Green Party candidates, 1999 Ontario provincial election
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The Green Party of Ontario
ran 58 candidates in the 1999 provincial election
, none of whom were elected. Some of these candidates have their own biography pages; information about others may be found here.
(Hamilton Spectator, 1 June 1999). She received 495 votes (1.20%), finishing fourth against New Democratic Party candidate David Christopherson
.
Peterborough
Larry Tyldsley is an activist, director, and producer. He became active with the social justice movement in Central America
in the 1980s, and later started a shelter for street alcoholics, worked as a community education coordinator in Ottawa
, and served as executive director of the New Canadians Centre in Peterborough
. He later produced a documentary film entitled, Searching for Buddha. He has been a Green Party candidate in two provincial elections.
When attending the Green Party's 1997 convention, Tyldsley mentioned that he no longer owned a car due to the pollution and social costs associated with automobile use. In 2001, he accused the government of British Columbia
Premier
Gordon Campbell of promoting environmentally harmful practices through its taxation policies. He has also written in support of the Canadian Firearms Registry.
St. Catharines
Woodard was born in Alberta
in 1942, and was raised in Quebec
. He is now retired, and is a resident of St. Catharines
. Woodard is a contributor to the Babble.ca forum, where he has written a number of articles advocating the single transferable vote
.
He has been a member of the Green Party for most of the time since 1984. He received 215 votes (0.46%) in 1999, finishing fifth against Liberal
candidate Jim Bradley.
Trinity—Spadina
Khalsa was a frequent candidate for the provincial and federal Green Parties in the 1990s. He is a co-founder of Toronto's Local Employment and Trading System (LETS), which distributes GreenDollars as local barter (Toronto Star, 28 March 1992), and was listed as a LETS administrator in 1993 (Toronto Star, 20 June 1993). During the 1993 federal election
, he promised to donate half his parliamentary salary to community groups if elected (Toronto Star, 22 October 1993).
Khalsa described himself as a househusband during the 1997 federal election
(Toronto Star, 30 May 1997) and has called for greater democracy within the family unit, encouraging greater respect between parents and children (Toronto Star, 6 June 1996). In a 1990 forum on Toronto police services, he advocated that Toronto officers be renamed as "peace officers", and only be permitted to draw their guns to defend themselves (Toronto Star, 5 November 1990).
Windsor West
Dugdale is a writer and academic, and lived in Windsor
at the time of the 1990 election. He has a Master of Arts
degree in Communication Studies from the University of Windsor
, and a Ph.D.
from Wayne State University
in Michigan
, USA. His dissertation was entitled, "”Telling It Like It Was?!” Discursive Strategies In Star/Celebrity (Auto)Biographies - Jackie Byars, director".
He campaigned for the Green Party of Canada
in the 1997 federal election
, and received 357 votes for a fifth-place finish in Windsor—St. Clair
. The winner was Shaughnessy Cohen
of the Liberal Party
. In the same year, he unsuccessfully campaigned for mayor
of Windsor.
He received 420 votes (1.13%) in the 1999 election, finishing fourth against Liberal
incumbent Sandra Pupatello
. He newspaper report from this period lists him as a communications instructor at the University of Windsor
. Dugdale claimed he would run as a "Blue Green", fiscally conservative and socially liberal (Windsor Star, 27 January 1999).
Dugdale was Press Manager and Head Graphic Designer of the University of Detroit Mercy
Press from 2001 to 2004, when he founded Atomic Quill Media. He now teaches English at Detroit Mercy, and has published two books: "Requiem for Oblivion" and "I Couldn't Care Less".
He also operates his own website, available.
Green Party of Ontario
The Green Party of Ontario is a political party in Ontario, Canada. The party is led by Mike Schreiner. It has never held any seats in the Ontario Legislative Assembly; however, the party did see significant gains in the 2007 provincial election, earning 8% of the popular vote with some candidates...
ran 58 candidates in the 1999 provincial election
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....
, none of whom were elected. Some of these candidates have their own biography pages; information about others may be found here.
