Marxist-Leninist candidates, 2004 Canadian federal election
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The Communist Party of Canada - Marxist-Leninist ran several candidates in the 2004 federal election
, none of whom were elected. Information about these candidates may be found on this page.
incumbent Mario Laframboise
.
There is a different Michael O'Grady involved in municipal politics in Longueil, Quebec.
Robert A. Cruise (Essex
Cruise was born in Vancouver
, British Columbia
, and has a Bachelor of Arts
degree in Political Science
from the University of British Columbia
. He is a retired auto-parts company worker with (Kendan Manufacturing), a longtime member of the CPC-ML, and a perennial candidate
for the party. He has written articles for the Marxist-Leninist Daily newspaper, including one work strongly criticizing the American media's response to the 9-11
terror attacks.http://www.cpcml.ca/Tmld2001/TMLD159.htm Cruise was fifty years old at the time of the 1993 federal election (Windsor Star, 23 September 1993).
During his career as a mechanical worker, Cruise was a member of the Canadian Auto Workers
Local 195 in Windsor
(Windsor Star, 22 October 1993). In 1992, he was a leader of the "Windsor and Essex County Committee to Vote No on Oct. 26", an advocacy group opposing the Charlottetown Accord
(Windsor Star, 10 October 1992).
He highlighted gender issues during the 1993 campaign, and complained that the factory which employed him had never hired a woman in its fifty-year existence (Windsor Star, 4 October 1993).
His electoral record is as follows:
Stephen Rutchinski (Nickel Belt
Rutchinski received 51 votes, finishing seventh against Liberal
candidate Raymond Bonin
.
Saroj Bains (Ottawa South
Bains is the daughter of CPC-ML founder Hardial Bains
and current party leader Sandra Smith. She was twenty-four years old at the time of the 2003 provincial election, and was affiliated with the Youth Organizing Project.
She lists her occupation as a multimedia producer working in film and communications, and became politically active at age fifteen, via her media activities. Bains has worked on the Youth Today and Aboriginal Youth Today publications, and has been a member of the Standing Conference of South Asians and the National Council of Youth Commission on the Future of Quebec. Her financial officer in 2003 was Margaret Villamizar.
Electoral record:
David Gershuny (Mississauga—Brampton South
Gershuny received 185 votes, finishing fifth against Liberal
candidate Navdeep Bains
.
Enver Villamizar (Windsor West
In the 2004 Canadian federal election he ran in Windsor West
winning 134 votes, fifth out of five candidates (winner: Brian Masse
, New Democratic Party
)
André C. Vachon (Calgary West
Vachon is a construction worker and printer, and a perennial candidate
for the Marxist-Leninist Party. He moved from Quebec
to Calgary in 1970, and works primarily in pipeline construction. He was 57 years old at the time of the 2004 election (Calgary Herald, 27 June 2004).
During the 2004 election, he was quoted as saying "The program of our party put as simply as possible is to stop paying the rich and increase funding for social programs [...] Of course health and education are the two great pillars of society, and we don't think that investments in education is a drain on society."http://thegauntlet.ca/story/3999 He also described same-sex marriage
as a "red herring", which "distracts voters from issues that matter to Canadians".http://www.cbc.ca/calgary/story/ca_election20040617.html
His electoral record is as follows:
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...
, none of whom were elected. Information about these candidates may be found on this page.
Argenteuil—Mirabel: Michael O'Grady
Michael O'Grady was a student at the time of the election. He received 69 votes (0.14%), finishing seventh against Bloc QuébécoisBloc 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 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...
.
There is a different Michael O'Grady involved in municipal politics in Longueil, Quebec.
Robert A. Cruise (EssexEssex (electoral district)Essex is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1882 and since 1968.-Geography:...
)
Cruise was born in VancouverVancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
, 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...
, and has 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 Science
Political science
Political Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...
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...
. He is a retired auto-parts company worker with (Kendan Manufacturing), a longtime member of the CPC-ML, and a perennial candidate
Perennial candidate
A perennial candidate is one who frequently runs for public office with a record of success that is infrequent, if existent at all. Perennial candidates are often either members of minority political parties or have political opinions that are not mainstream. They may run without any serious hope...
for the party. He has written articles for the Marxist-Leninist Daily newspaper, including one work strongly criticizing the American media's response to the 9-11
September 11, 2001 attacks
The September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks (also referred to as September 11, September 11th or 9/119/11 is pronounced "nine eleven". The slash is not part of the pronunciation...
terror attacks.http://www.cpcml.ca/Tmld2001/TMLD159.htm Cruise was fifty years old at the time of the 1993 federal election (Windsor Star, 23 September 1993).
