04, and was the founding association president of the resulting Conservative Party of Canada (KWS, 22 March 2004). Grimshaw has also been a church warden and member of the Synod
of the Anglican
Diocese of Ontario. http://www.ctv.ca/mini/election2006/candidates/35036_CON.html
He won the Conservative Party nomination in May 2005, defeating Connie Wilkins and Keith Bilow (KWS, 16 May 2005). He received 16,230 votes (26.07%), finishing second against Liberal
incumbent Peter Milliken
.
Steven Cage (Kitchener Centre
Steven Cage was educated at York University
, receiving both his Bachelor of Business Administration
and his Master of Business Administration
. He is a member of the business community with more than 20 years of financial management experience and is a Fellow of the Institute of Canadian Bankers.
Cage is a public representative on the Provincial Appeals Committee of the Human Resource Professionals Association of Ontario, a director of the Confederation Club of Waterloo Region and an active member of several local business organizations. He has been a business news reader on 570AM Kitchener
radio and is an occasional guest lecturer at the Richard Ivey School of Business
.
Cage was active in development of the Conservative Party's
policy declaration, passed in Montreal
in March 2005.
and has been nominated to run in the 39th Canadian Federal Election in the riding of Kitchener—Waterloo.
Ajmer immigrated to Canada
in 1983 with his family. He went to high school in Waterloo
and then graduated from Conestoga College with a diploma in Business Administration-Materials Management.
Mandur is a small businessman that has operated two businesses in his community since 1990.
He is an active member in the community and has lived in Kitchener-Waterloo since he and his family immigrated in 1983. Mandur sits on the Regional Safety and Crime Prevention Council and the Waterloo Neighbourhood Watch Board.
Albert Gretzky (London West
Albert Gretzky (born 1942) finished second, 1,329 votes behind incumbent Liberal
Sue Barnes
.
The uncle of Wayne Gretzky
, he has been a resident of Byron and London West for the last 25 years. Most recently an employee of Eatons and Sears
, he is active in the community, giving his time in support of such causes as the Thames Valley Children’s Centre, the Canadian National Institute for the Blind
, the Canada Games, and the Palace Theatre.
Vincent Veerasuntharam (Scarborough Southwest
Veerasuntharam moved to Canada from Sri Lanka
in 1983. He is president of Suvara Travels Canada Inc., and a director on the Sri Lanka Business Council. Veerasuntharam is a member of St. Bonaventure's Catholic
parish in Toronto.
He drew attention to Toronto's gun violence
in the 2006 campaign, and highlighted his family and religious convictions (Toronto Star, 24 January 2006). His campaign was criticized by the Lifesite, a socially conservative
news service which suggested that his campaign intimidated leafletters from their organization.http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/jan/06012310.html The leafletters were handing out documents in support of Tom Wappel
, Veerasuntharam's Liberal
opponent.http://www.pej.org/html/print.php?sid=4110
He received 10,017 votes (24.04%), finishing second against Wappel.
Kevin Serviss (Sudbury
Kevin Serviss was born in Iroquois, Ontario
, and raised in Guilletville near Sudbury. He moved to Hamilton
as a young adult, and joined its Metropolitan Police Force in 1976. He returned to Sudbury in 1978 and worked for that city's police force until 1999, when he became a pastor at the city's Pentecostal Glad Tidings Tabernacle. He has also hosted a radio program on CJTK-FM
, Sudbury's Christian station, and was a founder of the Elgin Street Mission and the Pregnancy Care Crisis Centre. He helped to organize a rally against same-sex marriage
in 2005, and indicated that his belief in "traditional values" was a catalyst for his decision to run for office.
Serviss won the Conservative Party nomination in May 2005, at a meeting that was marked by some controversy. Former Conservative Party candidate Stephen L. Butcher alleged that most Serviss supporters were not members of the Conservative Party until shortly before the meeting, and that many were members of his church. He described Serviss as a special-interest candidate, who should not have been allowed to contest the nomination.
When the Canadian House of Commons
granted legal sanction to same-sex marriage in June 2005, Serviss said that it was a "sad and regrettable day in Canadian history". Later, however, he indicated that he would vote "against his conscience" in support of same-sex marriage if his constituents directed him to do so.
He received 10,332 votes (21.68%), finishing third against Liberal
incumbent Diane Marleau
.
Anthony Reale (Thornhill
Reale is a real estate agent by profession, and works for RE/MAX
. Reale originally lost the Conservative nomination on the first ballot to former Canadian Alliance EDA President Dan Samson, but was appointed after Mr. Samson resigned the nomination in the Fall of 2005 for personal reasons (Vaughan Weekly, January 11, 2006. pg 2).
Reale was city councillor in Vaughan
from 1985 to 1988. He ran for mayor in 1988, and was defeated by the then incumbent mayor Lorna Jackson
.
Reale has served as the returning officer for the 1999
and 2003 provincial elections
in the riding of Thornhill.
Reale ran against Liberal
incumbent Susan Kadis
, the New Democratic Party
candidate Simon Strelchik, the Green Party of Canada
candidate Lloyd Helferty, and the Progressive Canadian Party
candidate Mark Abramowitz. Reale came second to Kadis, who won by 10,929 votes.
Lewis Reford (Toronto Centre
Born in 1960 in Ottawa
, Reford spent his early childhood in Australia
and Egypt
where his scientist father was posted. Moving back to Canada in time to start kindergarten, he spent the rest of his childhood at his family home on a farm in Quebec
’s Ottawa Valley
, where he became fluently bilingual.
To further his CEGEP
college education, Reford attended the Colorado School of Mines
, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science
honours degree in geophysical engineering
. A summer job with Exxon
led to his first career, posting in frontier oil exploration
in Perth, Western Australia
, where he worked for close to two years. After that stint, he returned to the academic world to undertake post-graduate work in geology
at the University of Cambridge
in England
.
From Cambridge
, Reford embarked on a new career path in global finance, first in London
with Citicorp Investment Bank, and then in Paris
with energy multinational
Total S.A.
He met his Canadian wife, Susan, in Paris and their eldest son was born there. While based in Europe
, his work took him to Latin America
, the Middle East
and Asia
.
He returned to Canada and resided in Toronto Centre
in 1993, where he worked in investment banking
for Smith Barney
and J.P. Morgan
out of offices in Toronto
and New York
respectively.
, a former playwright
who was born in Ottawa
and received his Bachelor of Arts
from Carleton University
before earning a Master of Arts
in Political Theory from McMaster University
. He then obtained his Bachelor of Laws
from the University of Calgary
and was called to the Ontario Bar in 1997. He is currently practicing as a defence attorney and was previously an Assistant Crown Attorney. Goldstein has been a resident of Trinity-Spadina since 1996. He is on the Board of Directors of the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre and the Downtown Jewish Community School. He was awarded the Canadian Jewish Playwrighting Award in 1991.
He received 5,625 votes (9.00%), finishing third against New Democrat Olivia Chow
.
Richard Majkot (Vaughan
Richard Majkot ran against Liberal incumbent Maurizio Bevilacqua
in the 2006 federal election and was defeated.
Alphonso Teshuba (Windsor West
Teshuba (born March 23, 1968 in Windsor
) holds a Bachelor of Commerce
degree from the University of Windsor
.http://www.cbc.ca/canadavotes/riding/209/ He is a Security Brokers Dealer, manages a communications and marketing business, and has been co-owner of the Nine Ball Heaven billiards and arcade club with his sister (Windsor Star, 13 June 1989). Teshuba sits on the Windsor Jewish Community Centre board of directors and strategic planning committee, and was Jordan Katz's campaign manager in the 2004 election
. He was thirty-seven years old in 2006 (Windsor Star, 10 January 2006).
He received 9,592 votes (20.11%), finishing third against New Democratic Party
's Brian Masse
.
Michael Mostyn (York Centre
Mostyn is currently serving as the Director of Government Relations for B'nai Brith Canada
.
In 1996, Mostyn received his Bachelor of Arts
(B.A.) in Philosophy from the University of Western Ontario
. During his time as an undergraduate, Mostyn was a member of the Dean's Honour List, as well as a recipient of the Honour W Award. Graduated from the University of Western Ontario Law School in 1999, Mostyn was awarded the Douglas May Memorial Award, and delivered a paper at the 14th BILETA Conference: Cyberspace 1999: Crime, Criminal Justice, and the Internet at the College of Ripon and York St John
, York, England while in his third year of law school.
Called to the Bar in the Province of Ontario in 2001, he practiced law at Mostyn & Mostyn, Barristers and Solicitors in the areas of civil litigation, entertainment law, criminal law, family law, and wills and estates.
He has run twice federally, in 2003 and 2006, and was defeated both times by Liberal Party of Canada
candidate Ken Dryden
, but had increased previous Conservative vote totals in both elections, receiving 30% of the popular vote in 2006.
He was the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
's nominee in the provincial York Centre riding for the 2011 provincial election
losing against Liberal incumbent Monte Kwinter
.
Churchill
Ahmad received a Bachelor of Science
degree in Pakistan
, and holds a Master of Science
degree from the University of Reading
in England
. He did postgraduate work at the University of Manitoba
, received Chartered Accountant certification from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Manitoba, and is an accountant in private life. He was the mayor
of Flin Flon for several years, and campaigned for the Progressive Conservative Party
in the 1988 federal election
.
Ahmad attended the national Progressive Conservative leadership convention of 1993 as an unpledged delegate, and was listed as 51 years old in a newspaper report (Winnipeg Free Press, 11 June 1993). He chaired Flin Flon's economic development commission in the late 1990s, and worked to diversify the local economy from its traditional reliance on smelting (WFP, 28 February 1998). In 1998, he was elected to the Red Cross council for northeast Manitoba (WFP, 27 May 1998).
He sought re-election as Mayor of Flin Flon in the 1998 municipal elections, but was defeated (WFP, 29 October 1998). , he is a city councillor in Flin Flon and is chair of Flin Flon Housing Co. Ltd. (Seniors’ Housing).http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:tiqoi9tuzOEJ:www.conservative.ca/?section_id=1051&linkTo=true&districtId=1663+%22Nazir+Ahmad%22&hl=en&gl=ca&ct=clnk&cd=1 He finished fourth in the 2006 election.
In 2005, Ahmad announced his support for the federal government's program to cultivate cannabis
in an abandoned mine near Flin Flon (the harvested plants are used for medicinal purposes).http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:-POtb3mvGo0J:www.humanhemphealth.ca/The_Reminder_112305.html+%22Nazir+Ahmad%22+%22Flin+Flon%22&hl=en&gl=ca&ct=clnk&cd=35 Conservative Health Critic Steven Fletcher
had previously called for the program to be shut down.
