Progressive Canadian Party candidates, 2006 Canadian federal election
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The Progressive Canadian Party
fielded several candidates in the 2006 federal election
, none of whom were elected. Information about these candidates may be found on this page.
Outremont
Philip Paynter was a political science
and economics
student at Concordia University
in 2006. He received 94 votes (0.23%), finishing seventh against incumbent Liberal
cabinet minister Jean Lapierre
.
Beaches—East York
Love was born on February 24, 1956 in Port Arthur
, Ontario
. He holds a Bachelor of Arts
degree in English from York University
, and is now a management consultant in Toronto
. He is a managing partner in Performance Advantage, and also works with Innovate Inc. in the Kitchener
-Waterloo
area. Love is a member of the Canadian Association of Management Consultants, and was awarded his Fellowship as a Certified Management Consultant (FCMC) in 2007 in recognition of his contributions to management consulting and his long record of community service. Formerly, Love was a vice-president of the DMR group from 1997 to 2003 and prior to that a Principal with Ernst & Young. He is also a musician
, and received a Juno
nomination for an album he recorded with the group Sphere. He also has a gold record for the children's music
hit song "Sharing".http://www.progressivecanadian.org/ridings/Beaches-East_York/
Love joined the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
in 1995, and became president of its Beaches—East York association. Love opposed the Progressive Conservative Party's merger with the Canadian Alliance
in 2003-04, and following the merger became one of 100 Progressive Conservatives to form the Progressive Canadian Party. He was an organizer for the new party in the 2004 election
, and became party president in 2005 by a unanimous vote of the national council. He also chaired the party's National Election Campaign in the 2006.http://www.progressivecanadian.org/navigation/about/jim.php Love has argued that the Progressive Conservative Party's merger with the Alliance was conducted to purge the party of David Orchard
's growing influence, rather than to "unite the right" in Canada (Toronto Star, 12 November 2005).
He received 183 votes (0.36%) in 2006, finishing fifth against Liberal
incumbent Maria Minna
.
Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington
Bogaerts has worked in Information Technology
since 1978, and is the president of J.D. Bogaerts Enterprises Inc. He has produced products for the provincial and federal governments, for NATO, and for private companies.http://www.jdbogaerts.ca/introduction%20letter/introduction_letter.htm
He campaigned for the Lanark—Carleton Progressive Conservative
nomination in 2003, shortly before the party's merger with the Canadian Alliance
(Ottawa Citizen, 25 June 2003). Bogaerts supported the rights of local farmers who were shooting overpopulated deer
herds that threatened area property, despite legal prohibitions against their actions (Kingston Whig-Standard, 16 June 2003).
Bogaerts's 2006 campaign website featured a prominent image of Sir John A. Macdonald
, who represented the area during the 1880s. Like his Conservative Party opponent, he called for the entrenchment of property rights in the Canadian Constitution.http://www.jdbogaerts.ca/ He received 735 votes (1.24%) in 2006, finishing fifth against Conservative
incumbent Scott Reid
.
Sudbury
Stephen L. Butcher is a graduate of the Aerospace Engineering Technology program at Ryerson University
. He has worked at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
, and operates Mid-North Water Purification and Pumps. Butcher helped organize a Neighbourhood Watch program in the community of Copper Cliff, and is active with police and aviation issues.
Butcher was a member of the centre-right Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
before that party merged with the more right-wing Canadian Alliance
to create the Conservative Party of Canada
in 2003. He originally supported the merger, and was a candidate for the party in the 2004 federal election
. He attracted some controversy during this campaign for saying that Canada should exercise caution when bringing "foreign doctors" into Canada. Butcher later clarified that he believed it was inappropriate for Canada to entice doctors to emigrate from medically-underserviced areas in the global south. Some took issue with his comments, arguing that Canada's medical system would collapse without doctors from other countries.
