Progressive Conservative Party candidates, 1997 Canadian federal election
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The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
ran a full slate of candidates in the 1997 federal election
, and won 20 seats out of 301 to emerge as the fifth largest party in the Canadian House of Commons
. Many of the party's candidates have their own biography pages; information about others may be found here.
Brome—Missisquoi
Claude Boulard (died June 7, 2003) was a radio and television personality. He was the founder of the radio station CIMO-FM
in Magog
, which he sold to Radiomutuel in 1986. He also helped promote JoJo Savard
, a television astrologist who attracted national media notoriety in the 1990s. Boulard's links to Savard became an issue in the 1997 campaign; Pierre Foglia of La Presse described him as a "king of fools" who should not have been allowed to run for a credible political party. Boulard defended his work as a professional host and said there was nothing illegal about Savard's business. He received 12,770 votes (28.09%), finishing second against Liberal Party
incumbent Denis Paradis
.
He died at age sixty-eight in 2003, after a battle with fibrosis
and lung cancer
.
Joliette
Anie Perrault is a lawyer, politician, and communications specialist in Quebec. She practised law in Montreal
from 1992 to 1995; was national director of communications and public affairs for Canada's Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies (Rx&D) from 1999 to 2001; and was vice president, communications for Genome Canada from 2001 to 2004. She became president of Communications Anie Perrault in 2006.
Perrault was president of the Young Progressive Conservatives of Quebec in the early 1990s. She was a special advisor to Jean Charest
on three occasions between 1989 and 1997, including during the 1995 Quebec referendum on sovereignty. She later worked as a special advisor to Peter MacKay
(1997) and press attachée and senior advisor to Joe Clark
(1998–99). Perrault herself ran for the Canadian House of Commons as a Progressive Conservative candidate in 1997 and placed a credible second against the Bloc Québécois
incumbent in Joliette.
She moved to Bromont
in 2003 and was elected to a seat on the city's council in 2009
.
Richelieu
Yves Schelling was a foreman in Bécancour
. In the early 1990s, he served as an assistant to Liberal Member of the National Assembly
Maurice Richard
. He received 6,827 votes (14.16%), finishing third against Bloc Québécois
incumbent Louis Plamondon
.
Gregg Crealock (St. Catharines
Crealock graduated from the Sheridan College
high school equivalency program in 1974. He worked as assistant manager of markets for the Royal Bank of Canada
from 1982 to 1985, and was a senior manager with the Bank of Nova Scotia from 1985 to 1988.http://www.newsworld.cbc.ca/election97/ridings/172.html In 1986, he opened the family-owned Plain & Fancy Restaurant. Crealock was chair of the St. Catharines Chamber of Commerce in the 1990s.http://www.navegantegroup.com/region_prospers.html
Crealock received 6,503 votes (13.41%), finishing third against Liberal
candidate Walt Lastewka
. He was 40 years old in 1997 (Globe and Mail, 16 April 1997).
Brian McCutcheon (Scarborough Southwest
McCutcheon was born on May 25, 1967. He received a Bachelor's Degree
from the University of Waterloo
in 1991, and a Bachelor of Laws
degree from Osgoode Hall Law School
in 1995.http://www.newsworld.cbc.ca/election97/ridings/203.html He has worked as an engineer and computer consultant, and was a lawyer in Toronto
at the time of the election. If elected, he promised to work to establish a parental responsibility act (Toronto Star, 30 May 1997).
McCutcheon received 5,294 votes (13.67%), finishing third against Liberal
incumbent Tom Wappel
.
Angie Tomasic (Stoney Creek
Tomasic was born in northern Greece
on September 15, 1961, and moved to Hamilton
with her family when she was two years old (Hamilton Spectator, 18 May 1996). She began working as a bank manager in 1984, and had become a senior assistant branch manager with Royal Bank
by the mid-1990s.http://www.newsworld.cbc.ca/election97/ridings/173.html She was also a part-time student at McMaster University
in this period, working toward a Bachelor of Arts
degree (Hamilton Spectator, 27 May 1995).
Tomasic unsuccessfully campaigned for Hamilton's public school board in 1988 and 1991, and ran for the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
in the 1995 provincial election
. She endorsed welfare reform and the abolition of affirmative action
programs (Hamilton Spectator, 19 May 1995) in the 1995 provincial election
, and was credited with running a stronger campaign than expected. She finished a credible third in Hamilton Centre
, where the Progressive Conservatives have not historically polled well.
In 1996, Tomasic was chosen as the federal Progressive Conservative candidate for a Hamilton East by-election
against Liberal
cabinet minister Sheila Copps
. Former party leader Joe Clark
campaigned with her in the city (Spectator, 11 June 1996). She placed third, behind both Copps and a New Democratic Party
candidate.
She won the party's nomination for Stoney Creek in 1997, and finished in third place against Liberal Tony Valeri
.