Elmwood—Transcona
West received 10,720 votes (32.13%), finishing second against New Democratic Party
incumbent Bill Blaikie
.
Winnipeg Centre
Sterzer was born on July 30, 1934. She was a secretary and clerical worker from 1951 to 1957, and was a computer systems designer for Air Canada
from 1957 to 1991. She ran for the House of Commons as a Reform Party
candidate in 1993
and 1997
, losing to veteran New Democratic Party
incumbent Bill Blaikie
on both occasion. In 2006, she lost to Pat Martin
.
Sterzer has written several Letters to the Editor
since 2005, generally on political topics. In 2006, she wrote a letter arguing that NDP leader Jack Layton
was encouraging the Taliban and endangering the lives of Canadian soldiers by calling for Canada to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan
. As of 2006, Sterzer was president of the Winnipeg Centre Conservative organization.
Winnipeg North
McDonald joined the Manitoba Progressive Conservatives at age twelve, and served for a time as secretary of the Manitoba PC Youth Association.http://www.cbc.ca/canadavotes/riding/225/#GarrethMcDonald He first campaigned for political office in the 2003 provincial election
as a candidate of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba
, when he was eighteen years old and still a high-school student.http://www.cbc.ca/manitobavotes2003/analysis/youth3.html
He was killed in a traffic accident in October 2007, when his car sideswiped a taxi and careened into oncoming traffic, striking an SUV. A married couple was killed and Garreth later died at the hospital. He was 22 years old. http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071014/manitoba_crash_071014/20071014?hub=Canada&s_name=
and raised in the Newmarket
area in Ontario
. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree at Providence College
, studied political science at Carleton University
, and completed a Master of Public Administration degree from Griffith University
in Australia, specializing in electoral systems and administration. He worked as a Special Assistant to Elwin Hermanson
, the House Leader of the Reform Party in Ottawa, and then as Executive Assistant to Hermanson, when the latter became the leader of the Saskatchewan Party
and Leader of the Opposition in Saskatchewan. When Hermanson stepped down from the leadership in 2004, Farquhar became Executive Director of the Saskatchewan Party. He then worked as a consultant to political parties in Tajikistan
. After returning, Farquhar won the Conservative Party nomination in Wascana. He is president of Farquhar & Associates Consulting, a business and public affairs consultancy based in Regina. He and his wife have three children. He received almost 12,000 votes, but placed second to Liberal Finance Minister Ralph Goodale
.
Robin Baird (Victoria
Robin Baird (b. 1964, Winnipeg
, Manitoba
) is a Crown prosecutor
and private lawyer in Victoria, British Columbia
. He is authorized to practice law in French
. He has graduated from the University of British Columbia
with a B.A. in 1986, Queen’s University with an LL.B in 1989 and London School of Economics
with an LL.M in 1999.
He has served on the Glenlyon Norfolk School
Alumni Board (B.C.), the Mayor of Victoria
’s Advisory Committee on Construction of A Multiplex Facility and the St. Michaels University School
Alumni Association.
Phil Eidsvik (Newton—North Delta
Eidsvik is a commercial fisher. He has served as an executive director of the B.C. Fisheries Survival Coalition. He is a fishing activist.
David Matta (Surrey North
Matta is an instructor at Stenberg College. He was born in Egypt but earned a master's degree in psychology at Trinity Western University. He has lived in Surrey since 1995.
between 1998-2004. He has also worked as a political staffer for the Reform Party of Canada.
Conservative Party of Canada
The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...
ran a full slate of 308 candidates in the 2006 Canadian federal election
Canadian federal election, 2006
The 2006 Canadian federal election was held on January 23, 2006, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 39th Parliament of Canada. The Conservative Party of Canada won the greatest number of seats: 40.3% of seats, or 124 out of 308, up from 99 seats in 2004, and 36.3% of votes:...
. Some of these candidates have separate biography pages; relevant information about other candidates may be found here.
The candidates are listed by province and riding
Electoral district (Canada)
An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...
name.
Fabian Manning (AvalonAvalon (electoral district)Avalon is a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.-Demographics:Ethnic groups: Languages:² Unemployment: 25.9%...
)
Fabian ManningFabian Manning
Fabian Manning is a politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Manning served as a Progressive Conservative and later as the independent Member of the House of Assembly for the district of Placentia and St. Mary’s from 1999 to 2005. From 2006 to 2008 he was the Conservative Party of Canada...
won in this riding he received 19,132 votes. Defeating Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
Candidate Bill Morrow's 14,318 votes.
Aaron Hynes (Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—WindsorBonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—WindsorBonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor is a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.-Demographics:...
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Aaron Hynes lost to Scott SimmsScott Simms
Scott Simms is a Canadian politician. He is the Liberal Member of Parliament for the Newfoundland and Labrador riding of Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor.-Early life:...
of the Liberal Party of Canada
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
. Hynes received 15,376 votes to Simms'
Scott Simms
Scott Simms is a Canadian politician. He is the Liberal Member of Parliament for the Newfoundland and Labrador riding of Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor.-Early life:...
19,866.
Cyril Pelley Jr. (Humber—St. Barbe—Baie VerteHumber—St. Barbe—Baie VerteHumber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte is a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988.-Demographics:Ethnic groups: 96.2% White, 3.4% Native Canadian...
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Cyril Pelley, Jr. lost to incumbentIncumbent
The incumbent, in politics, is the existing holder of a political office. This term is usually used in reference to elections, in which races can often be defined as being between an incumbent and non-incumbent. For example, in the 2004 United States presidential election, George W...
Gerry Byrne of the Liberal Party of Canada
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
. Pelley received 10,137 votes to Byrne's 17,820.
Joe Goudie (LabradorLabrador (electoral district)Labrador is a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1949....
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Goudie lost to Todd RussellTodd Russell
Todd Norman Russell is a Canadian politician and was the Liberal member of Parliament for the riding of Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador from 2005 to 2011.-Early life:...
of the Liberal Party of Canada
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
, receiving 4,528 votes to Russell's 5,768.
Cynthia Downey (Random—Burin—St. George'sRandom—Burin—St. George'sRandom—Burin—St. George's is a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.-Demographics:Ethnic groups: 94.7% White, 4.8% Native Canadian...
)
Cynthia Downey lost to Bill MatthewsBill Matthews
William "Bill" Matthews is a Canadian politician.Matthews was a Progressive Conservative member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1982 to 1996...
of the Liberal Party of Canada
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
, receiving 12,232 votes to Matthews's 13,652.
Norman Doyle (St. John's EastSt. John's EastSt. John's East is a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1949....
)
Norman DoyleNorman Doyle
Norman E. Doyle, is a Canadian businessman and politician in Newfoundland and Labrador.Doyle was a member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1979 to 1993. He was a Conservative Party of Canada Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons. He represented the riding of...
won in this riding he received 19,110 votes. Defeating Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
Candidate Paul Antle's 14,345 votes.
Loyola Hearn (St. John's South—Mount PearlSt. John's South—Mount PearlSt. John's South redirects here. For the provincial electoral district please see St. John's South St. John's South—Mount Pearl is a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.-Demographics:Ethnic groups:...
)
Loyola HearnLoyola Hearn
Loyola Hearn, PC is the Canadian Ambassador to Ireland. He served as a Member of the Canadian House of Commons from 2000 to 2008, and as Minister of Fisheries and Oceans from February 6, 2006 to October 30, 2008....
won in this riding she received 16,644 votes. Defeating Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
Candidate Siobhán Coady's 12,295 votes.
Argenteuil—Papineau—MirabelArgenteuil—Papineau—MirabelArgenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1867.-Geography:...
: Suzanne Courville
Suzanne Courville is a sales and customer service representative. At the time of the 2006 election, she worked for a frozen food company. Elections CanadaElections Canada
Elections Canada is an independent, non-partisan agency reporting directly to the Parliament of Canada. Its ongoing responsibility is to ensure that Canadians can exercise their choices in federal elections and referenda through an open and impartial process...
alleged in 2008 that Courville received funds that came under scrutiny in the Conservative Party's in-and-out funding scheme
In and Out scandal
The "In and Out" scandal is an ongoing Canadian political scandal involving allegations of improper election spending on the part of the Conservative Party of Canada during the closely contested 2006 federal election. Parliamentary hearings into the issue led to a deadlocking of various committees,...
.
Courville sought election to municipal office in Mirabel
Mirabel, Quebec
Mirabel is a city in Quebec, Canada. It is an off-island suburb north-west of Montreal.Mirabel is also the name of a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality and census division of Quebec, coextensive with the city of Mirabel. Its geographical code is 74.Mirabel's population was...
in 2005. There was also a candidate named Suzanne Courville in the 2009 municipal election
Quebec municipal elections, 2009
Municipal elections took place throughout Quebec, Canada, on November 1, 2009, to replace mayors and councillors.-Acton Vale:-Alma:-Amos:-Amqui:-Asbestos:-Aumond:-Baie-Comeau:-Baie-Saint-Paul:-Beaconsfield:-Beauceville:...
in Terrebonne
Terrebonne, Quebec
Terrebonne is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in western Quebec, Canada. It is located on the north shores of the Rivière des Mille-Îles and of the Rivière des Prairies, North of Montreal and Laval....
, although this may have been a different person.
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 municipal Quebec municipal elections, 2005 The Canadian province of Quebec held municipal elections in its municipalities on November 6, 2005.The municipalities in Quebec for the 2005 election were different than the previous 2001 election, as many municipalities have voted to de-amalgamate.... |
Terrebonne Council, District Eight | n/a | 273 | 19.96 | 2/2 | Guy Laurin |
| 2006 federal Canadian federal election, 2006 The 2006 Canadian federal election was held on January 23, 2006, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 39th Parliament of Canada. The Conservative Party of Canada won the greatest number of seats: 40.3% of seats, or 124 out of 308, up from 99 seats in 2004, and 36.3% of votes:... |
Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1867.-Geography:... |
Conservative Conservative Party of Canada The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum... |
12,461 | 23.32 | 2/5 | Mario Laframboise Mario Laframboise Mario Laframboise is a Canadian politician. Laframboise served as mayor of Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix and Reeve of the Papineau MRC before getting into federal politics... , Bloc Québécois Bloc Québécois The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative... |
Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—BécancourBas-Richelieu—Nicolet—BécancourBas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968.-Geography:...
: Marie-Ève Hélie-Lambert
Marie-Ève Hélie-Lambert was 26 years old at the time of the election, and was a PhilosophyPhilosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
student at the University of Quebec in Trois-Rivières
Trois-Rivières, Quebec
Trois-Rivières is a city in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada, located at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence Rivers. It is situated in the Mauricie administrative region, on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River across from the city of Bécancour...