Butcher intended to seek the Conservative nomination again for the 2006 election, but withdrew shortly before the vote. The nomination was won by Kevin Serviss. Butcher subsequently left the Conservative Party, charging that Serviss was a special-interest candidate who should not have been permitted to seek the nomination. He also argued that the Conservative Party was drifting too far to the right under Stephen Harper
's leadership, and would pursue a socially conservative agenda if it came to power. He chose to run for the Progressive Canadian Party instead. In an interview with the Sudbury Star during this election, he cited Pierre Trudeau
as his favourite Canadian politician.
Windsor West
Schnurr (born in Wingham
, Ontario) is the assistant to the Director of Development and Stewardship Officer of University Advancement at the University of Windsor
(Windsor Star, 1 October 2005) He also operates a graphic design business.http://www.cbc.ca/canadavotes/riding/209/#ChrisSchnurr A former member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, he describes himself as fiscally conservative and socially moderate (Windsor Star, 6 January 2006).
He is openly gay
, and has called for greater AIDS
/HIV
awareness in the Windsor
gay community (Star, 7 December 2004). Before joining the Progressive Canadian Party, he planned to vote for the Liberals
in the 2006 election because of concerns about the Conservative Party
's social policies (Star, 19 April 2005). In 1999, he organized the first gay pride
parade in Sarnia
(Globe and Mail, 23 August 1999).
In 2005, Schnurr wrote a Letter to the Editor
supporting the energy policies of the former provincial government of Mike Harris
, which required energy consumers to pay the real cost of electricity. Schnurr argued that the policy encouraged conservation, and criticized the succeeding governments of Ernie Eves
and Dalton McGuinty
for supporting artificially lower rates (Star, 10 August 2005). He has also called upon the government to address rising gas prices, otherwise they could be faced with a renewed demand for the nationalization of the oil industry (Star, 14 September 2005).
Schnurr has argued against affirmative action
policies for universities, describing such policies as reverse discrimination (Star, 7 April 2003). He was an opponent of the 2003 Invasion of Iraq
(Star, 13 December 2002).
He was a candidate for city council for the City of Windsor municipal election in November 2006 http://elections.citywindsor.ca/001974.asp.
He received 614 votes (1.29%), finished fifth out of seven against New Democratic Party
incumbent Brian Masse
during the 2006 federal election.
Chris Schnurr resigned from the Progressive Canadian Party as their Communications Director and Health Critic, along with President Jim Love and Leader Tracy Parsons in November 2007.
Markham—Unionville
M. Fayaz Choudhary is a Creative/Futuristic minded small business man who started his first business while still in school (22 years ago)and continues run his thriving business in greater Toronto
Born Pakistan, Fayaz chose Canada as the land of opportunity and freedom to call home for himself and his family. He and his wife of 13 years, Tayyaba, are the parents of twin boys, Munam and Afraz, and two daughters, Samahat and Sabahat.
Starting with a degree in Science from the University of Karachi, Pakistan, His love of learning has earned him additional skills in various fields of computers and electronics.
Using that knowledge, Fayaz Choudhary became a Local Radio producer on 770AM running state of the Art web radios and web TV. He is also the founder of first Urdu community web radio in Canada.
An active member of the community, Fayaz’s love of learning and youth inspired him to create and finance the “Munam’s scientific inventor’s award 1993, 1994, and 1995” for teens
Fayaz Choudhary is committed to support the needs of other hard working Canadians because he believes that any man who works hard enough could aspire to any job in a country of opportunity like Canada.
A man who delights in helping others, Fayaz Choudhary characterizes this opportunity to serve by running as a candidate with a simple slogan. “We will build our future together!”
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....
fielded several candidates 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:...
, none of whom were elected. Information about these candidates may be found on this page.
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...
: Philip Paynter
Philip Paynter was a political sciencePolitical 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...
and economics
Economics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
student at Concordia University
Concordia 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...
in 2006. He received 94 votes (0.23%), finishing seventh against incumbent 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...
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...
.
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....
: Jim Love
Love was born on February 24, 1956 in Port ArthurPort Arthur, Ontario
Port Arthur was a city in Northern Ontario which amalgamated with Fort William and the townships of Neebing and McIntyre to form the city of Thunder Bay in January 1970. Port Arthur was the district seat of Thunder Bay District.- History :...