Bill Lee (Sudbury
Bill Lee has a Bachelor of Arts
degree in Psychology
(1984) and an honour's degree in Social Work (1991) from Laurentian University
. He was a teaching master at Ontario Business College from 1992 to 1994, and was later a director of Northern Ontario Family Counselling Services. He received 3,459 votes (8.63%), finishing fourth against Liberal
incumbent Diane Marleau
. He later served as president of the Manitoulin-North Shore Navy Veterans Association.
degree from Queen's University in 1973, and later received a Master of Public Administration
from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He was a policy adviser to Nova Scotia Premier
John Buchanan
in 1983, and served as a senior policy adviser to the Canadian Minister Energy, Mines and Resources
from 1984 to 1986. He established Probyn & Company in 1994 to fund energy projects, and is a member of the Metro Board of Trade and the Albany Club
.http://www.newsworld.cbc.ca/election97/ridings/205.html He has written in defense of the Monarchy in Canada
in the national media (Globe and Mail, 4 October 2000).
He emphasized tax cuts in the 1997 campaign (Toronto Star, 30 May 1997), and received 8,993 votes (19.28%) to finish third against Liberal
incumbent Bill Graham.
Probyn supported deregulation policies while working for the government of Brian Mulroney
in the 1980s (Globe and Mail, 13 May 1986), and continued to endorse energy deregulation throughout the 1990s (Financial Post, 17 February 1992 and 19 August 1997). In 1997, his firm was involved in the first public-private partnership in Canadian water management in Dartmouth
, Nova Scotia (Financial Post, 23 March 1996). He served on a Market Design Committee established by the provincial Progressive Conservative
government of Mike Harris
to provide the guidelines for deregulation in Ontario's energy sector (Hamilton Spectator, 22 April 2002).
Probyn is now a prominent figure on Bay Street
, Canada's financial centre. In 2004, he advocated a Customs Union with the United States of America.http://www.inthenationalinterest.com/Articles/Vol3Issue19/Vol3Issue19ProbynPFV.html , he is chairman of the Canadian Association of Income Funds (CAIF) (National Post, 24 November 2005) and president and CEO of the Clean Power Income Fund, which he founded to promote environmentally sound energy sources (Globe and Mail, 24 November 2005). He supported federal Finance Minister
Ralph Goodale
's financial update in November 2005.
Frank Snyder (Whitby—Ajax
Snyder (born November 23, 1958) is a Civil Engineering graduate from the University of Waterloo
. He founded Snyder Construction in 1982, and was still its owner and operator at the time of the 1997 election. He was defeated for the federal Progressive Conservative nomination in Oshawa
for the 1984 election
, and for the provincial Progressive Conservative
nomination for Durham Centre
(Toronto Star, 23 December 1986) in the 1987 election
.http://www.newsworld.cbc.ca/election97/ridings/185.html
He won the Ontario PC nomination for Oshawa in the 1987 campaign, and finished third against New Democratic Party incumbent Mike Breaugh. Snyder ran on a platform of spending cuts, and also criticized pay equity policies, the provincial welfare system, rent control and public automobile insurance (Toronto Star, 1 September 1987).
He received 10,107 votes (20.47%) in the 1997 election, finishing third against Liberal
candidate Judi Longfield.
Churchill
Knight is a lawyer and former Royal Canadian Mounted Police
(RCMP) officer (Winnipeg Free Press, 3 September 1993). He ran for the Progressive Conservative Party on two occasions.
An individual named Don Knight was listed as a member of the Manitoba Human Rights Commission
in 1998 (WFP, 20 January 1998) and as a crown attorney
by 2005 (WFP, 29 September 2005). It is likely that this is the same person.
Provencher
Clare Braun is a minister and municipal politician. He was the co-owner of Clare's Family Restaurant in Niverville
and had spent ten years in church ministry at the time of the 1997 campaign. He was elected as the mayor of Niverville
in 1995
, and was returned without opposition in 1998
. Braun ran a "family values
" campaign in 1997, stressing his opposition to euthanasia
, abortion
, and "same-sex legislation", while also opposing the national firearms registry
.
Braun opposed the province's efforts to reform Niverville's council voting system in 1996, and favoured the existing model where the mayor only votes in the event of a tie. In 2001, he presided over a municipal referendum that legalized the sale of alcohol
for the first time in the community's history. He did not seek re-election in 2002. As of 2006, Braun was an agent with Sutton-Kilkenny Real Estate.
Selkirk—Interlake
Kelner is the owner of the Winnipeg Beach Hotel, and was a trustee for the Evergreen School Division at the time of the 1997 election. He won his party's nomination by a single vote over former Member of Parliament
Felix Holtmann
; local councillor Clay McMurren was also a candidate. In the general election, he finished fourth against Reform Party
candidate Howard Hilstrom
.
In January 1998, Kelner announced his appeal of the Manitoba Lottery Commission's decision to remove video lottery terminal
s from his hotel. The ban was introduced after the commission discovered that patrons had withdrawn game money from debit card
s; one patron had committed suicide after losing his life savings in this manner. Kelner maintained that staff were unaware of how the money had been used, and argued that the machines were necessary to ensure the financial viability of his hotel. The VLTs were returned in March 1998. During the course of the controversy, Kelner required that employees at his hotel take courses in recognizing gambling addiction.
Kelner was elected Mayor of Winnipeg Beach in 1998, running on a platform of reducing taxes by amalgamating services with neighbouring communities. Later in the year, he was appointed to a public advisory group studying shoreline erosion on Lake Winnipeg
. In 2001, he supported plans to construct a seniors' residence and tourist hotel in the community. He did not seek re-election in 2002.