. She previously worked at a centre for drug addicts. She lived in the nearby Berthier-Maskinongé riding, but indicated that she did not want to oppose Marie-Claude Godue as the Conservative candidate there. Hélie-Lambert expressed interest in stopping the exodus of young people from the region, and was writing a book on the loss of collective responsibility in society. She was not right-wing in her personal views, and said that she was running for the Conservatives as a "citizen open to the world".
She received 11,588 votes (23.36%), finishing second against Bloc Québécois
Bloc Québécois
The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative...
incumbent Louis Plamondon
Louis Plamondon
Louis Plamondon is a politician in the Canadian province of Quebec and the current interim parliamentary leader of the Bloc Québécois ....
. Elections Canada
Elections Canada
Elections Canada is an independent, non-partisan agency reporting directly to the Parliament of Canada. Its ongoing responsibility is to ensure that Canadians can exercise their choices in federal elections and referenda through an open and impartial process...
subsequently alleged that Hélie-Lambert was one of a number of Conservative Party candidates involved in a funding scheme, wherein the central party organization transferred funds in and out of her riding to avoid spending limit restrictions.
Hull—AylmerHull—AylmerHull—Aylmer is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1917....
: Gilles Poirier
Poirier is a teacher at the Université du Québec en OutaouaisUniversité du Québec en Outaouais
The Université du Québec en Outaouais is a branch of the Université du Québec located in Gatineau, Québec, Canada. As of September 2010, combined enrolment at UQO's Gatineau and Saint-Jérôme campuses was 6,017, of which 4,738 were undergraduates and 1,279 postgraduate students...
, and is a former vice-president of the New Democratic Party
New Democratic Party
The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...
in the riding. He nevertheless chose to run for the Conservatives in the 2006 election, during which he improved his party's showing by 9% and moved up to 3rd place in a traditionally left-wing and federalist riding. Liberal incumbent Marcel Proulx
Marcel Proulx
Marcel Proulx is a Canadian politician.Proulx is a former member of the Liberal Party of Canada in the Canadian House of Commons, having represented the riding of Hull—Aylmer from 1999 to 2011. Proulx is a former administrator, businessman, claim adjuster, and executive assistant...
retained his seat.
Lac-Saint-LouisLac-Saint-Louis (electoral district)Lac-Saint-Louis is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997. Its population in 2001 was 101,919.-Geography:...
: Andrea Paine
A graduate from Concordia UniversityConcordia University
Concordia University is a comprehensive Canadian public university located in Montreal, Quebec, one of the two universities in the city where English is the primary language of instruction...
with a double major in journalism and political science, she also studied civil law at Université Laval
Université Laval
Laval University is the oldest centre of education in Canada and was the first institution in North America to offer higher education in French...
.
Prior to the 2006 election, she worked as a Legislative Assistant to the Opposition House Leader on Parliament Hill
Parliament Hill
Parliament Hill , colloquially known as The Hill, is an area of Crown land on the southern banks of the Ottawa River in downtown Ottawa, Ontario. Its Gothic revival suite of buildingsthe parliament buildings serves as the home of the Parliament of Canada and contains a number of architectural...
. In addition, she was the party's official spokesperson for Montreal's West Island.
She has been active in both the Conservative Party of Canada and the Quebec Liberal Party, and worked as a political aid to provincial MNAs on the West Island, as advisor or press secretary to provincial cabinet ministers of Fisheries, Education, and Transport, and as media representative during provincial referendums. She also held a position in communications for the Jean Charest
Jean Charest
John James "Jean" Charest, PC, MNA is a Canadian politician who has been the 29th Premier of Quebec since 2003. He was leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1993 to 1998 and has been leader of the Quebec Liberal Party since 1998....
leadership campaign for the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....
.
Paine was Publicity Director on the West Island Women’s Centre Board of Directors, and serves on the Board of Directors for both the West Island Community Resource Centre and Kuper Academy.
ManicouaganManicouagan (electoral district)Manicouagan is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968.The riding was created in 1966 from parts of Charlevoix and Saguenay ridings....
: Pierre Paradis
Pierre Paradis is a civil engineering consultant, superintendent, and project manager. In 2006, he was the commissioner of oaths for the Baie Comeau and Mingan judicial districts. He has also worked as a teacher.Paradis was the Canadian Alliance
Canadian Alliance
The Canadian Alliance , formally the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance , was a Canadian conservative political party that existed from 2000 to 2003. The party was the successor to the Reform Party of Canada and inherited its position as the Official Opposition in the House of Commons and held...
candidate for Charlevoix
Charlevoix (electoral district)
Charlevoix was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1917 and from 1949 to 2004....
in the 2000 federal election
Canadian federal election, 2000
The 2000 Canadian federal election was held on November 27, 2000, to elect 301 Members of Parliament of the Canadian House of Commons of the 37th Parliament of Canada....
. In 2001, he joined with the rest of his riding association in leaving the Canadian Alliance for the Progressive Conservatives
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....
, citing dissatisfaction with the Alliance's leadership. The two parties later merged to form the Conservative Party of Canada, which Paradis joined. He has been a Conservative candidate in two elections.
He is not to be confused with the former Quebec cabinet minister Pierre Paradis
Pierre Paradis
Pierre Paradis is a politician in the Canadian province of Quebec. He has represented Brome—Missisquoi in the National Assembly of Quebec since 1980 as a member of the Liberal Party...
.
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 federal Canadian federal election, 2000 The 2000 Canadian federal election was held on November 27, 2000, to elect 301 Members of Parliament of the Canadian House of Commons of the 37th Parliament of Canada.... |
Charlevoix Charlevoix (electoral district) Charlevoix was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1917 and from 1949 to 2004.... |
Canadian Alliance Canadian Alliance The Canadian Alliance , formally the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance , was a Canadian conservative political party that existed from 2000 to 2003. The party was the successor to the Reform Party of Canada and inherited its position as the Official Opposition in the House of Commons and held... |
1,905 | 5.72 | 3/5 | Gérard Asselin Gérard Asselin Gérard Asselin is a Canadian politician.Asselin is a former Bloc Québécois member of the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Manicouagan from 2004 to 2011 and Charlevoix from 1993 to 2004. At the end of the 37th Canadian Parliament, Asselin was the Bloc's Forestry critic... , Bloc Québécois Bloc Québécois The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative... |
| 2004 federal Canadian federal election, 2004 The Canadian federal election, 2004 , was held on June 28, 2004 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 38th Parliament of Canada. The Liberal government of Prime Minister Paul Martin lost its majority, but was able to form a minority government after the elections... |
Manicouagan Manicouagan (electoral district) Manicouagan is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968.The riding was created in 1966 from parts of Charlevoix and Saguenay ridings.... |
Conservative Conservative Party of Canada The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum... |
1,601 | 4.92 | 4/5 | Gérard Asselin Gérard Asselin Gérard Asselin is a Canadian politician.Asselin is a former Bloc Québécois member of the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Manicouagan from 2004 to 2011 and Charlevoix from 1993 to 2004. At the end of the 37th Canadian Parliament, Asselin was the Bloc's Forestry critic... , Bloc Québécois Bloc Québécois The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative... |
| 2006 federal Canadian federal election, 2006 The 2006 Canadian federal election was held on January 23, 2006, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 39th Parliament of Canada. The Conservative Party of Canada won the greatest number of seats: 40.3% of seats, or 124 out of 308, up from 99 seats in 2004, and 36.3% of votes:... |
Manicouagan Manicouagan (electoral district) Manicouagan is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968.The riding was created in 1966 from parts of Charlevoix and Saguenay ridings.... |
Conservative Conservative Party of Canada The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum... |
6,910 | 18.98 | 2/6 | Gérard Asselin Gérard Asselin Gérard Asselin is a Canadian politician.Asselin is a former Bloc Québécois member of the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Manicouagan from 2004 to 2011 and Charlevoix from 1993 to 2004. At the end of the 37th Canadian Parliament, Asselin was the Bloc's Forestry critic... , Bloc Québécois Bloc Québécois The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative... |
OutremontOutremont (electoral district)Outremont is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1949, and since 1968...
: Daniel Fournier
Daniel FournierDaniel Fournier
Daniel Fournier is a businessperson and politician in the Canadian province of Quebec. Known as a successful real estate investor, he has been the president of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec's real estate group since June 2010...
is a prominent businessperson in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
. He received 5,168 votes (12.73%), finishing fourth against incumbent Liberal Party
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
cabinet minister Jean Lapierre
Jean Lapierre
Jean-Charles Lapierre, PC is a Canadian television broadcaster and a former federal politician.He was Paul Martin's Quebec lieutenant during the period of the Martin government. He returned to the Canadian House of Commons after an eleven year absence when he won a seat in the 2004 federal...
.
Ian West (Algoma—Manitoulin—KapuskasingAlgoma—Manitoulin—KapuskasingAlgoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004...
)
West entered political life as a member of the Progressive Conservative PartyProgressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....
, and was 25 years old when he first campaigned for the PCs in the 2000 election
Canadian federal election, 2000
The 2000 Canadian federal election was held on November 27, 2000, to elect 301 Members of Parliament of the Canadian House of Commons of the 37th Parliament of Canada....
. A graduate of the University of Windsor
University of Windsor
The University of Windsor is a public comprehensive and research university in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's southernmost university. It has a student population of approximately 15,000 full-time and part-time undergraduate students and over 1000 graduate students...
, he had recently completed a work term with DaimlerChrysler
DaimlerChrysler
Daimler AG is a German car corporation. By unit sales, it is the thirteenth-largest car manufacturer and second-largest truck manufacturer in the world. In addition to automobiles, Daimler manufactures buses and provides financial services through its Daimler Financial Services arm...
in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
(Windsor Star, 31 October 2000). His campaign focused on environmental concerns, and highlighted his party's plan to eliminate Canada's debt in twenty-five years (Windsor Star, 25 November 2000). Although credited by the local media for running a solid campaign, he finished a distant fourth against longtime Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
incumbent Herb Gray
Herb Gray
Herbert Eser Gray, is a retired Canadian politician. He was Canada's first Jewish federal cabinet minister, and is one of only a few Canadians ever granted the title The Right Honourable who was not so entitled by virtue of a position held.-Early life:Born in Windsor, Ontario, the son of Harry...
in Windsor West
Windsor West
Windsor West is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968.The district consists of the part of the city of Windsor lying west and south of a line drawn from the U.S...
.
West campaigned for the Progressive Conservatives again in a 2002 by-election, after Gray retired from the House of Commons. He emphasized the environment and cross-border trade with America (Windsor Star, 17 April 2002), and again finished fourth against New Democrat
New Democratic Party
The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...