During his career as a mechanical worker, Cruise was a member of the Canadian Auto Workers
Canadian Auto Workers
The Canadian Auto Workers is one of Canada's largest and highest profile social unions. While rooted in Ontario's large auto plants of Windsor, Brampton, Oakville, St...
Local 195 in Windsor
Windsor, 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...
(Windsor Star, 22 October 1993). In 1992, he was a leader of the "Windsor and Essex County Committee to Vote No on Oct. 26", an advocacy group opposing the Charlottetown Accord
Charlottetown Accord
The Charlottetown Accord was a package of proposed amendments to the Constitution of Canada, proposed by the Canadian federal and provincial governments in 1992. It was submitted to a public referendum on October 26 of that year, and was defeated.-Background:...
(Windsor Star, 10 October 1992).
He highlighted gender issues during the 1993 campaign, and complained that the factory which employed him had never hired a woman in its fifty-year existence (Windsor Star, 4 October 1993).
His electoral record is as follows:
- 1972 Canadian federal electionCanadian federal election, 1972The Canadian federal election of 1972 was held on October 30, 1972 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 29th Parliament of Canada. It resulted in a slim victory for the governing Liberal Party, which won 109 seats, compared to 107 seats for the opposition Progressive...
, Mount RoyalMount Royal (electoral district)Mount Royal is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1925. Its population in 2006 was 98,888....
, 80 votes, sixth out of six candidates. The winner was LiberalLiberal Party of CanadaThe 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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Pierre-Elliott Trudeau. Cruise appeared on the ballot as a non-affiliated candidate, as the CPC-ML was not registered with Elections CanadaElections CanadaElections 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...
. - 1974 Canadian federal electionCanadian federal election, 1974The Canadian federal election of 1974 was held on July 8, 1974 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 30th Parliament of Canada. The governing Liberal Party won its first majority government since 1968, and gave Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau his third term...
, Mount Royal, 162 votes, sixth out of six candidates. The winner was Prime Minister Trudeau. - 1979 Canadian federal electionCanadian federal election, 1979The Canadian federal election of 1979 was held on May 22, 1979 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 31st Parliament of Canada. It resulted in the defeat of Liberal Party of Canada after 11 years in power under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Joe Clark led the Progressive...
, GuelphGuelph (electoral district)Guelph is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1988 and has been since 2004.The riding's parliamentary seat is held by Liberal MP Frank Valeriote.-History:...
, 45 votes, sixth out of seven candidates. The winner was Albert Fish of the Progressive Conservative PartyProgressive Conservative Party of CanadaThe 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....
. - 1980 Canadian federal electionCanadian federal election, 1980The Canadian federal election of 1980 was held on February 18, 1980 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 32nd Parliament of Canada...
, Guelph, 53 votes, sixth out of seven candidates. The winner was Jim Schroder of the Liberal Party. - 1988 Canadian federal electionCanadian federal election, 1988The 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 ....
, 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...
, 127 votes, fourth out of five candidates. The winner was Herb GrayHerb GrayHerbert 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...
of the Liberal Party. Cruise appeared on the ballot as a non-affiliated candidate, and the CPC-ML was not registered with Elections Canada. - 1993 Canadian federal electionCanadian federal election, 1993The 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...
, Windsor West, 93 votes, eighth out of nine candidates. The winner was Herb Gray. - 1997 Canadian federal electionCanadian federal election, 1997The 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...
, Windsor West, 199 votes, sixth out of six candidates. The winner was Herb Gray. - 1999 Ontario provincial electionOntario general election, 1999An Ontario general election was held on June 3, 1999, to elect members of the 37th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada....
, Windsor West, 270 votes (0.73%), fifth out of five candidates. The winner was Sandra PupatelloSandra PupatelloSandra 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....
of the Ontario Liberal PartyOntario Liberal PartyThe 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...
. Cruise appeared on the ballot as an independent candidate, as the Marxist-Leninist Party was not registered with Elections Ontario. - 2000 Canadian federal electionCanadian federal election, 2000The 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....