Kelner supported Brian Pallister
's bid for the Progressive Conservative Party leadership in 1998. He serves on the Manitoba Hotel Association's Board of Directors for the 2007-08 year, and is a Manitoba representative on the executive board of the Hotel Association of Canada.
Winnipeg Centre
Alexander was listed in a 1993 newspaper report the sales representative of a local plumbing company. He was forty-one years old and self-employed during the 1997 election, working on retraining programs for recipients of social assistance and unemployment insurance (Winnipeg Free Press, 17 May 1997). Later in 1997, he was listed as manager of a business partnership for the Taking Charge program (WFP, 10 November 1997).
Alexander appears to have endorsed Kim Campbell
for the Progressive Conservative Party leadership in 1993, insofar as attended a breakfast address delivered by Campbell in Winnipeg
before the party's leadership race officially started, and commented that she brought a "fresh new perspective on to the scene" (WFP, 21 March 1993). In the same year, he wrote an editorial piece defending the funding cutbacks initiated by provincial Education Minister Rosemary Vodrey
(WFP, 10 July 1993). In 1994, he supported Vodrey's proposed reforms of the Young Offenders Act
.
Alexander received 2,442 votes (9.10%) in the 1997 election, finishing fourth against New Democratic Party
candidate Pat Martin
. He later served as chief executive officer of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba
, although he left this position in March 2003 amid financial difficulties within the party (WFP, 6 April 2003).
Winnipeg South
Mackness (born April 28, 1938) is a retired business economist and academic administrator.http://www.fraserinstitute.ca/shared/author.asp?id=379 He holds a Bachelor of Science
degree in Chemistry
from the Université de Montréal
, and a Master's Degree
in Economics
from the University of Western Ontario
.http://www.newsworld.cbc.ca/election97/ridings/222.html He served as senior vice-president and chief economist for the Bank of Nova Scotia (Globe and Mail, 6 May 1983), was a senior advisor to the federal Department of Finance, and was a Canadian representative to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the International Monetary Fund
(IMF).
Mackness is a trustee of the economically conservative Fraser Institute
. In 1991, he delivered an address before the institute entitled, "Big government and the constitutional crisis", encouraging both spending cuts and a devolution of power to the provinces.http://oldfraser.lexi.net/publications/forum/1991/december/FF-12-91.html
Mackness served as Dean of Management at the University of Manitoba
from 1988 to 1995, and affiliated the department with the Fraser Institute. He became known for an abrasive management style, with one rival faculty member claiming he had created an "environment of hatred" at the department (Winnipeg Free Press, 17 March 1995). He was also accused of intolerance in 1990 after mailing an internal letter on departmental renewal which included the line, "If we don't do something soon, we will all retire together and leave the place to Third World
mathematicians" (Winnipeg Free Press, 1 September 1990). His contract was not renewed in 1995, and his successor severed the department's affiliation with the Fraser Institute the following year.http://umanitoba.ca/manitoban/1997-1998/1022/news.html
He received 6,547 votes (17.26%) in 1997, finishing third against Liberal
incumbent Reg Alcock
. In 1999, Mackness was the author of another Fraser Institute document calling for spending cuts and tax cuts.http://oldfraser.lexi.net/media/media_releases/1999/19990517.html
Mackness was a supporter of the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement in 1987 (Globe and Mail, 5 October 1987), and endorsed the proposed Multilateral Agreement on Investment
ten years later (Winnipeg Free Press, 5 January 1998).
. He was the chair of Paul Murphy's campaign in the 1995 provincial election
. He received 2,968 votes (8.97%), finishing fourth against New Democratic Party
incumbent Bill Blaikie
. He later became AA vice-president for the Winnipeg Minor Hockey Association.
. In the 1997 election, he called for tax cuts and the cancellation of the Canadian gun registry
(Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, 1 May 1997).
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....
ran a full slate of candidates 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 won 20 seats out of 301 to emerge as the fifth largest party in 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...
. Many of the party's candidates have their own biography pages; information about others may be found here.
Brome—MissisquoiBrome—MissisquoiBrome—Missisquoi is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1925...
: Claude Boulard
Claude Boulard (died June 7, 2003) was a radio and television personality. He was the founder of the radio station CIMO-FMCIMO-FM
CIMO-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Magog, Quebec, near Sherbrooke.Owned and operated by Astral Media, it broadcasts on 106.1 MHz with an effective radiated power of 1,600 watts using an omnidirectional antenna located on the top of Mount Orford...
in Magog
Magog, Quebec
Magog is a city in southeastern Quebec, Canada, about east of Montreal at the confluence of Lake Memphremagog--after which the city was named—with the Rivière aux Cerises and the Magog River...
, which he sold to Radiomutuel in 1986. He also helped promote JoJo Savard
JoJo Savard
JoJo Savard, born Jocelyne Savard, is a well-known medium, or psychic, in Canada.JoJo Savard is a former French-Canadian television psychic who gained popularity during the early 1990s...
, a television astrologist who attracted national media notoriety in the 1990s. Boulard's links to Savard became an issue in the 1997 campaign; Pierre Foglia of La Presse described him as a "king of fools" who should not have been allowed to run for a credible political party. Boulard defended his work as a professional host and said there was nothing illegal about Savard's business. He received 12,770 votes (28.09%), finishing second against 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...
incumbent Denis Paradis
Denis Paradis
Denis Paradis, PC is a politician and lawyer from the Canadian province of Quebec. He served in the Canadian House of Commons from 1995 to 2006 and was a minister in the governments of Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin...