Brian Masse
Brian Masse
Brian S. Masse is a Canadian politician. He has served in the Canadian House of Commons since 2002, representing the riding of Windsor West as a member of the New Democratic Party....
. West later joined the Conservative Party of Canada
Conservative Party of Canada
The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...
, and was the party's candidate for Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing
Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing
Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004...
in the 2006 federal election
Canadian federal election, 2006
The 2006 Canadian federal election was held on January 23, 2006, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 39th Parliament of Canada. The Conservative Party of Canada won the greatest number of seats: 40.3% of seats, or 124 out of 308, up from 99 seats in 2004, and 36.3% of votes:...
. As of 2005, he is in his last year of studies at the law school at the University of Ottawa
University of Ottawa
The University of Ottawa is a bilingual, research-intensive, non-denominational, international university in Ottawa, Ontario. It is one of the oldest universities in Canada. It was originally established as the College of Bytown in 1848 by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate...
(Sudbury Star, 12 December 2005).
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 federal Canadian federal election, 2000 The 2000 Canadian federal election was held on November 27, 2000, to elect 301 Members of Parliament of the Canadian House of Commons of the 37th Parliament of Canada.... |
Windsor West Windsor West Windsor West is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968.The district consists of the part of the city of Windsor lying west and south of a line drawn from the U.S... |
PC | 2,116 | 4/6 | Herb Gray Herb Gray Herbert Eser Gray, is a retired Canadian politician. He was Canada's first Jewish federal cabinet minister, and is one of only a few Canadians ever granted the title The Right Honourable who was not so entitled by virtue of a position held.-Early life:Born in Windsor, Ontario, the son of Harry... , Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative... |
|
| federal by-election, 13 May 2002 | Windsor West Windsor West Windsor West is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968.The district consists of the part of the city of Windsor lying west and south of a line drawn from the U.S... |
PC | 957 | 2.91 | 4/6 | Brian Masse Brian Masse Brian S. Masse is a Canadian politician. He has served in the Canadian House of Commons since 2002, representing the riding of Windsor West as a member of the New Democratic Party.... , New Democratic Party New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in... |
| 2006 federal Canadian federal election, 2006 The 2006 Canadian federal election was held on January 23, 2006, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 39th Parliament of Canada. The Conservative Party of Canada won the greatest number of seats: 40.3% of seats, or 124 out of 308, up from 99 seats in 2004, and 36.3% of votes:... |
Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004... |
Conservative | 8,957 | 3/6 | Brent St. Denis Brent St. Denis Brent J. St. Denis is a Canadian politician. He was a Liberal member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 2008, originally representing Algoma and later its successor ridings of Algoma—Manitoulin and Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing.St... , Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative... |
Peter Conroy (Beaches—East YorkBeaches—East YorkBeaches—East York is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988....
)
Conroy was born and raised in Beaches-East York, where he attended St. Denis elementary school and Cardinal Newman Secondary School. In 1988, he led an unsuccessful attempt to stop the Newman board from mandating school uniforms (Toronto Star, 7 June 1988). After completing an Honours degree in History and Political Science at the University of Western Ontario, he worked in Ottawa for four years as an executive and legislative assistant to LiberalLiberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) Tom Wappel
Tom Wappel
Thomas William "Tom" Wappel is a Canadian politician. He was a Liberal member of the House of Commons from 1988 to 2008, representing the Toronto riding of Scarborough West and its successor riding of Scarborough Southwest. He did not seek re-election in the 2008 general election.Wappel is a...
in Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
.http://www.parl.gc.ca/committees/jula/evidence/178_95-10-24/jula178_blk101.html He then returned to Beaches-East York to start a family and pursue a career in business. Conroy and his wife Shelley have three children: twin daughters Alexandra and Elizabeth and son Jacob. They are homeowners in the Upper Beach
The Beaches
The Beaches is a neighbourhood and popular tourist destination located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located on the east side of the "Old" City of Toronto. The original boundaries of the neighbourhood are from Fallingbrook Avenue on the east to Kingston Road on the north, to Woodbine Avenue...
area.
Conroy is a founder and executive of CollectiveBid Systems Inc, through which he has launched a fixed income exchange designed to eliminate the inefficiencies in the Canadian Bond Market. He currently works for the Montreal Exchange
Montreal Exchange
The Montreal Exchange or MX is a derivatives exchange, located in Montreal, that trades futures contracts and options on equities, indices, currencies, ETFs, energy and interest rates. Since 1965, it has been located in the Tour de la Bourse , Montreal's third-tallest building...
. He is an active member of the Beaches Lions Club where he has helped to raise funds in support of local causes including Kew Play and Community Centre 55’s Hamper program. Along with three friends, he has promoted a community-based business, The Christmas Tree Company, since 1992. This venture has also raised money for the Children's Wish Foundation of Canada
Children's Wish Foundation of Canada
The Children's Wish Foundation of Canada is a Canadian charitable organization whose mission is to fulfill the wishes of children diagnosed with life-threatening illnesses. Founded in 1983, the foundation has chapters in every province and territory of Canada. As of 2010 has granted over 16,000...
.
Conroy was thirty-six years old in the 2006 campaign (Toronto Star, 16 July 2006). He received 9,238 votes (18.04%) in the 2006 election, finishing third against Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
incumbent Maria Minna
Maria Minna
Maria Minna, PC, MP is a Canadian politician who represented the Toronto riding of Beaches—East York in the House of Commons as a member of the Liberal Party from 1993 to 2011.-Background:...
.
John Carmichael (Don Valley WestDon Valley WestDon Valley West is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979. Its population in 2001 was 115,539....
)
John Carmichael was the Conservative Party's candidate in Don Valley WestDon Valley West
Don Valley West is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979. Its population in 2001 was 115,539....
in the 2006 and 2008 federal elections.
Carmichael is the Chairman and CEO of City Buick Pontiac Cadillac GMC Ltd, a family business that has operated in Toronto for over fifty years. He has served as president of a national leasing company, as Chairman of ARK e-tail Services and as Chairman of Commonwealth Financial Corporation. He is also Past Chairman of the Canadian Automobile Dealers Association and was a founding chairman of the Ontario Motor Vehicle Industry Council.
Carmichael is a member of North York General Hospital Governor's Council and has served on the Wellesley Hospital Foundation Board. He is an avid golfer and has been a competitive rower for many years. He is also the current president of Rowing Canada Aviron
Rowing Canada
Rowing Canada Aviron is a non-profit organization recognized by the Government of Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee as the national governing body for the sport of rowing in Canada. RCA represents 15,000 registered members at all levels, novices, juniors, university students, adaptive,...
and a director of the Canadian Olympic Committee
Canadian Olympic Committee
The Canadian Olympic Committee - COC is the private, non-profit organization representing Canadian athletes in the International Olympic Committee and the Pan American Games. It was formally recognized by the IOC in 1907. The COC also represents the selection of Canadian cities in their bid for...
.
He has lived in Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
his entire life. He and his wife Kerry have three grown children: Christin, Michael and Julie.
Peter Coy (Eglinton—LawrenceEglinton—LawrenceEglinton—Lawrence is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999....
)
Coy was born on the Isle of WightIsle of Wight
The Isle of Wight is a county and the largest island of England, located in the English Channel, on average about 2–4 miles off the south coast of the county of Hampshire, separated from the mainland by a strait called the Solent...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
in 1951. He was a flight sergeant in the British Air Training Force at age sixteen, and flew in RAF
Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...
jet trainers over Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
and England.http://www.cbc.ca/canadavotes/riding/127/#PeterCoy A Business Studies graduate from Crawley College, he entered the data processing profession and studied computer programming and system design. He moved to Canada in 1974. Since 1991, he has been president of Prodigm Inc., creating system designs and software for customer sales and service systems. Coy has served as president of the Toronto Operetta Theatre, chair of the outreach and social concern committee of Grace Church on-the-Hill, vice-president of the Eglinton-Lawrence Conservative EDA, and previously vice-president of the Eglinton-Lawrence Progressive Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....
riding association. He received 14,897 votes (30.25%), finishing second against Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
incumbent Joseph Volpe.
John Capobianco (Etobicoke—LakeshoreEtobicoke—LakeshoreEtobicoke—Lakeshore is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968....
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John Capobianco (born 1965) is a CanadianCanada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
corporate executive and activist. He has twice been a political candidate for the Conservative Party of Canada
Conservative Party of Canada
The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...
.
Capobianco's parents immigrated from Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
in 1960. He was born and raised in Etobicoke and has undertaken a career as a consultant, rising to the position of Senior Vice President Public Affairs with Edelman Canada, one of the largest integrated communications firms.
In his political life, Capobianco has been president of the Ontario PC Youth Association. During the government of Mike Harris
Mike Harris
Michael Deane "Mike" Harris was the 22nd Premier of Ontario from June 26, 1995 to April 15, 2002. He is most noted for the "Common Sense Revolution", his Progressive Conservative government's program of deficit reduction in combination with lower taxes and cuts to government...
he worked as an advisor to then-Minister of Education David Johnson
David Johnson (Canadian politician)
David John Johnson is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was the mayor of East York from 1982 to 1993, a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1993 to 1999, and a senior cabinet minister in the government of Mike Harris.Johnson has a Bachelor of Science...
.
Capobianco ran for Parliament as a Conservative in the 2004 election, losing to Jean Augustine
Jean Augustine
Jean Augustine, PC, CM is a former Canadian politician.From 1993 to 2005, Augustine was a Liberal member of the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Etobicoke—Lakeshore. She is a former member of Cabinet, and a former school principal...
in Etobicoke—Lakeshore
Etobicoke—Lakeshore
Etobicoke—Lakeshore is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968....
by almost 10,000 votes. He was again the Tory standard-bearer in Etobicoke—Lakeshore after defeating Morley Kells
Morley Kells
Morley Kells is a longtime politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario on two separate occasions, and was briefly a cabinet minister in the government of Frank Miller...
for his party's nomination and lost to Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
candidate Michael Ignatieff
Michael Ignatieff
Michael Grant Ignatieff is a Canadian author, academic and former politician. He was the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and Leader of the Official Opposition from 2008 until 2011...
in the 2006 federal election
Canadian federal election, 2006
The 2006 Canadian federal election was held on January 23, 2006, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 39th Parliament of Canada. The Conservative Party of Canada won the greatest number of seats: 40.3% of seats, or 124 out of 308, up from 99 seats in 2004, and 36.3% of votes:...
, losing by less than 5,000 votes. Both times Capobianco received the most votes of any Conservative candidate in Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
. He is married with one child.