, Essex, 152 votes, fifth out of five candidates. The winner was Susan WhelanSusan WhelanSusan Elizabeth Whelan, PC is a former Canadian Member of Parliament with the Liberal Party of Canada. Whelan, a lawyer, first won a seat in the Canadian House of Common in the 1993 election representing Essex—Windsor. In 1997 and 2000 she was elected to represent Essex...
of the Liberal Party. - 2004 Canadian federal election, Essex, 105 votes, fifth out of five candidates. The winner was Jeff Watson of the Conservative PartyConservative Party of CanadaThe 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...
.
Stephen Rutchinski (Nickel BeltNickel BeltNickel Belt is one of two federal electoral districts serving the Greater City of Sudbury.Nickel Belt has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1953.It consists of:...
)
Rutchinski received 51 votes, finishing seventh against 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...
candidate Raymond Bonin
Raymond Bonin
Raymond C. "Ray" Bonin is a Canadian politician.Born in Sudbury, Ontario, Bonin was a Liberal member of the Canadian House of Commons representing the riding of Nickel Belt, representing the riding from 1993 to 2008. Prior to entering politics, he was a professor at Sudbury's Cambrian College...
.
Saroj Bains (Ottawa SouthOttawa SouthOttawa South is a federal electoral district in Ottawa in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is represented in the Canadian House of Commons by David McGuinty, brother of Ontario Premier and Ottawa South MPP Dalton McGuinty. The riding was created in 1987 from parts of Ottawa—Vanier, Ottawa...
)
Bains is the daughter of CPC-ML founder Hardial BainsHardial Bains
Hardial Bains was the founder of the Communist Party of Canada and its leader until his death...
and current party leader Sandra Smith. She was twenty-four years old at the time of the 2003 provincial election, and was affiliated with the Youth Organizing Project.
She lists her occupation as a multimedia producer working in film and communications, and became politically active at age fifteen, via her media activities. Bains has worked on the Youth Today and Aboriginal Youth Today publications, and has been a member of the Standing Conference of South Asians and the National Council of Youth Commission on the Future of Quebec. Her financial officer in 2003 was Margaret Villamizar.
Electoral record:
- 2000 Canadian federal electionCanadian federal election, 2000The 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....
, Westmount—Ville-MarieWestmount—Ville-MarieWestmount—Ville-Marie 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 97,226.-Geography:...
, 151 votes, ninth out of ten candidates. The winner was Lucienne RobillardLucienne RobillardLucienne Robillard, PC is a Canadian politician and a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. She sat in the Canadian House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for the riding of Westmount—Ville-Marie in Montreal....
of the Liberal PartyLiberal Party of CanadaThe 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...
. - 2003 Ontario provincial electionOntario general election, 2003The 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....
, Windsor—St. ClairWindsor—St. ClairWindsor—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...
, 253 votes, fifth out of five candidates. The winner was Dwight DuncanDwight DuncanDwight Duncan, MPP is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1995, and is the Minister of Finance in the government of Dalton McGuinty...
of the Ontario Liberal PartyOntario Liberal PartyThe 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...
. Bains campaigned as an "Independent Renewal" candidate, and appeared on the ballot as an independent. - 2004 Canadian federal election, Ottawa South, 79 votes, eighth out of eight candidates. The winner was David McGuintyDavid McGuintyDavid Joseph McGuinty, MP is a Canadian lawyer politician from Ontario, Canada. He is the Member of Parliament for the riding of Ottawa South and sits in the Canadian House of Commons as the Liberal Party of Canada's Critic for Natural Resources...
of the Liberal Party.
David Gershuny (Mississauga—Brampton SouthMississauga—Brampton SouthMississauga—Brampton South is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004....
)
Gershuny received 185 votes, finishing fifth against 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...
candidate Navdeep Bains
Navdeep Bains
Navdeep Singh Bains, PC is a Canadian politician from Ontario, Canada. He is the former Liberal Member of Parliament for the riding of Mississauga—Brampton South.-Early life:...
.
Enver Villamizar (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...
)
In the 2004 Canadian federal election he ran in Windsor WestWindsor 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...
winning 134 votes, fifth out of five candidates (winner: 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
Ontario New Democratic Party
The Ontario New Democratic Party or , formally known as New Democratic Party of Ontario, is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. It is a provincial section of the federal New Democratic Party. It was formed in October 1961, a few months after the federal party. The ONDP had its...