.
He died at age sixty-eight in 2003, after a battle with fibrosis
Fibrosis
Fibrosis is the formation of excess fibrous connective tissue in an organ or tissue in a reparative or reactive process. This is as opposed to formation of fibrous tissue as a normal constituent of an organ or tissue...
and lung cancer
Lung cancer
Lung cancer is a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. If left untreated, this growth can spread beyond the lung in a process called metastasis into nearby tissue and, eventually, into other parts of the body. Most cancers that start in lung, known as primary...
.
JolietteJoliette (electoral district)Joliette is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1935 and since 1968.-Geography:...
: Anie Perrault
Anie Perrault is a lawyer, politician, and communications specialist in Quebec. She practised law in MontrealMontreal
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...
from 1992 to 1995; was national director of communications and public affairs for Canada's Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies (Rx&D) from 1999 to 2001; and was vice president, communications for Genome Canada from 2001 to 2004. She became president of Communications Anie Perrault in 2006.
Perrault was president of the Young Progressive Conservatives of Quebec in the early 1990s. She was a special advisor to 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....
on three occasions between 1989 and 1997, including during the 1995 Quebec referendum on sovereignty. She later worked as a special advisor to Peter MacKay
Peter MacKay
Peter Gordon MacKay, PC, QC, MP is a lawyer and politician from Nova Scotia, Canada. He is the Member of Parliament for Central Nova and currently serves as Minister of National Defence in the Cabinet of Canada....
(1997) and press attachée and senior advisor to Joe Clark
Joe Clark
Charles Joseph "Joe" Clark, is a Canadian statesman, businessman, and university professor, and former journalist and politician...
(1998–99). Perrault herself ran for the Canadian House of Commons as a Progressive Conservative candidate in 1997 and placed a credible second against the 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 in Joliette.
She moved to Bromont
Bromont, Quebec
Bromont is a city in southwestern Quebec in Canada, 75 kilometres east of Montreal on Autoroute 10, bordering the Eastern Townships at the base of Mount Brome . The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 6,049....
in 2003 and was elected to a seat on the city's council in 2009
Bromont municipal election, 2009
The 2009 Bromont municipal election took place on November 1, 2009, to elect a mayor and councillors in Bromont, Quebec. Incumbent mayor Pauline Quinlan was re-elected to another term without difficulty.-Results:...
.
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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... |
Joliette Joliette (electoral district) Joliette is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1935 and since 1968.-Geography:... |
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.... |
17,417 | 35.86 | 2/5 | René Laurin René Laurin René Laurin was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 2000.Laurin was a teacher in Joliette's public and secondary schools after receiving a certificate from Ignace-Bourget College in 1969... , 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... |
| 2009 Bromont municipal Bromont municipal election, 2009 The 2009 Bromont municipal election took place on November 1, 2009, to elect a mayor and councillors in Bromont, Quebec. Incumbent mayor Pauline Quinlan was re-elected to another term without difficulty.-Results:... |
City Council, Ward Six | n/a | 214 | 50.23 | 1/3 | herself |
RichelieuRichelieu (electoral district)Richelieu was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1935.It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 and was amalgamated into the Richelieu—Verchères electoral district in 1933.In 1968, a new electoral district...
: Yves Schelling
Yves Schelling was a foreman in BécancourBécancour, Quebec
Bécancour is a town in the Centre-du-Québec region of Québec, Canada; it is the seat of the Bécancour Regional County Municipality. It is located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River at the confluence of the Bécancour River, opposite Trois-Rivières.Wôlinak, an Abenaki Indian reserve, is...
. In the early 1990s, he served as an assistant to Liberal Member of the National Assembly
National Assembly of Quebec
The National Assembly of Quebec is the legislative body of the Province of Quebec. The Lieutenant Governor and the National Assembly compose the Parliament of Quebec, which operates in a fashion similar to those of other British-style parliamentary systems.The National Assembly was formerly the...
Maurice Richard
Maurice Richard (Quebec politician)
Maurice Richard is a politician in the Canadian province of Quebec. He was a Liberal member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1985 to 1994 and is the current mayor of Bécancour, a position to which he was first elected in 1976....
. He received 6,827 votes (14.16%), finishing third 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 ....
.
Gregg Crealock (St. CatharinesSt. Catharines (electoral district)St. Catharines is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968.It consists of the part of the City of St. Catharines lying north of a line drawn from west to east along St. Paul Street West, St...
)
Crealock graduated from the Sheridan CollegeSheridan College
Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning is a diploma and degree granting Canadian polytechnic institute with approximately 15,000 full time students and 35,000 continuing education students...
high school equivalency program in 1974. He worked as assistant manager of markets for the Royal Bank of Canada
Royal Bank of Canada
The Royal Bank of Canada or RBC Financial Group is the largest financial institution in Canada, as measured by deposits, revenues, and market capitalization. The bank serves seventeen million clients and has 80,100 employees worldwide. The company corporate headquarters are located in Toronto,...
from 1982 to 1985, and was a senior manager with the Bank of Nova Scotia from 1985 to 1988.http://www.newsworld.cbc.ca/election97/ridings/172.html In 1986, he opened the family-owned Plain & Fancy Restaurant. Crealock was chair of the St. Catharines Chamber of Commerce in the 1990s.http://www.navegantegroup.com/region_prospers.html
Crealock received 6,503 votes (13.41%), 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...
candidate Walt Lastewka
Walt Lastewka
Walter Thomas "Walt" Lastewka, PC is a Canadian politician. He was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 2006, representing the Ontario riding of St...