Eliot Lewis Hill (Hamilton CentreHamilton CentreHamilton Centre is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.It was created in 2003 from parts of Hamilton East, Hamilton West and Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot ridings....
)
Hill is a police officer, with experience in HamiltonHamilton, Ontario
Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...
and Toronto. He has been also active with Habitat For Humanity, and received the Alan Ladkin Memorial trophy for community involvement in 1993. Hill worked in Toronto at the time of the election, but resided in Hamilton. He was thirty-one years old (Hamilton Spectator, 13 January 2006).
He defeated former candidate Leon Patrick O'Connor for the Conservative nomination in Hamilton Centre (Hamilton Spectator, 13 May 2005), and focused his campaign on "law and order" issues (Hamilton Spectator, 19 September 2005). He received 9,696 votes (20.29%), finishing third against New Democratic Party
New Democratic Party
The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...
incumbent David Christopherson
David Christopherson
David Christopherson is a Canadian politician. Since 2004, he has represented the riding of Hamilton Centre in the Canadian House of Commons. He previously served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 2003, and was a cabinet minister in the provincial government of Bob Rae...
.
Lou Grimshaw (Kingston and the IslandsKingston and the IslandsKingston and the Islands is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968....
)
Grimshaw was born in St. CatharinesSt. Catharines, Ontario
St. Catharines is the largest city in Canada's Niagara Region and the sixth largest urban area in Ontario, Canada, with 97.11 square kilometres of land...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
. He holds a Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
degree in Political and Economic Science and a Master of Arts
Master of Arts (postgraduate)
A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...
degree in War Studies, both from Royal Military College of Canada
Royal Military College of Canada
The Royal Military College of Canada, RMC, or RMCC , is the military academy of the Canadian Forces, and is a degree-granting university. RMC was established in 1876. RMC is the only federal institution in Canada with degree granting powers...
. He was a professional army officer for thirty-nine years before retiring in 1996], and received training as a paratrooper
Paratrooper
Paratroopers are soldiers trained in parachuting and generally operate as part of an airborne force.Paratroopers are used for tactical advantage as they can be inserted into the battlefield from the air, thereby allowing them to be positioned in areas not accessible by land...
(Kingston Whig-Standard, 5 January 2006). Grimshaw saw action with NATO forces in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
as a member of the British army
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
, and served with the United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
detachment in Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
.
He was a defense management consultant and the owner of Louis E. Grimshaw Military Antiques during the 2006 election. He has also written on military topics. In 2005, he received the Province of Ontario Volunteer Service Award.http://www.lougrimshaw.ca/about.asp
Grimshaw was a Progressive Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....
for many years, and became president of the party's federal Kingston and the Islands association in 2002]. He supported Scott Brison
Scott Brison
Scott A. Brison, PC, MP is a Canadian politician from Nova Scotia, Canada. Brison has been the Member of Parliament for the riding of Kings-Hants since the 1997 federal election. Brison was originally elected as a Progressive Conservative but crossed the floor to join the Liberal Party in 2003...
's bid for the party leadership in 2003 (KWS, 2 June 2003). He later endorsed the party's merger with the Canadian Alliance
Canadian Alliance
The Canadian Alliance , formally the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance , was a Canadian conservative political party that existed from 2000 to 2003. The party was the successor to the Reform Party of Canada and inherited its position as the Official Opposition in the House of Commons and held...
in 2003-04, and was the founding association president of the resulting Conservative Party of Canada (KWS, 22 March 2004). Grimshaw has also been a church warden and member of the Synod
Synod
A synod historically is a council of a church, usually convened to decide an issue of doctrine, administration or application. In modern usage, the word often refers to the governing body of a particular church, whether its members are meeting or not...
of the Anglican
Anglican Church of Canada
The Anglican Church of Canada is the Province of the Anglican Communion in Canada. The official French name is l'Église Anglicane du Canada. The ACC is the third largest church in Canada after the Roman Catholic Church and the United Church of Canada, consisting of 800,000 registered members...
Diocese of Ontario. http://www.ctv.ca/mini/election2006/candidates/35036_CON.html
He won the Conservative Party nomination in May 2005, defeating Connie Wilkins and Keith Bilow (KWS, 16 May 2005). He received 16,230 votes (26.07%), finishing second against Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
incumbent Peter Milliken
Peter Milliken
Peter Andrew Stewart Milliken, UE is a Canadian lawyer and politician. He was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 until his retirement in 2011 and served as Speaker of the House for 10 years beginning in 2001. Milliken represented the Ontario riding of Kingston and the Islands as a...
.
Steven Cage (Kitchener CentreKitchener CentreKitchener Centre is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.-Political geography:...
)
York University
York University is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, Ontario's second-largest graduate school, and Canada's leading interdisciplinary university....
, receiving both his Bachelor of Business Administration
Bachelor of Business Administration
The Bachelor of Business Administration is a bachelor's degree in Commerce and business administration. In most universities, the degree is conferred upon a student after four years of full-time study in one or more areas of business concentrations; see below...
and his Master of Business Administration
Master of Business Administration
The Master of Business Administration is a :master's degree in business administration, which attracts people from a wide range of academic disciplines. The MBA designation originated in the United States, emerging from the late 19th century as the country industrialized and companies sought out...
. He is a member of the business community with more than 20 years of financial management experience and is a Fellow of the Institute of Canadian Bankers.
Cage is a public representative on the Provincial Appeals Committee of the Human Resource Professionals Association of Ontario, a director of the Confederation Club of Waterloo Region and an active member of several local business organizations. He has been a business news reader on 570AM Kitchener
Kitchener, Ontario
The City of Kitchener is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada. It was the Town of Berlin from 1854 until 1912 and the City of Berlin from 1912 until 1916. The city had a population of 204,668 in the Canada 2006 Census...
radio and is an occasional guest lecturer at the Richard Ivey School of Business
Richard Ivey School of Business
The Richard Ivey School of Business is located on the University of Western Ontario campus in London, Ontario, Canada, and is consistently rated as the top business school in Canada. It is offered, along with a range of other programs, by the University of Western Ontario, but is managed separately...
.
Cage was active in development of the Conservative Party's
Conservative Party of Canada
The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...
policy declaration, passed in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
in March 2005.
Ajmer Mandur (Kitchener—Waterloo)
Ajmer Mandur is a member of the Conservative Party of CanadaConservative Party of Canada
The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...
and has been nominated to run in the 39th Canadian Federal Election in the riding of Kitchener—Waterloo.
Ajmer immigrated to Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
in 1983 with his family. He went to high school in Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario
Waterloo is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada. It is the smallest of the three cities in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, and is adjacent to the city of Kitchener....
and then graduated from Conestoga College with a diploma in Business Administration-Materials Management.
Mandur is a small businessman that has operated two businesses in his community since 1990.
He is an active member in the community and has lived in Kitchener-Waterloo since he and his family immigrated in 1983. Mandur sits on the Regional Safety and Crime Prevention Council and the Waterloo Neighbourhood Watch Board.
Albert Gretzky (London WestLondon WestLondon West is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968. Its population in 2006 was 118,335.-Geography:The district includes the northwest part of the City of London....
)
Albert Gretzky (born 1942) finished second, 1,329 votes behind incumbent LiberalLiberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
Sue Barnes
Sue Barnes
Susan "Sue" Barnes, PC, MP is a Canadian politician. Barnes is currently a member of the Liberal Party of Canada and was in the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of London West from 1993 to 2008....
.
The uncle of Wayne Gretzky
Wayne Gretzky
Wayne Douglas Gretzky, CC is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and former head coach. Nicknamed "The Great One", he is generally regarded as the best player in the history of the National Hockey League , and has been called "the greatest hockey player ever" by many sportswriters,...
, he has been a resident of Byron and London West for the last 25 years. Most recently an employee of Eatons and Sears
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Sears, officially named Sears, Roebuck and Co., is an American chain of department stores which was founded by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck in the late 19th century...
, he is active in the community, giving his time in support of such causes as the Thames Valley Children’s Centre, the Canadian National Institute for the Blind
Canadian National Institute for the Blind
CNIB is a volunteer agency and charitable organization dedicated to assisting Canadians who are blind or living with vision loss, and to provide information about vision health for all Canadians...
, the Canada Games, and the Palace Theatre.
Vincent Veerasuntharam (Scarborough SouthwestScarborough SouthwestScarborough Southwest is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons.On Toronto City Council, the southeast portion is represented by Gary Crawford. The northwest section is represented by Michelle Berardinetti.-Geography:It covers the...
)
Veerasuntharam moved to Canada from Sri LankaSri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
in 1983. He is president of Suvara Travels Canada Inc., and a director on the Sri Lanka Business Council. Veerasuntharam is a member of St. Bonaventure's Catholic
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
parish in Toronto.
He drew attention to Toronto's gun violence
Gun violence
Gun violence defined literally means the use of a firearm to threaten or inflict violence or harm. Gun violence may be broadly defined as a category of violence and crime committed with the use of a firearm; it may or may not include actions ruled as self-defense, actions for law enforcement, or...
in the 2006 campaign, and highlighted his family and religious convictions (Toronto Star, 24 January 2006). His campaign was criticized by the Lifesite, a socially conservative
Social conservatism
Social Conservatism is primarily a political, and usually morally influenced, ideology that focuses on the preservation of what are seen as traditional values. Social conservatism is a form of authoritarianism often associated with the position that the federal government should have a greater role...
news service which suggested that his campaign intimidated leafletters from their organization.http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/jan/06012310.html The leafletters were handing out documents in support of Tom Wappel
Tom Wappel
Thomas William "Tom" Wappel is a Canadian politician. He was a Liberal member of the House of Commons from 1988 to 2008, representing the Toronto riding of Scarborough West and its successor riding of Scarborough Southwest. He did not seek re-election in the 2008 general election.Wappel is a...
, Veerasuntharam's Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
opponent.http://www.pej.org/html/print.php?sid=4110
He received 10,017 votes (24.04%), finishing second against Wappel.
Kevin Serviss (SudburySudbury (electoral district)Sudbury is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1949.Its population in 2001 was 89,443. The district is one of two serving the city of Greater Sudbury, Ontario....
)
Kevin Serviss was born in Iroquois, OntarioOntario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, and raised in Guilletville near Sudbury. He moved to Hamilton
Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...
as a young adult, and joined its Metropolitan Police Force in 1976. He returned to Sudbury in 1978 and worked for that city's police force until 1999, when he became a pastor at the city's Pentecostal Glad Tidings Tabernacle. He has also hosted a radio program on CJTK-FM
CJTK-FM
CJTK-FM is a Canadian radio station, which airs Christian music and programming at 95.5 FM in Sudbury, Ontario. The station is owned by Eternacom, and was licensed by the CRTC in 1997...