, 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 English from York University
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....
, and is now a management consultant 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 a managing partner in Performance Advantage, and also works with Innovate Inc. in the 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...
-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....
area. Love is a member of the Canadian Association of Management Consultants, and was awarded his Fellowship as a Certified Management Consultant (FCMC) in 2007 in recognition of his contributions to management consulting and his long record of community service. Formerly, Love was a vice-president of the DMR group from 1997 to 2003 and prior to that a Principal with Ernst & Young. He is also a musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
, and received a Juno
Juno Award
The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music...
nomination for an album he recorded with the group Sphere. He also has a gold record for the children's music
Children's music
Children's music is used here to refer to music composed and performed for children by adults. In European influenced contexts this means music, usually songs, written specifically for a juvenile audience. The composers are usually adults. Children's music has historically held both entertainment...
hit song "Sharing".http://www.progressivecanadian.org/ridings/Beaches-East_York/
Love joined 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....
in 1995, and became president of its Beaches—East York association. Love opposed the Progressive Conservative 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 following the merger became one of 100 Progressive Conservatives to form the Progressive Canadian Party. He was an organizer for the new party 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...
, and became party president in 2005 by a unanimous vote of the national council. He also chaired the party's National Election Campaign in the 2006.http://www.progressivecanadian.org/navigation/about/jim.php Love has argued that the Progressive Conservative Party's merger with the Alliance was conducted to purge the party of David Orchard
David Orchard
David Orchard is a Canadian political figure, member of the Liberal Party of Canada, who was the Liberal Party candidate for the Saskatchewan riding of Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River in the 2008 federal election.Previously, Orchard was a member of the now defunct Progressive Conservative...
's growing influence, rather than to "unite the right" in Canada (Toronto Star, 12 November 2005).
He received 183 votes (0.36%) in 2006, finishing fifth 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:...
.
Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and AddingtonLanark—Frontenac—Lennox and AddingtonLanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004....
: Jeffrey Bogaerts
Bogaerts has worked in Information TechnologyInformation technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
since 1978, and is the president of J.D. Bogaerts Enterprises Inc. He has produced products for the provincial and federal governments, for NATO, and for private companies.http://www.jdbogaerts.ca/introduction%20letter/introduction_letter.htm
He campaigned for the Lanark—Carleton 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....
nomination in 2003, shortly before 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...
(Ottawa Citizen, 25 June 2003). Bogaerts supported the rights of local farmers who were shooting overpopulated deer
Deer
Deer are the ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae. Species in the Cervidae family include white-tailed deer, elk, moose, red deer, reindeer, fallow deer, roe deer and chital. Male deer of all species and female reindeer grow and shed new antlers each year...
herds that threatened area property, despite legal prohibitions against their actions (Kingston Whig-Standard, 16 June 2003).
Bogaerts's 2006 campaign website featured a prominent image of Sir John A. Macdonald
John A. Macdonald
Sir John Alexander Macdonald, GCB, KCMG, PC, PC , QC was the first Prime Minister of Canada. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, his political career spanned almost half a century...
, who represented the area during the 1880s. Like his Conservative Party opponent, he called for the entrenchment of property rights in the Canadian Constitution.http://www.jdbogaerts.ca/ He received 735 votes (1.24%) in 2006, finishing fifth against 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...
incumbent Scott Reid
Scott Reid (politician)
Scott Jeffrey Reid is a Canadian politician. He has served in the Canadian House of Commons since 2000, and currently represents the Ontario riding of Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington as a member of the Conservative Party....
.
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....
: Stephen Butcher
Stephen L. Butcher is a graduate of the Aerospace Engineering Technology program at Ryerson UniversityRyerson University
Ryerson University is a public research university located in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its urban campus is adjacent to Yonge-Dundas Square located at the busiest intersection in Downtown Toronto. The majority of its buildings are in the blocks northeast of the square in Toronto's Garden...