Hamilton West: Phyllis McColl
McColl was 56 years old at the time of the election, and had recently retired from a teaching position at Mohawk CollegeMohawk College
Mohawk College is a public College of Applied Arts and Technology located in the Golden Horseshoe of Ontario, Canada. Mohawk has three main campuses: the Fennell Campus located in Hamilton, the Brantford Campus located in Brantford and the STARRT Institute located in Stoney Creek, as well as the...
(Hamilton Spectator, 1 June 1999). She received 495 votes (1.20%), finishing fourth against New Democratic Party candidate 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...
.
PeterboroughPeterborough (provincial electoral district)Peterborough is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999....
: Larry Tyldsley
Larry Tyldsley is an activist, director, and producer. He became active with the social justice movement in Central AmericaCentral America
Central America is the central geographic region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast. When considered part of the unified continental model, it is considered a subcontinent...
in the 1980s, and later started a shelter for street alcoholics, worked as a community education coordinator 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 served as executive director of the New Canadians Centre in Peterborough
Peterborough, Ontario
Peterborough is a city on the Otonabee River in southern Ontario, Canada, 125 kilometres northeast of Toronto. The population of the City of Peterborough was 74,898 as of the 2006 census, while the census metropolitan area has a population of 121,428 as of a 2009 estimate. It presently ranks...
. He later produced a documentary film entitled, Searching for Buddha. He has been a Green Party candidate in two provincial elections.
When attending the Green Party's 1997 convention, Tyldsley mentioned that he no longer owned a car due to the pollution and social costs associated with automobile use. In 2001, he accused the government of British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
Premier
Premier of British Columbia
The Premier of British Columbia is the first minister, head of government, and de facto chief executive for the Canadian province of British Columbia. Until the early 1970s the title Prime Minister of British Columbia was often used...
Gordon Campbell of promoting environmentally harmful practices through its taxation policies. He has also written in support of the Canadian Firearms Registry.
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| 1999 provincial 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.... |
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: Doug Woodard
Woodard was born in AlbertaAlberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
in 1942, and was raised 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....
. He is now retired, and is a resident of St. Catharines
St. 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...
. Woodard is a contributor to the Babble.ca forum, where he has written a number of articles advocating the single transferable vote
Single transferable vote
The single transferable vote is a voting system designed to achieve proportional representation through preferential voting. Under STV, an elector's vote is initially allocated to his or her most preferred candidate, and then, after candidates have been either elected or eliminated, any surplus or...
.
He has been a member of the Green Party for most of the time since 1984. He received 215 votes (0.46%) in 1999, finishing fifth against Liberal
Ontario Liberal Party
The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and...
candidate Jim Bradley.
Trinity—SpadinaTrinity—SpadinaTrinity—Spadina is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988.It generally encompasses the western portion of Downtown Toronto. In the 2001 Canadian census, the riding had 106,094 people, of whom 74,409 were eligible to...
: Sat K. Singh Khalsa
Khalsa was a frequent candidate for the provincial and federal Green Parties in the 1990s. He is a co-founder of Toronto's Local Employment and Trading System (LETS), which distributes GreenDollars as local barter (Toronto Star, 28 March 1992), and was listed as a LETS administrator in 1993 (Toronto Star, 20 June 1993). During the 1993 federal electionCanadian 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...
, he promised to donate half his parliamentary salary to community groups if elected (Toronto Star, 22 October 1993).
Khalsa described himself as a househusband during the 1997 federal election
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...
(Toronto Star, 30 May 1997) and has called for greater democracy within the family unit, encouraging greater respect between parents and children (Toronto Star, 6 June 1996). In a 1990 forum on Toronto police services, he advocated that Toronto officers be renamed as "peace officers", and only be permitted to draw their guns to defend themselves (Toronto Star, 5 November 1990).