, Sudbury's Christian station, and was a founder of the Elgin Street Mission and the Pregnancy Care Crisis Centre. He helped to organize a rally against same-sex marriage
Same-sex marriage in Canada
On July 20, 2005, Canada became the fourth country in the world and the first country in the Americas to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide with the enactment of the Civil Marriage Act which provided a gender-neutral marriage definition...
in 2005, and indicated that his belief in "traditional values" was a catalyst for his decision to run for office.
Serviss won the Conservative Party nomination in May 2005, at a meeting that was marked by some controversy. Former Conservative Party candidate Stephen L. Butcher alleged that most Serviss supporters were not members of the Conservative Party until shortly before the meeting, and that many were members of his church. He described Serviss as a special-interest candidate, who should not have been allowed to contest the nomination.
When the Canadian House of Commons
Canadian House of Commons
The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...
granted legal sanction to same-sex marriage in June 2005, Serviss said that it was a "sad and regrettable day in Canadian history". Later, however, he indicated that he would vote "against his conscience" in support of same-sex marriage if his constituents directed him to do so.
He received 10,332 votes (21.68%), finishing third against Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
incumbent Diane Marleau
Diane Marleau
Diane Marleau, PC, MP is a Canadian politician. She represented the riding of Sudbury in the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 2008, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Jean Chrétien...
.
Anthony Reale (ThornhillThornhill (electoral district)Thornhill is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.It covers the community of Thornhill, Ontario, which is made up of portions of Vaughan and Markham, and was created in 1996 from parts of...
)
Reale is a real estate agent by profession, and works for RE/MAXRE/MAX
RE/MAX International is an international real estate company. It was founded in 1973 by David and Gail Liniger in Denver, Colorado, and is still owned by its founders. RE/MAX is an acronym for Real Estate MAXimum....
. Reale originally lost the Conservative nomination on the first ballot to former Canadian Alliance EDA President Dan Samson, but was appointed after Mr. Samson resigned the nomination in the Fall of 2005 for personal reasons (Vaughan Weekly, January 11, 2006. pg 2).
Reale was city councillor in Vaughan
Vaughan, Ontario
Vaughan is a city in York Region north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Vaughan is the fastest growing municipality in Canada achieving a population growth rate of 80.2% between 1996–2006, according to Statistics Canada having nearly doubled in population since 1991. Vaughan is located in Southern...
from 1985 to 1988. He ran for mayor in 1988, and was defeated by the then incumbent mayor Lorna Jackson
Lorna Jackson
Lorna Jackson was mayor of the city of Vaughan, Ontario, Canada, for 20 years.-Political career:Jackson was first elected to Vaughan Council in 1974, serving six years as a local councillor and two years as regional councillor before being elected mayor in 1982...
.
Reale has served as the returning officer for the 1999
Ontario general election, 1999
An Ontario general election was held on June 3, 1999, to elect members of the 37th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada....
and 2003 provincial elections
Ontario general election, 2003
The Ontario general election of 2003 was held on October 2, 2003, to elect the 103 members of the 38th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada....
in the riding of Thornhill.
Reale ran against Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
incumbent Susan Kadis
Susan Kadis
Susan R. Kadis is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She was the Liberal Member of Parliament for Thornhill in the Canadian House of Commons from 2004 to 2008.-Background:...
, the New Democratic Party
New Democratic Party
The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...
candidate Simon Strelchik, the Green Party of Canada
Green Party of Canada
The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens advance a broad multi-issue political platform that reflects its core values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and...
candidate Lloyd Helferty, and the Progressive Canadian Party
Progressive Canadian Party
The Progressive Canadian Party is a minor federal political party in Canada. It is a centre/centre-right party that was officially registered with Elections Canada, the government's election agency, on March 29, 2004....
candidate Mark Abramowitz. Reale came second to Kadis, who won by 10,929 votes.
Lewis Reford (Toronto CentreToronto CentreToronto Centre is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1872 to 1925, and since 1935, under the names Centre Toronto , Toronto Centre , Rosedale and Toronto Centre—Rosedale .Toronto Centre covers the heart of...
)
Born in 1960 in OttawaOttawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
, Reford spent his early childhood in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
where his scientist father was posted. Moving back to Canada in time to start kindergarten, he spent the rest of his childhood at his family home on a farm in Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
’s Ottawa Valley
Ottawa Valley
The Ottawa Valley is the valley along the boundary between Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec along the Ottawa River. The valley is the transition between the Saint Lawrence Lowlands and the Canadian Shield...
, where he became fluently bilingual.
To further his CEGEP
Cégep
CEGEP is an acronym for , which is literally translated as "College of General and Vocational Education" but commonly called "General and Vocational College" in circles not influenced by Quebec English. It refers to the public post-secondary education collegiate institutions exclusive to the...
college education, Reford attended the Colorado School of Mines
Colorado School of Mines
The Colorado School of Mines is a small public teaching and research university devoted to engineering and applied science, with special expertise in the development and stewardship of the Earth's natural resources. Located in Golden, Colorado, CSM was ranked 29th, in America among national...
, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science
Bachelor of Science
A Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years .-Australia:In Australia, the BSc is a 3 year degree, offered from 1st year on...
honours degree in geophysical engineering
Geophysics
Geophysics is the physics of the Earth and its environment in space; also the study of the Earth using quantitative physical methods. The term geophysics sometimes refers only to the geological applications: Earth's shape; its gravitational and magnetic fields; its internal structure and...
. A summer job with Exxon
ExxonMobil
Exxon Mobil Corporation or ExxonMobil, is an American multinational oil and gas corporation. It is a direct descendant of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil company, and was formed on November 30, 1999, by the merger of Exxon and Mobil. Its headquarters are in Irving, Texas...
led to his first career, posting in frontier oil exploration
Oil exploration
Hydrocarbon exploration is the search by petroleum geologists and geophysicists for hydrocarbon deposits beneath the Earth's surface, such as oil and natural gas...
in Perth, Western Australia
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
, where he worked for close to two years. After that stint, he returned to the academic world to undertake post-graduate work in geology
Geology
Geology is the science comprising the study of solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which it evolves. Geology gives insight into the history of the Earth, as it provides the primary evidence for plate tectonics, the evolutionary history of life, and past climates...
at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
From Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
, Reford embarked on a new career path in global finance, first in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
with Citicorp Investment Bank, and then in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
with energy multinational
Multinational corporation
A multi national corporation or enterprise , is a corporation or an enterprise that manages production or delivers services in more than one country. It can also be referred to as an international corporation...
Total S.A.
Total S.A.
Total S.A. is a French multinational oil company and one of the six "Supermajor" oil companies in the world.Its businesses cover the entire oil and gas chain, from crude oil and natural gas exploration and production to power generation, transportation, refining, petroleum product marketing, and...
He met his Canadian wife, Susan, in Paris and their eldest son was born there. While based in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, his work took him to Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
, the Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
and Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
.
He returned to Canada and resided in Toronto Centre
Toronto Centre
Toronto Centre is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1872 to 1925, and since 1935, under the names Centre Toronto , Toronto Centre , Rosedale and Toronto Centre—Rosedale .Toronto Centre covers the heart of...
in 1993, where he worked in investment banking
Investment banking
An investment bank is a financial institution that assists individuals, corporations and governments in raising capital by underwriting and/or acting as the client's agent in the issuance of securities...
for Smith Barney
Smith Barney
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney is a retail brokerage joint venture between Morgan Stanley and Citigroup.On January 13, 2009, Morgan Stanley and Citigroup announced that Citigroup would sell 51% of Smith Barney to Morgan Stanley, creating Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, which was formerly a division of...
and J.P. Morgan
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an American multinational banking corporation of securities, investments and retail. It is the largest bank in the United States by assets and market capitalization.It is a major provider of financial services, with assets of $2 trillion and according to Forbes magazine is...
out of offices in Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
and New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
respectively.
Sam Goldstein (Trinity-Spadina)
Goldstein is a lawyerLawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
, a former playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
who was born in Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
and received his Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
from Carleton University
Carleton University
Carleton University is a comprehensive university located in the capital of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. The enabling legislation is The Carleton University Act, 1952, S.O. 1952. Founded as a small college in 1942, Carleton now offers over 65 programs in a diverse range of disciplines. Carleton has...
before earning a Master of Arts
Master of Arts (postgraduate)
A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...
in Political Theory from McMaster University
McMaster University
McMaster University is a public research university whose main campus is located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land in the residential neighbourhood of Westdale, adjacent to Hamilton's Royal Botanical Gardens...
. He then obtained his Bachelor of Laws
Bachelor of Laws
The Bachelor of Laws is an undergraduate, or bachelor, degree in law originating in England and offered in most common law countries as the primary law degree...
from the University of Calgary
University of Calgary
The University of Calgary is a public research university located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1966 the U of C is composed of 14 faculties and more than 85 research institutes and centres.More than 25,000 undergraduate and 5,500 graduate students are currently...
and was called to the Ontario Bar in 1997. He is currently practicing as a defence attorney and was previously an Assistant Crown Attorney. Goldstein has been a resident of Trinity-Spadina since 1996. He is on the Board of Directors of the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre and the Downtown Jewish Community School. He was awarded the Canadian Jewish Playwrighting Award in 1991.
He received 5,625 votes (9.00%), finishing third against New Democrat Olivia Chow
Olivia Chow
Olivia Chow is a Canadian New Democratic Party Member of Parliament and former city councillor in Toronto. She won the Trinity—Spadina riding for the New Democratic Party on January 23, 2006, becoming a member of the Canadian House of Commons. Most recently, she was re-elected in her riding for...
.
Richard Majkot (VaughanVaughan (electoral district)Vaughan is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.The riding covers the fast-growing region of Vaughan north of Toronto....
)
Richard Majkot ran against Liberal incumbent Maurizio BevilacquaMaurizio Bevilacqua
Maurizio Bevilacqua, PC, is a Canadian politician. He was a Liberal Member of Parliament from 1988 to 2010 and was of eleven candidates for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada but dropped out of the race on August 14, 2006...
in the 2006 federal election and was defeated.
Alphonso Teshuba (Windsor WestWindsor WestWindsor West is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968.The district consists of the part of the city of Windsor lying west and south of a line drawn from the U.S...
)
Teshuba (born March 23, 1968 in WindsorWindsor, Ontario
Windsor is the southernmost city in Canada and is located in Southwestern Ontario at the western end of the heavily populated Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. It is within Essex County, Ontario, although administratively separated from the county government. Separated by the Detroit River, Windsor...