. He was 40 years old in 1997 (Globe and Mail, 16 April 1997).
Brian McCutcheon (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...
)
McCutcheon was born on May 25, 1967. He received a Bachelor's DegreeBachelor's degree
A bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...
from the University of Waterloo
University of Waterloo
The University of Waterloo is a comprehensive public university in the city of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The school was founded in 1957 by Drs. Gerry Hagey and Ira G. Needles, and has since grown to an institution of more than 30,000 students, faculty, and staff...
in 1991, and a 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...
degree from Osgoode Hall Law School
Osgoode Hall Law School
Osgoode Hall Law School is a Canadian law school, located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and affiliated with York University. Named after the first Chief Justice of Ontario, William Osgoode, the law school was established by The Law Society of Upper Canada in 1889 and was the only accredited law...
in 1995.http://www.newsworld.cbc.ca/election97/ridings/203.html He has worked as an engineer and computer consultant, and was a lawyer 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...
at the time of the election. If elected, he promised to work to establish a parental responsibility act (Toronto Star, 30 May 1997).
McCutcheon received 5,294 votes (13.67%), 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 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...
.
Angie Tomasic (Stoney CreekStoney Creek (electoral district)Stoney Creek was an electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2003 and in the legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2007. It was located in the Hamilton area of Southern Ontario...
)
Tomasic was born in northern GreeceGreece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
on September 15, 1961, and 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...
with her family when she was two years old (Hamilton Spectator, 18 May 1996). She began working as a bank manager in 1984, and had become a senior assistant branch manager with Royal Bank
Royal Bank of Canada
The Royal Bank of Canada or RBC Financial Group is the largest financial institution in Canada, as measured by deposits, revenues, and market capitalization. The bank serves seventeen million clients and has 80,100 employees worldwide. The company corporate headquarters are located in Toronto,...
by the mid-1990s.http://www.newsworld.cbc.ca/election97/ridings/173.html She was also a part-time student at 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...
in this period, working toward 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 (Hamilton Spectator, 27 May 1995).
Tomasic unsuccessfully campaigned for Hamilton's public school board in 1988 and 1991, and ran for 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...
in the 1995 provincial election
Ontario general election, 1995
The Ontario general election of 1995 was held on June 8, 1995, to elect members of the 36th Legislative Assembly of the province of Ontario, Canada...
. She endorsed welfare reform and the abolition of 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...
programs (Hamilton Spectator, 19 May 1995) in the 1995 provincial election
Ontario general election, 1995
The Ontario general election of 1995 was held on June 8, 1995, to elect members of the 36th Legislative Assembly of the province of Ontario, Canada...
, and was credited with running a stronger campaign than expected. She finished a credible third in Hamilton Centre
Hamilton Centre
Hamilton 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....
, where the Progressive Conservatives have not historically polled well.
In 1996, Tomasic was chosen as the federal Progressive Conservative candidate for a Hamilton East by-election
By-election
A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....
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...
cabinet minister Sheila Copps
Sheila Copps
Sheila Maureen Copps, PC is a former Canadian politician who also served as Deputy Prime Minister of Canada from November 4, 1993 to April 30, 1996 and June 19, 1996 to June 11, 1997....
. Former party leader Joe Clark
Joe Clark
Charles Joseph "Joe" Clark, is a Canadian statesman, businessman, and university professor, and former journalist and politician...
campaigned with her in the city (Spectator, 11 June 1996). She placed third, behind both Copps and a 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.
She won the party's nomination for Stoney Creek in 1997, and finished in third place against Liberal Tony Valeri
Tony Valeri
Tony Valeri, PC is a former Canadian politician. Valeri was the Canadian Government House Leader in Paul Martin's government from 2004 until 2006...
.
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 provincial Ontario general election, 1995 The Ontario general election of 1995 was held on June 8, 1995, to elect members of the 36th Legislative Assembly of the province of Ontario, Canada... |
Hamilton Centre Hamilton Centre Hamilton 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.... |
PC | 5,723 | 26.30 | 3/5 | 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... , New Democratic Party |
| federal by-election By-election A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections.... , June 17, 1996 |
Hamilton East | PC | 3,662 | 13.76 | 3/13 | Sheila Copps Sheila Copps Sheila Maureen Copps, PC is a former Canadian politician who also served as Deputy Prime Minister of Canada from November 4, 1993 to April 30, 1996 and June 19, 1996 to June 11, 1997.... , 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... |
| 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... |
Stoney Creek Stoney Creek (electoral district) Stoney Creek was an electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2003 and in the legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2007. It was located in the Hamilton area of Southern Ontario... |
PC | 9,440 | 3/6 | Tony Valeri Tony Valeri Tony Valeri, PC is a former Canadian politician. Valeri was the Canadian Government House Leader in Paul Martin's government from 2004 until 2006... , 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... |
Bill Lee (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....
)
Bill Lee has a Bachelor of ArtsBachelor 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 Psychology
Psychology
Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...