. He has worked at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory is a neutrino observatory located 6,800 feet underground in Vale Inco's Creighton Mine in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. The detector was designed to detect solar neutrinos through their interactions with a large tank of heavy water. The detector turned on in May 1999,...
, and operates Mid-North Water Purification and Pumps. Butcher helped organize a Neighbourhood Watch program in the community of Copper Cliff, and is active with police and aviation issues.
Butcher was a member of the centre-right 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....
before that party merged with the more right-wing 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...
to create 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...
in 2003. He originally supported the merger, and was a candidate for the party in the 2004 federal 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 attracted some controversy during this campaign for saying that Canada should exercise caution when bringing "foreign doctors" into Canada. Butcher later clarified that he believed it was inappropriate for Canada to entice doctors to emigrate from medically-underserviced areas in the global south. Some took issue with his comments, arguing that Canada's medical system would collapse without doctors from other countries.
Butcher intended to seek the Conservative nomination again for the 2006 election, but withdrew shortly before the vote. The nomination was won by Kevin Serviss. Butcher subsequently left the Conservative Party, charging that Serviss was a special-interest candidate who should not have been permitted to seek the nomination. He also argued that the Conservative Party was drifting too far to the right under Stephen Harper
Stephen Harper
Stephen Joseph Harper is the 22nd and current Prime Minister of Canada and leader of the Conservative Party. Harper became prime minister when his party formed a minority government after the 2006 federal election...
's leadership, and would pursue a socially conservative agenda if it came to power. He chose to run for the Progressive Canadian Party instead. In an interview with the Sudbury Star during this election, he cited Pierre Trudeau
Pierre Trudeau
Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau, , usually known as Pierre Trudeau or Pierre Elliott Trudeau, was the 15th Prime Minister of Canada from April 20, 1968 to June 4, 1979, and again from March 3, 1980 to June 30, 1984.Trudeau began his political career campaigning for socialist ideals,...
as his favourite Canadian politician.
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 municipal Sudbury municipal election, 1997 The 1997 Sudbury municipal election was held on November 10, 1997, as voters in Sudbury and its outlying communities voted to elected mayors, councillors and school trustees... |
Mayor of Walden | n/a | not listed | not listed | 3/? | Dick Johnstone |
| 2000 municipal Greater Sudbury municipal election, 2000 The Greater Sudbury municipal election, 2000 was held in the city of Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada on November 13, 2000. All municipal elections in the province of Ontario are held on the same date.... |
Rainbow District School Board Rainbow District School Board Rainbow District School Board is a school board in the Canadian province of Ontario. The school board is the school district administrator for English language public schools in Greater Sudbury, the southern Sudbury District and the Manitoulin District, with a total enrollment of 16,985 students as... , Area 1 |
n/a | 598 | 11.73 | 3/3 | Gord Santala |
| 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... |
Sudbury Sudbury (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.... |
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... |
9,008 | 21.05 | 3/5 | 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... , 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... |
| 2006 municipal Greater Sudbury municipal election, 2006 The Greater Sudbury municipal election, 2006 was held in the city of Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada on November 13, 2006. All municipal elections in the province of Ontario are held on the same date; see Ontario municipal elections, 2006 for elections in other cities.The election chose the mayor... |
Greater Sudbury municipal council, Ward 2 | n/a | 223 | 4.34 | 4/5 | Jacques Barbeau |
| 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:... |
Sudbury Sudbury (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.... |
Progressive Canadian 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.... |
782 | 1.64 | 5/8 | 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... , 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... |
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...
: Chris Schnurr
Schnurr (born in WinghamWingham, Ontario
Wingham is a community located in the municipality of North Huron, Ontario, Canada, which is located in Huron County...
, Ontario) is the assistant to the Director of Development and Stewardship Officer of University Advancement 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...
(Windsor Star, 1 October 2005) He also operates a graphic design business.http://www.cbc.ca/canadavotes/riding/209/#ChrisSchnurr A former member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, he describes himself as fiscally conservative and socially moderate (Windsor Star, 6 January 2006).