) holds a Bachelor of Commerce
Bachelor of Commerce
A Bachelor of Commerce is an undergraduate degree in commerce and related subjects. The degree is also known as the Bachelor of Commerce and Administration, or BCA...
degree from the University of Windsor
University of Windsor
The University of Windsor is a public comprehensive and research university in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's southernmost university. It has a student population of approximately 15,000 full-time and part-time undergraduate students and over 1000 graduate students...
.http://www.cbc.ca/canadavotes/riding/209/ He is a Security Brokers Dealer, manages a communications and marketing business, and has been co-owner of the Nine Ball Heaven billiards and arcade club with his sister (Windsor Star, 13 June 1989). Teshuba sits on the Windsor Jewish Community Centre board of directors and strategic planning committee, and was Jordan Katz's campaign manager in the 2004 election
Canadian federal election, 2004
The Canadian federal election, 2004 , was held on June 28, 2004 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 38th Parliament of Canada. The Liberal government of Prime Minister Paul Martin lost its majority, but was able to form a minority government after the elections...
. He was thirty-seven years old in 2006 (Windsor Star, 10 January 2006).
He received 9,592 votes (20.11%), finishing third against New Democratic Party
New Democratic Party
The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...
's Brian Masse
Brian Masse
Brian S. Masse is a Canadian politician. He has served in the Canadian House of Commons since 2002, representing the riding of Windsor West as a member of the New Democratic Party....
.
Michael Mostyn (York CentreYork CentreYork Centre is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1917 and since 1953....
)
Mostyn is currently serving as the Director of Government Relations for B'nai Brith CanadaB'nai Brith Canada
B'nai Brith Canada is the Canadian section of B'nai Brith . It was founded in 1875 and is the country's oldest Jewish service organization.-Members:...
.
In 1996, Mostyn received his Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
(B.A.) in Philosophy from the University of Western Ontario
University of Western Ontario
The University of Western Ontario is a public research university located in London, Ontario, Canada. The university's main campus covers of land, with the Thames River cutting through the eastern portion of the main campus. Western administers its programs through 12 different faculties and...
. During his time as an undergraduate, Mostyn was a member of the Dean's Honour List, as well as a recipient of the Honour W Award. Graduated from the University of Western Ontario Law School in 1999, Mostyn was awarded the Douglas May Memorial Award, and delivered a paper at the 14th BILETA Conference: Cyberspace 1999: Crime, Criminal Justice, and the Internet at the College of Ripon and York St John
York St John University
York St John University York St John University York St John University (formerly known variously as York St John University College (2004), York St John College (2001), Ripon and York St John: a College of the University of Leeds (c. 1996), University College of Ripon and York St John...
, York, England while in his third year of law school.
Called to the Bar in the Province of Ontario in 2001, he practiced law at Mostyn & Mostyn, Barristers and Solicitors in the areas of civil litigation, entertainment law, criminal law, family law, and wills and estates.
He has run twice federally, in 2003 and 2006, and was defeated both times by Liberal Party of Canada
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
candidate Ken Dryden
Ken Dryden
Kenneth Wayne Dryden, PC, is a Canadian politician, lawyer, businessman, author, and former NHL goaltender. Dryden is married with two children and four grandchildren and is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame...
, but had increased previous Conservative vote totals in both elections, receiving 30% of the popular vote in 2006.
He was the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario , is a right-of-centre political party in Ontario, Canada. The party was known for many years as "Ontario's natural governing party." It has ruled the province for 80 of the years since Confederation, including an uninterrupted run from 1943 to 1985...
's nominee in the provincial York Centre riding for the 2011 provincial election
Ontario general election, 2011
The 40th Ontario general election was held on October 6, 2011 to elect members of the 40th Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The Ontario Liberal Party will form a minority government, with the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario serving as the Official Opposition and the Ontario New...
losing against Liberal incumbent Monte Kwinter
Monte Kwinter
Monte Kwinter is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1985, was a cabinet minister in the government of David Peterson from 1985 to 1990, and was re-appointed to a cabinet position when the Liberals returned to power under Dalton...
.
ChurchillChurchill (electoral district)Churchill is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1935. It covers northern Manitoba, a vast wilderness area dotted with small municipalities and First Nations reserves...
: Nazir Ahmad
Ahmad received a Bachelor of ScienceBachelor of Science
A Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years .-Australia:In Australia, the BSc is a 3 year degree, offered from 1st year on...
degree in Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
, and holds a Master of Science
Master of Science
A Master of Science is a postgraduate academic master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is typically studied for in the sciences including the social sciences.-Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay:...
degree from the University of Reading
University of Reading
The University of Reading is a university in the English town of Reading, Berkshire. The University was established in 1892 as University College, Reading and received its Royal Charter in 1926. It is based on several campuses in, and around, the town of Reading.The University has a long tradition...
in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. He did postgraduate work at the University of Manitoba
University of Manitoba
The University of Manitoba , in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, is the largest university in the province of Manitoba. It is Manitoba's most comprehensive and only research-intensive post-secondary educational institution. It was founded in 1877, making it Western Canada’s first university. It placed...
, received Chartered Accountant certification from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Manitoba, and is an accountant in private life. He was the mayor
Mayor
In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
of Flin Flon for several years, and campaigned for the Progressive Conservative Party
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....
in the 1988 federal election
Canadian federal election, 1988
The Canadian federal election of 1988 was held November 21, 1988, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 34th Parliament of Canada. It was an election largely fought on a single issue: the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement ....
.
Ahmad attended the national Progressive Conservative leadership convention of 1993 as an unpledged delegate, and was listed as 51 years old in a newspaper report (Winnipeg Free Press, 11 June 1993). He chaired Flin Flon's economic development commission in the late 1990s, and worked to diversify the local economy from its traditional reliance on smelting (WFP, 28 February 1998). In 1998, he was elected to the Red Cross council for northeast Manitoba (WFP, 27 May 1998).
He sought re-election as Mayor of Flin Flon in the 1998 municipal elections, but was defeated (WFP, 29 October 1998). , he is a city councillor in Flin Flon and is chair of Flin Flon Housing Co. Ltd. (Seniors’ Housing).http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:tiqoi9tuzOEJ:www.conservative.ca/?section_id=1051&linkTo=true&districtId=1663+%22Nazir+Ahmad%22&hl=en&gl=ca&ct=clnk&cd=1 He finished fourth in the 2006 election.
In 2005, Ahmad announced his support for the federal government's program to cultivate cannabis
Cannabis
Cannabis is a genus of flowering plants that includes three putative species, Cannabis sativa, Cannabis indica, and Cannabis ruderalis. These three taxa are indigenous to Central Asia, and South Asia. Cannabis has long been used for fibre , for seed and seed oils, for medicinal purposes, and as a...
in an abandoned mine near Flin Flon (the harvested plants are used for medicinal purposes).http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:-POtb3mvGo0J:www.humanhemphealth.ca/The_Reminder_112305.html+%22Nazir+Ahmad%22+%22Flin+Flon%22&hl=en&gl=ca&ct=clnk&cd=35 Conservative Health Critic Steven Fletcher
Steven Fletcher
Steven John Fletcher, PC, MP is a Canadian politician. He has served in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004, representing the riding of Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia as a member of the Conservative Party. He is the first quadriplegic to serve in the House of Commons, as well as in Cabinet...
had previously called for the program to be shut down.
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 Federal Canadian federal election, 1988 The Canadian federal election of 1988 was held November 21, 1988, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 34th Parliament of Canada. It was an election largely fought on a single issue: the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement .... |
Churchill Churchill (electoral district) Churchill is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1935. It covers northern Manitoba, a vast wilderness area dotted with small municipalities and First Nations reserves... |
PC | 5,164 | 20.5 | 3/3 | Rod Murphy, New Democratic Party New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in... |
| 1998 Municipal | Mayor of Flin Flon | No Affiliation | 470 | 29.58 | 2/3 | Dennis Ballard |
| 2006 Federal Canadian federal election, 2006 The 2006 Canadian federal election was held on January 23, 2006, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 39th Parliament of Canada. The Conservative Party of Canada won the greatest number of seats: 40.3% of seats, or 124 out of 308, up from 99 seats in 2004, and 36.3% of votes:... |
Churchill Churchill (electoral district) Churchill is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1935. It covers northern Manitoba, a vast wilderness area dotted with small municipalities and First Nations reserves... |
Conservative | 2,886 | 11.56 | 4/6 | Tina Keeper Tina Keeper Tina Keeper, OM , is a Cree activist, producer, former actress and former member of the Canadian House of Commons.Keeper is best known for her role as RCMP officer Michelle Kenidi in the CBC Television series North of 60, about the fictional aboriginal community of Lynx River. She also hosted a... , Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative... |
Elmwood—TransconaElmwood—TransconaElmwood—Transcona is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988. Its population in 2006 was 78,700....
: Linda WestLinda WestLinda West is a Canadian administrator, activist and politician. She is perhaps best known as an advocate for increased private health provision within Canada's public health system...
West received 10,720 votes (32.13%), finishing second against New Democratic PartyNew Democratic Party
The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...
incumbent Bill Blaikie
Bill Blaikie
William Alexander "Bill" Blaikie, PC is a Canadian politician. He has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba since April 2009, representing the Winnipeg division of Elmwood as a member of the New Democratic Party of Manitoba, and Minister of Conservation and Government House Leader...
.
Winnipeg CentreWinnipeg CentreWinnipeg Centre is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1925 and since 1997...
: Helen Sterzer
Sterzer was born on July 30, 1934. She was a secretary and clerical worker from 1951 to 1957, and was a computer systems designer for Air CanadaAir Canada
Air Canada is the flag carrier and largest airline of Canada. The airline, founded in 1936, provides scheduled and charter air transport for passengers and cargo to 178 destinations worldwide. It is the world's tenth largest passenger airline by number of destinations, and the airline is a...
from 1957 to 1991. She ran for the House of Commons as a Reform Party
Reform Party of Canada
The Reform Party of Canada was a Canadian federal political party that existed from 1987 to 2000. It was originally founded as a Western Canada-based protest party, but attempted to expand eastward in the 1990s. It viewed itself as a populist party....
candidate in 1993
Canadian federal election, 1993
The Canadian federal election of 1993 was held on October 25 of that year to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 35th Parliament of Canada. Fourteen parties competed for the 295 seats in the House at that time...
and 1997
Canadian federal election, 1997
The Canadian federal election of 1997 was held on June 2, 1997, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 36th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's Liberal Party of Canada won a second majority government...