)
André C. Vachon (Calgary WestCalgary WestCalgary West is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1953, and since 1979. It is located in the western part of the City of Calgary....
)
Vachon is a construction worker and printer, and a perennial candidatePerennial candidate
A perennial candidate is one who frequently runs for public office with a record of success that is infrequent, if existent at all. Perennial candidates are often either members of minority political parties or have political opinions that are not mainstream. They may run without any serious hope...
for the Marxist-Leninist Party. He moved from 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....
to Calgary in 1970, and works primarily in pipeline construction. He was 57 years old at the time of the 2004 election (Calgary Herald, 27 June 2004).
During the 2004 election, he was quoted as saying "The program of our party put as simply as possible is to stop paying the rich and increase funding for social programs [...] Of course health and education are the two great pillars of society, and we don't think that investments in education is a drain on society."http://thegauntlet.ca/story/3999 He also described same-sex marriage
Same-sex marriage
Same-sex marriage is marriage between two persons of the same biological sex or social gender. Supporters of legal recognition for same-sex marriage typically refer to such recognition as marriage equality....
as a "red herring", which "distracts voters from issues that matter to Canadians".http://www.cbc.ca/calgary/story/ca_election20040617.html
His electoral record is as follows:
- 1980 Canadian federal electionCanadian federal election, 1980The Canadian federal election of 1980 was held on February 18, 1980 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 32nd Parliament of Canada...
, Calgary SouthCalgary SouthCalgary South was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1953 to 1988.This riding was created in 1952 from parts of Bow River, Calgary West and East Calgary ridings....
, 34 votes, seventh out of seven candidates. The winner was John William ThomsonJohn William ThomsonJohn William Thomson was a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was a businessman by career....
of the Progressive Conservative PartyProgressive Conservative Party of CanadaThe 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....
. - 1988 Canadian federal electionCanadian federal election, 1988The 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 ....
, LincolnLincoln (electoral district)Lincoln was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1883 and from 1904 to 1997. It was on the Niagara Peninsula in the Canadian province of Ontario...
, 28 votes, eighth out of eight candidates. The winner was Shirley MartinShirley MartinShirley Martin, PC is a former Canadian politician.A businesswoman, Martin was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1984 federal election as the Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for Lincoln, Ontario.In 1987, she became Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public...
of the Progressive Conservative Party. Vachon appears on the ballot as a non-affiliated candidate, as the Marxist-Leninist Party was not registered with Elections CanadaElections CanadaElections 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...
. - 1993 Canadian federal electionCanadian federal election, 1993The 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...
, Parkdale—High ParkParkdale—High ParkParkdale—High Park is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979.Peggy Nash of the New Democratic Party was elected the Member of Parliament for the riding on May 2, 2011....
, 53 votes, eleventh out of eleven candidates. The winner was Jesse FlisJesse FlisJesse Philip Flis is a former Canadian politician. He served in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1984, and from 1988 to 1997, as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.Flis was born in Fosston, Saskatchewan...
of the Liberal PartyLiberal Party of CanadaThe 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...
. - 1997 Canadian federal electionCanadian federal election, 1997The 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...
, Brampton CentreBrampton CentreBrampton Centre was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2004. This riding was created in 1996 from parts of Brampton riding....
, 127 votes, fifth out of five candidates. The winner was Sarkis AssadourianSarkis AssadourianSarkis Assadourian is an Armenian-Canadian politician from the Liberal Party of Canada. He became the first Armenian-Canadian to be elected to the House of Commons, with great support of the Armenian community of Toronto.Assadourian has grown distant to some in the Armenian-Canadian community by...
of the Liberal Party. - 2000 Canadian federal electionCanadian federal election, 2000The 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....
, Sarnia—LambtonSarnia—LambtonSarnia—Lambton is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968....
, 32 votes, tenth out of ten candidates. The winner was Roger GallawayRoger GallawayRoger John Gallaway, PC is an educator and retired Canadian politician. He was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 2006, representing the riding of Sarnia—Lambton for the Liberal Party....
of the Liberal Party. - 2004 Canadian federal election, Calgary West, 87 votes, sixth out of six candidates. The winner was Rob AndersRob AndersRobert J. "Rob" Anders is a Canadian politician He is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada and has represented the riding of Calgary West since 1997.-Early life:...
of the Conservative PartyConservative Party of CanadaThe 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...
.