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
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| 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... |
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Green 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... |
254 | 7/10 | Tony Ianno Tony Ianno Tony Ianno, PC is a businessman and a former Canadian politician. He served as a Liberal Party of Canada MP representing Trinity-Spadina and Minister of Families and Caregivers .-Personal life:... , 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... |
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| 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... |
Trinity—Spadina Trinity—Spadina Trinity—Spadina is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988.It generally encompasses the western portion of Downtown Toronto. In the 2001 Canadian census, the riding had 106,094 people, of whom 74,409 were eligible to... |
Green 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... |
392 | 5/10 | Tony Ianno Tony Ianno Tony Ianno, PC is a businessman and a former Canadian politician. He served as a Liberal Party of Canada MP representing Trinity-Spadina and Minister of Families and Caregivers .-Personal life:... , 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... |
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| 1999 provincial 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.... |
Trinity—Spadina Trinity—Spadina Trinity—Spadina is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988.It generally encompasses the western portion of Downtown Toronto. In the 2001 Canadian census, the riding had 106,094 people, of whom 74,409 were eligible to... |
Green Green Party of Ontario The Green Party of Ontario is a political party in Ontario, Canada. The party is led by Mike Schreiner. It has never held any seats in the Ontario Legislative Assembly; however, the party did see significant gains in the 2007 provincial election, earning 8% of the popular vote with some candidates... |
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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...
: Timothy Dugdale
Dugdale is a writer and academic, and lived 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...
at the time of the 1990 election. He has 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 Communication Studies 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...
, and a Ph.D.
Ph.D.
A Ph.D. is a Doctor of Philosophy, an academic degree.Ph.D. may also refer to:* Ph.D. , a 1980s British group*Piled Higher and Deeper, a web comic strip*PhD: Phantasy Degree, a Korean comic series* PhD Docbook renderer, an XML renderer...
from Wayne State University
Wayne State University
Wayne State University is a public research university located in Detroit, Michigan, United States, in the city's Midtown Cultural Center Historic District. Founded in 1868, WSU consists of 13 schools and colleges offering more than 400 major subject areas to over 32,000 graduate and...
in Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
, USA. His dissertation was entitled, "”Telling It Like It Was?!” Discursive Strategies In Star/Celebrity (Auto)Biographies - Jackie Byars, director".
He campaigned for 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...
in the 1997 federal election
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...
, and received 357 votes for a fifth-place finish in Windsor—St. Clair
Windsor—St. Clair
Windsor—St. Clair was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 2003. It was located in the province of Ontario, and included a part of the city of Windsor. This riding was created in 1987 as "Windsor—Lake St. Clair" from parts of Essex—Windsor and...
. The winner was Shaughnessy Cohen
Shaughnessy Cohen
Elizabeth Shaughnessy Cohen was a Canadian politician who represented the riding of Windsor—St. Clair for the Liberal Party of Canada from 1993 until her death in 1998....
of the 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...
. In the same year, he unsuccessfully campaigned for 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 Windsor.
He received 420 votes (1.13%) in the 1999 election, finishing fourth against Liberal
Ontario Liberal Party
The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and...
incumbent Sandra Pupatello
Sandra Pupatello
Sandra Pupatello was a politician in Ontario, Canada. She served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2011 as a member of the Ontario Liberal Party, serving as a Minister in the government of Dalton McGuinty....
. He newspaper report from this period lists him as a communications instructor at 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...
. Dugdale claimed he would run as a "Blue Green", fiscally conservative and socially liberal (Windsor Star, 27 January 1999).
Dugdale was Press Manager and Head Graphic Designer of the University of Detroit Mercy
University of Detroit Mercy
University of Detroit Mercy is a private, Roman Catholic co-educational university in Detroit, Michigan, United States, affiliated with the Society of Jesus and the Sisters of Mercy. Antoine M. Garibaldi is the president. With origins dating from 1877, it is the largest Roman Catholic university...
Press from 2001 to 2004, when he founded Atomic Quill Media. He now teaches English at Detroit Mercy, and has published two books: "Requiem for Oblivion" and "I Couldn't Care Less".
He also operates his own website, available.