, losing to veteran New Democratic Party
New Democratic Party
The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...
incumbent Bill Blaikie
Bill Blaikie
William Alexander "Bill" Blaikie, PC is a Canadian politician. He has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba since April 2009, representing the Winnipeg division of Elmwood as a member of the New Democratic Party of Manitoba, and Minister of Conservation and Government House Leader...
on both occasion. In 2006, she lost to Pat Martin
Pat Martin
Patrick "Pat" Martin is a Canadian politician. He has been a member of the Canadian House of Commons since 1997, representing the riding of Winnipeg Centre for the New Democratic Party.-Career:...
.
Sterzer has written several Letters to the Editor
Letter to the editor
A letter to the editor is a letter sent to a publication about issues of concern from its readers. Usually, letters are intended for publication...
since 2005, generally on political topics. In 2006, she wrote a letter arguing that NDP leader Jack Layton
Jack Layton
John Gilbert "Jack" Layton, PC was a Canadian social democratic politician and the Leader of the Official Opposition. He was the leader of the New Democratic Party from 2003 to 2011, and previously sat on Toronto City Council, serving at times during that period as acting mayor and deputy mayor of...
was encouraging the Taliban and endangering the lives of Canadian soldiers by calling for Canada to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
. As of 2006, Sterzer was president of the Winnipeg Centre Conservative organization.
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 federal Canadian federal election, 1993 The Canadian federal election of 1993 was held on October 25 of that year to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 35th Parliament of Canada. Fourteen parties competed for the 295 seats in the House at that time... |
Winnipeg—Transcona | Reform Reform Party of Canada The Reform Party of Canada was a Canadian federal political party that existed from 1987 to 2000. It was originally founded as a Western Canada-based protest party, but attempted to expand eastward in the 1990s. It viewed itself as a populist party.... |
5,829 | 14.09 | 3/9 | Bill Blaikie Bill Blaikie William Alexander "Bill" Blaikie, PC is a Canadian politician. He has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba since April 2009, representing the Winnipeg division of Elmwood as a member of the New Democratic Party of Manitoba, and Minister of Conservation and Government House Leader... , New Democratic Party of Manitoba New Democratic Party of Manitoba The New Democratic Party of Manitoba is a social-democratic political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is the provincial wing of the federal New Democratic Party, and is a successor to the Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation... |
| 1997 federal Canadian federal election, 1997 The Canadian federal election of 1997 was held on June 2, 1997, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 36th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's Liberal Party of Canada won a second majority government... |
Winnipeg—Transcona | Reform Reform Party of Canada The Reform Party of Canada was a Canadian federal political party that existed from 1987 to 2000. It was originally founded as a Western Canada-based protest party, but attempted to expand eastward in the 1990s. It viewed itself as a populist party.... |
5,703 | 17.23 | 3/7 | Bill Blaikie Bill Blaikie William Alexander "Bill" Blaikie, PC is a Canadian politician. He has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba since April 2009, representing the Winnipeg division of Elmwood as a member of the New Democratic Party of Manitoba, and Minister of Conservation and Government House Leader... , New Democratic Party of Manitoba New Democratic Party of Manitoba The New Democratic Party of Manitoba is a social-democratic political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is the provincial wing of the federal New Democratic Party, and is a successor to the Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation... |
| 2006 federal Canadian federal election, 2006 The 2006 Canadian federal election was held on January 23, 2006, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 39th Parliament of Canada. The Conservative Party of Canada won the greatest number of seats: 40.3% of seats, or 124 out of 308, up from 99 seats in 2004, and 36.3% of votes:... |
Winnipeg Centre Winnipeg Centre Winnipeg Centre is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1925 and since 1997... |
Conservative Conservative Party of Canada The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum... |
5,554 | 3/5 | Pat Martin Pat Martin Patrick "Pat" Martin is a Canadian politician. He has been a member of the Canadian House of Commons since 1997, representing the riding of Winnipeg Centre for the New Democratic Party.-Career:... , New Democratic Party New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in... |
Winnipeg NorthWinnipeg NorthFor information on the historical provincial constituency, see Winnipeg North .Winnipeg North is a federal electoral district that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1917...
: Garreth McDonald
McDonald joined the Manitoba Progressive Conservatives at age twelve, and served for a time as secretary of the Manitoba PC Youth Association.http://www.cbc.ca/canadavotes/riding/225/#GarrethMcDonald He first campaigned for political office in the 2003 provincial electionManitoba general election, 2003
The Manitoba general election held on June 3, 2003 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It was won by the New Democratic Party, which won 35 seats out of 57. The Progressive Conservative Party finished second with twenty seats...
as a candidate of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba
Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba
The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba is the only right wing political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is also the official opposition party in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.-Origins and early years:...
, when he was eighteen years old and still a high-school student.http://www.cbc.ca/manitobavotes2003/analysis/youth3.html
He was killed in a traffic accident in October 2007, when his car sideswiped a taxi and careened into oncoming traffic, striking an SUV. A married couple was killed and Garreth later died at the hospital. He was 22 years old. http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071014/manitoba_crash_071014/20071014?hub=Canada&s_name=
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Kildonan | PC | 1,100 | 2/4 | Dave Chomiak, New Democratic Party New Democratic Party of Manitoba The New Democratic Party of Manitoba is a social-democratic political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is the provincial wing of the federal New Democratic Party, and is a successor to the Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation... |
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| 2006 federal Canadian federal election, 2006 The 2006 Canadian federal election was held on January 23, 2006, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 39th Parliament of Canada. The Conservative Party of Canada won the greatest number of seats: 40.3% of seats, or 124 out of 308, up from 99 seats in 2004, and 36.3% of votes:... |
Winnipeg North Winnipeg North For information on the historical provincial constituency, see Winnipeg North .Winnipeg North is a federal electoral district that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1917... |
Conservative | 4,810 | 17.65 | 3/6 | Judy Wasylycia-Leis Judy Wasylycia-Leis Klazina Judith "Judy" Wasylycia-Leis is a Canadian politician. She was a Manitoba cabinet minister in the government of Howard Pawley from 1986 to 1988, and was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from September 22, 1997 to April 30, 2010... , New Democratic Party New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in... |
Brad Farquhar (Wascana)
Farquhar was born in TorontoToronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
and raised in the Newmarket
Newmarket, Ontario
Newmarket is a town in Southern Ontario located approximately 50 km north of downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Greater Toronto Area and is connected to Toronto by freeway, and is served by three interchanges along Highway 404. It is also connected to Highway 400 via Highway 9...
area in Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree at Providence College
Providence College
Providence College is a private, coeducational, Catholic university located about two miles west of downtown Providence, Rhode Island, United States, the state's capital city. With a 2010–2011 enrollment of 3,850 undergraduate students and 735 graduate students, the College specializes in academic...
, studied political science at Carleton University
Carleton University
Carleton University is a comprehensive university located in the capital of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. The enabling legislation is The Carleton University Act, 1952, S.O. 1952. Founded as a small college in 1942, Carleton now offers over 65 programs in a diverse range of disciplines. Carleton has...
, and completed a Master of Public Administration degree from Griffith University
Griffith University
Griffith University is a public, coeducational, research university located in the southeastern region of the Australian state of Queensland. The university has five satellite campuses located in the Gold Coast, Logan City and in the Brisbane suburbs of Mount Gravatt, Nathan and South Bank. Current...
in Australia, specializing in electoral systems and administration. He worked as a Special Assistant to Elwin Hermanson
Elwin Hermanson
Elwin Norris Hermanson is a Canadian politician, best known for being the first full-time leader of the Saskatchewan Party....
, the House Leader of the Reform Party in Ottawa, and then as Executive Assistant to Hermanson, when the latter became the leader of the Saskatchewan Party
Saskatchewan Party
The Saskatchewan Party is a conservative liberal political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The party was established in 1997 by a coalition of former provincial Progressive Conservative and Liberal party members and supporters who sought to remove the Saskatchewan New Democratic...
and Leader of the Opposition in Saskatchewan. When Hermanson stepped down from the leadership in 2004, Farquhar became Executive Director of the Saskatchewan Party. He then worked as a consultant to political parties in Tajikistan
Tajikistan
Tajikistan , officially the Republic of Tajikistan , is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east....
. After returning, Farquhar won the Conservative Party nomination in Wascana. He is president of Farquhar & Associates Consulting, a business and public affairs consultancy based in Regina. He and his wife have three children. He received almost 12,000 votes, but placed second to Liberal Finance Minister Ralph Goodale
Ralph Goodale
Ralph Edward Goodale, PC, MP was Canada's Minister of Finance from 2003 to 2006 and continues to be a Liberal Member of Parliament...
.
Robin Baird (VictoriaVictoria (electoral district)Victoria is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1872 to 1904 and since 1925....
)
Robin Baird (b. 1964, WinnipegWinnipeg
Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...
, Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
) is a Crown prosecutor
Crown Prosecutor
Crown Prosecutors are the public prosecutors in the legal system of Australia.Crown Prosecutors represent the Crown in right of the Commonwealth and in right of each State or Territory in criminal proceedings. Crown Prosecutors are appointed not elected and not public servants; they are private...
and private lawyer in Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian...
. He is authorized to practice law in French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
. He has graduated from the University of British Columbia
University of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...
with a B.A. in 1986, Queen’s University with an LL.B in 1989 and London School of Economics
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
with an LL.M in 1999.
He has served on the Glenlyon Norfolk School
Glenlyon Norfolk School
Glenlyon Norfolk School is an independent, co-ed, university preparatory school in Victoria, British Columbia. It was formed in 1986 with the amalgamation of Glenlyon School and Norfolk House. The school offers instruction from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 12, and teaches according to the...
Alumni Board (B.C.), the Mayor of Victoria
Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian...
’s Advisory Committee on Construction of A Multiplex Facility and the St. Michaels University School
St. Michaels University School
St. Michaels University School is a private day and boarding school in the municipality of Saanich, which is a suburb of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The school is currently under the direction of headmaster Robert Snowden...
Alumni Association.
Phil Eidsvik (Newton—North DeltaNewton—North DeltaNewton—North Delta is a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004...
)
Eidsvik is a commercial fisher. He has served as an executive director of the B.C. Fisheries Survival Coalition. He is a fishing activist.David Matta (Surrey NorthSurrey NorthSurrey North is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988. It covers the northern part of Surrey....
)
Matta is an instructor at Stenberg College. He was born in Egypt but earned a master's degree in psychology at Trinity Western University. He has lived in Surrey since 1995.Darrel Reid (Richmond)
Reid is a 48 year old vice-president of Current Corporation making night-vision systems for the maritime and security industry. He served as president of Focus on the Family CanadaFocus on the Family Canada
Focus on the Family Canada is a Canadian affiliate of the American evangelical Christian organization Focus on the Family. It was founded in 1983, and is based in Langley, British Columbia...
between 1998-2004. He has also worked as a political staffer for the Reform Party of Canada.