(1984) and an honour's degree in Social Work (1991) from Laurentian University
Laurentian University
Laurentian University , was incorporated on March 28, 1960, is a mid-sized bilingual university in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada....
. He was a teaching master at Ontario Business College from 1992 to 1994, and was later a director of Northern Ontario Family Counselling Services. He received 3,459 votes (8.63%), finishing fourth 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...
. He later served as president of the Manitoulin-North Shore Navy Veterans Association.
Stephen Probyn (Toronto Centre—Rosedale)
Probyn was born on May 14, 1951. He received a Bachelor of ArtsBachelor 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 from Queen's University in 1973, and later received a Master of Public Administration
Master of Public Administration
The Master of Public Administration is a professional post-graduate degree in Public Administration. The MPA program prepares individuals to serve as managers in the executive arm of local, state/provincial, and federal/national government, and increasingly in nongovernmental organization and...
from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He was a policy adviser to Nova Scotia Premier
Premier of Nova Scotia
The Premier of Nova Scotia is the first minister for the Canadian province of Nova Scotia who presides over the Executive Council of Nova Scotia. Following the Westminster system, the premier is normally the leader of the political party which has the most seats in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly...
John Buchanan
John Buchanan
John MacLennan Buchanan, PC, QC is a Canadian lawyer and former politician who served as the 20th Premier of Nova Scotia from 1978 to 1990 and as a member of the Senate of Canada from 1990 to 2006.-Early life:...
in 1983, and served as a senior policy adviser to the Canadian Minister Energy, Mines and Resources
Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources (Canada)
The Minister of Energy, Mines, and Resources was a member of the Cabinet of Canada from 1966 to 1995.-Ministers:The office of Minister of Mines and Technical Surveys was abolished and the office of the Ministers of Energy, Mines and Resources created by statute 14-15 Eliz. II, c...
from 1984 to 1986. He established Probyn & Company in 1994 to fund energy projects, and is a member of the Metro Board of Trade and the Albany Club
Albany Club
The Albany Club in Toronto was founded in 1882 and is one of Canada's oldest private clubs. Named after the Duke of Albany the club has been situated at its present location of 91 King Street East for more than 125 years....
.http://www.newsworld.cbc.ca/election97/ridings/205.html He has written in defense of the Monarchy in Canada
Monarchy in Canada
The monarchy of Canada is the core of both Canada's federalism and its Westminster-style parliamentary democracy, being the foundation of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the Canadian government and each provincial government...
in the national media (Globe and Mail, 4 October 2000).
He emphasized tax cuts in the 1997 campaign (Toronto Star, 30 May 1997), and received 8,993 votes (19.28%) to finish 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 Bill Graham.
Probyn supported deregulation policies while working for the government of Brian Mulroney
Brian Mulroney
Martin Brian Mulroney, was the 18th Prime Minister of Canada from September 17, 1984, to June 25, 1993 and was leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1983 to 1993. His tenure as Prime Minister was marked by the introduction of major economic reforms, such as the Canada-U.S...
in the 1980s (Globe and Mail, 13 May 1986), and continued to endorse energy deregulation throughout the 1990s (Financial Post, 17 February 1992 and 19 August 1997). In 1997, his firm was involved in the first public-private partnership in Canadian water management in Dartmouth
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Dartmouth founded in 1750, is a community and planning area of the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia. Located on the eastern shore of Halifax Harbour, Dartmouth has been nicknamed the City of Lakes after the large number of lakes located in the city.On April 1, 1996, the provincial...
, Nova Scotia (Financial Post, 23 March 1996). He served on a Market Design Committee established by the provincial Progressive Conservative
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...
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...
to provide the guidelines for deregulation in Ontario's energy sector (Hamilton Spectator, 22 April 2002).
Probyn is now a prominent figure on Bay Street
Bay Street
Bay Street, originally known as Bear Street, is a major thoroughfare in Downtown Toronto. It is the centre of Toronto's Financial District and is often used by metonymy to refer to Canada's financial industry since succeeding Montreal's St. James Street in that role in the 1970s...
, Canada's financial centre. In 2004, he advocated a Customs Union with the United States of America.http://www.inthenationalinterest.com/Articles/Vol3Issue19/Vol3Issue19ProbynPFV.html , he is chairman of the Canadian Association of Income Funds (CAIF) (National Post, 24 November 2005) and president and CEO of the Clean Power Income Fund, which he founded to promote environmentally sound energy sources (Globe and Mail, 24 November 2005). He supported federal Finance Minister
Minister of Finance (Canada)
The Minister of Finance is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible each year for presenting the federal government's budget...
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...
's financial update in November 2005.
Frank Snyder (Whitby—AjaxWhitby—AjaxWhitby—Ajax was a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2003, and the in Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2007...
)
Snyder (born November 23, 1958) is a Civil Engineering graduate from the University of WaterlooUniversity of Waterloo
The University of Waterloo is a comprehensive public university in the city of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The school was founded in 1957 by Drs. Gerry Hagey and Ira G. Needles, and has since grown to an institution of more than 30,000 students, faculty, and staff...
. He founded Snyder Construction in 1982, and was still its owner and operator at the time of the 1997 election. He was defeated for the federal Progressive Conservative nomination in Oshawa
Oshawa (electoral district)
Oshawa is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968....
for the 1984 election
Canadian federal election, 1984
The Canadian federal election of 1984 was held on September 4 of that year to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 33rd Parliament of Canada...