He is openly gay
Gay
Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....
, and has called for greater AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
/HIV
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive...
awareness in the 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...
gay community (Star, 7 December 2004). Before joining the Progressive Canadian Party, he planned to vote for the Liberals
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 2006 election because of concerns about the Conservative Party
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...
's social policies (Star, 19 April 2005). In 1999, he organized the first gay pride
Gay pride
LGBT pride or gay pride is the concept that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people should be proud of their sexual orientation and gender identity...
parade in Sarnia
Sarnia, Ontario
Sarnia is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada . It is the largest city on Lake Huron and is located where the upper Great Lakes empty into the St. Clair River....
(Globe and Mail, 23 August 1999).
In 2005, Schnurr wrote a Letter 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...
supporting the energy policies of the former provincial 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...
, which required energy consumers to pay the real cost of electricity. Schnurr argued that the policy encouraged conservation, and criticized the succeeding governments of Ernie Eves
Ernie Eves
Ernest Lawrence "Ernie" Eves was the 23rd Premier of the province of Ontario, Canada, from April 15, 2002, to October 23, 2003.-Beginnings:...
and Dalton McGuinty
Dalton McGuinty
Dalton James Patrick McGuinty, Jr., MPP is a Canadian lawyer, politician and, since October 23, 2003, the 24th and current Premier of the Canadian province of Ontario....
for supporting artificially lower rates (Star, 10 August 2005). He has also called upon the government to address rising gas prices, otherwise they could be faced with a renewed demand for the nationalization of the oil industry (Star, 14 September 2005).
Schnurr has argued against affirmative action
Affirmative action
Affirmative action refers to policies that take factors including "race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or national origin" into consideration in order to benefit an underrepresented group, usually as a means to counter the effects of a history of discrimination.-Origins:The term...
policies for universities, describing such policies as reverse discrimination (Star, 7 April 2003). He was an opponent of the 2003 Invasion of Iraq
2003 invasion of Iraq
The 2003 invasion of Iraq , was the start of the conflict known as the Iraq War, or Operation Iraqi Freedom, in which a combined force of troops from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Poland invaded Iraq and toppled the regime of Saddam Hussein in 21 days of major combat operations...
(Star, 13 December 2002).
He was a candidate for city council for the City of Windsor municipal election in November 2006 http://elections.citywindsor.ca/001974.asp.
He received 614 votes (1.29%), finished fifth out of seven 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 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....
during the 2006 federal election.
Chris Schnurr resigned from the Progressive Canadian Party as their Communications Director and Health Critic, along with President Jim Love and Leader Tracy Parsons in November 2007.
Markham—UnionvilleMarkham—UnionvilleMarkham—Unionville is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.-Boundaries:...
: Fayaz Choudhary
M. Fayaz Choudhary is a Creative/Futuristic minded small business man who started his first business while still in school (22 years ago)and continues run his thriving business in greater TorontoBorn Pakistan, Fayaz chose Canada as the land of opportunity and freedom to call home for himself and his family. He and his wife of 13 years, Tayyaba, are the parents of twin boys, Munam and Afraz, and two daughters, Samahat and Sabahat.
Starting with a degree in Science from the University of Karachi, Pakistan, His love of learning has earned him additional skills in various fields of computers and electronics.
Using that knowledge, Fayaz Choudhary became a Local Radio producer on 770AM running state of the Art web radios and web TV. He is also the founder of first Urdu community web radio in Canada.
An active member of the community, Fayaz’s love of learning and youth inspired him to create and finance the “Munam’s scientific inventor’s award 1993, 1994, and 1995” for teens
Fayaz Choudhary is committed to support the needs of other hard working Canadians because he believes that any man who works hard enough could aspire to any job in a country of opportunity like Canada.
A man who delights in helping others, Fayaz Choudhary characterizes this opportunity to serve by running as a candidate with a simple slogan. “We will build our future together!”