, and for the provincial Progressive Conservative
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...
nomination for Durham Centre
Durham Centre
Durham Centre was a provincial electoral district in the Durham Region. Created in 1987, the riding contained the town of Whitby from south of Taunton Road...
(Toronto Star, 23 December 1986) in the 1987 election
Ontario general election, 1987
The Ontario general election of 1987 was held on September 10, 1987, to elect members of the 34th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada.The governing Ontario Liberal Party, led by David Peterson, was returned to power with a large majority...
.http://www.newsworld.cbc.ca/election97/ridings/185.html
He won the Ontario PC nomination for Oshawa in the 1987 campaign, and finished third against New Democratic Party incumbent Mike Breaugh. Snyder ran on a platform of spending cuts, and also criticized pay equity policies, the provincial welfare system, rent control and public automobile insurance (Toronto Star, 1 September 1987).
He received 10,107 votes (20.47%) in the 1997 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...
candidate Judi Longfield.
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...
: Don Knight
Knight is a lawyer and former Royal Canadian Mounted PoliceRoyal Canadian Mounted Police
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police , literally ‘Royal Gendarmerie of Canada’; colloquially known as The Mounties, and internally as ‘The Force’) is the national police force of Canada, and one of the most recognized of its kind in the world. It is unique in the world as a national, federal,...
(RCMP) officer (Winnipeg Free Press, 3 September 1993). He ran for the Progressive Conservative Party on two occasions.
An individual named Don Knight was listed as a member of the Manitoba Human Rights Commission
Manitoba Human Rights Commission
The Manitoba Human Rights Commission is a quasi-judicial arms-length agency of the Government of Manitoba that is responsible for enforcing The Human Rights Code ....
in 1998 (WFP, 20 January 1998) and as a crown attorney
Crown attorney
Crown Attorneys or Crown Counsel are the prosecutors in the legal system of Canada.Crown Attorneys represent the Crown and act as prosecutor in proceedings under the Criminal Code of Canada...
by 2005 (WFP, 29 September 2005). It is likely that this is the same person.
| 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... |
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 | 2,438 | 3/5 | Elijah Harper Elijah Harper Elijah Harper is an Aboriginal Cree Canadian politician and band chief. He was a key player in the rejection of the Meech Lake Accord, an attempt at Canadian constitutional reform.- Early 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... |
|
| 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... |
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 | 2,452 | 10.50 | 4/4 | Bev Desjarlais Bev Desjarlais Bev Desjarlais is a retired Canadian politician. She represented Churchill in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2006, initially as a New Democrat and later as an Independent after losing her party nomination in late 2005... , 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... |
ProvencherProvencher (electoral district)Provencher is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1871. It is largely a rural district, the largest community being the city of Steinbach, Manitoba.-Demographics:-History:...
: Clare Braun
Clare Braun is a minister and municipal politician. He was the co-owner of Clare's Family Restaurant in NivervilleNiverville, Manitoba
Niverville is a small town in the Canadian province of Manitoba, located 28.6 km south of the Perimeter Highway which encircles the provincial capital, Winnipeg. This primarily farming community has seen an influx of people moving from the city looking to raise a family outside of the 'big...
and had spent ten years in church ministry at the time of the 1997 campaign. He was elected as the mayor of Niverville
Niverville, Manitoba
Niverville is a small town in the Canadian province of Manitoba, located 28.6 km south of the Perimeter Highway which encircles the provincial capital, Winnipeg. This primarily farming community has seen an influx of people moving from the city looking to raise a family outside of the 'big...
in 1995
Manitoba municipal elections, 1995
The 1995 Manitoba municipal elections were held on October 25, 1995 to elect mayors, councillors and school trustees in various communities throughout Manitoba, Canada.-Brandon:...
, and was returned without opposition in 1998
Manitoba municipal elections, 1998
The 1998 Manitoba municipal elections were held on October 28, 1998 to elect mayors, councillors and school trustees in various communities throughout Manitoba, Canada.-Brandon:...
. Braun ran a "family values
Family values
Family values are political and social beliefs that hold the nuclear family to be the essential ethical and moral unit of society. Familialism is the ideology that promotes the family and its values as an institution....
" campaign in 1997, stressing his opposition to euthanasia
Euthanasia
Euthanasia refers to the practice of intentionally ending a life in order to relieve pain and suffering....
, abortion
Abortion
Abortion is defined as the termination of pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a fetus or embryo prior to viability. An abortion can occur spontaneously, in which case it is usually called a miscarriage, or it can be purposely induced...
, and "same-sex legislation", while also opposing the national firearms registry
Canadian gun registry
The Canadian Firearms Registry is part of the Firearms Act and is managed by the Canadian Firearms Program of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police . It requires the registration of all guns in Canada. It was introduced by the Liberal government of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and implemented by...
.
Braun opposed the province's efforts to reform Niverville's council voting system in 1996, and favoured the existing model where the mayor only votes in the event of a tie. In 2001, he presided over a municipal referendum that legalized the sale of alcohol
Alcohol
In chemistry, an alcohol is an organic compound in which the hydroxy functional group is bound to a carbon atom. In particular, this carbon center should be saturated, having single bonds to three other atoms....
for the first time in the community's history. He did not seek re-election in 2002. As of 2006, Braun was an agent with Sutton-Kilkenny Real Estate.
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 municipal Manitoba municipal elections, 1995 The 1995 Manitoba municipal elections were held on October 25, 1995 to elect mayors, councillors and school trustees in various communities throughout Manitoba, Canada.-Brandon:... |
Mayor of Niverville | n/a | not listed | - | not listed | himself |
| 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... |
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... |
Progressive Conservative 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:... |
5,955 | 16.32 | 3/4 | David Iftody David Iftody David Iftody was a Canadian politician. He served in the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 2000, representing the Manitoba riding of Provencher. Iftody was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.-Early life and career:... , 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... |
| 1998 municipal Manitoba municipal elections, 1998 The 1998 Manitoba municipal elections were held on October 28, 1998 to elect mayors, councillors and school trustees in various communities throughout Manitoba, Canada.-Brandon:... |
Mayor of Niverville | n/a | accl. | - | 1/1 | himself |
Selkirk—InterlakeSelkirk—InterlakeSelkirk—Interlake is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1976 to 1987, and since 1997....
: Reid Kelner
Kelner is the owner of the Winnipeg Beach Hotel, and was a trustee for the Evergreen School Division at the time of the 1997 election. He won his party's nomination by a single vote over former Member of ParliamentMember 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,...
Felix Holtmann
Felix Holtmann
Felix Holtmann is a former Canadian politician. He served in the Canadian House of Commons from 1984 to 1993, as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party....
; local councillor Clay McMurren was also a candidate. In the general election, he finished fourth against 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 Howard Hilstrom
Howard Hilstrom
Howard E. Hilstrom was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2004. His career has included ranching and law enforcement....
.
In January 1998, Kelner announced his appeal of the Manitoba Lottery Commission's decision to remove video lottery terminal
Video Lottery Terminal
A Video Lottery Terminal or VLT is a gaming machine that allows gamblers to bet on the outcome of a video game.A VLT is similar to a slot machine, in that each terminal is a stand-alone device containing a random-number generator...
s from his hotel. The ban was introduced after the commission discovered that patrons had withdrawn game money from debit card
Debit card
A debit card is a plastic card that provides the cardholder electronic access to his or her bank account/s at a financial institution...
s; one patron had committed suicide after losing his life savings in this manner. Kelner maintained that staff were unaware of how the money had been used, and argued that the machines were necessary to ensure the financial viability of his hotel. The VLTs were returned in March 1998. During the course of the controversy, Kelner required that employees at his hotel take courses in recognizing gambling addiction.
Kelner was elected Mayor of Winnipeg Beach in 1998, running on a platform of reducing taxes by amalgamating services with neighbouring communities. Later in the year, he was appointed to a public advisory group studying shoreline erosion on Lake Winnipeg
Lake Winnipeg
Lake Winnipeg is a large, lake in central North America, in the province of Manitoba, Canada, with its southern tip about north of the city of Winnipeg...
. In 2001, he supported plans to construct a seniors' residence and tourist hotel in the community. He did not seek re-election in 2002.
Kelner supported Brian Pallister
Brian Pallister
Brian William Pallister is a Canadian politician. He represented the riding of Portage—Lisgar in the Canadian House of Commons from 2000 to 2008. He previously served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1992 to 1997, and was a cabinet minister in the provincial government of Gary Filmon...
's bid for the Progressive Conservative Party leadership in 1998. He serves on the Manitoba Hotel Association's Board of Directors for the 2007-08 year, and is a Manitoba representative on the executive board of the Hotel Association of Canada.
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 municipal Manitoba municipal elections, 1995 The 1995 Manitoba municipal elections were held on October 25, 1995 to elect mayors, councillors and school trustees in various communities throughout Manitoba, Canada.-Brandon:... , Evergreen School Division |
school trustee | n/a | not listed | not listed | not listed | himself, and others |
| 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... |
Selkirk—Interlake Selkirk—Interlake Selkirk—Interlake is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1976 to 1987, and since 1997.... |
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.... |
5,730 | 14.83 | 4/5 | Howard Hilstrom Howard Hilstrom Howard E. Hilstrom was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2004. His career has included ranching and law enforcement.... , 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.... |
| 1998 municipal Manitoba municipal elections, 1998 The 1998 Manitoba municipal elections were held on October 28, 1998 to elect mayors, councillors and school trustees in various communities throughout Manitoba, Canada.-Brandon:... , Winnipeg Beach |
mayor | n/a | 600 | 1/2 | himself |
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...
: Campbell Alexander
Alexander was listed in a 1993 newspaper report the sales representative of a local plumbing company. He was forty-one years old and self-employed during the 1997 election, working on retraining programs for recipients of social assistance and unemployment insurance (Winnipeg Free Press, 17 May 1997). Later in 1997, he was listed as manager of a business partnership for the Taking Charge program (WFP, 10 November 1997).Alexander appears to have endorsed Kim Campbell
Kim Campbell
Avril Phædra Douglas "Kim" Campbell, is a Canadian politician, lawyer, university professor, diplomat, and writer. She served as the 19th Prime Minister of Canada, serving from June 25, 1993, to November 4, 1993...
for the Progressive Conservative Party leadership in 1993, insofar as attended a breakfast address delivered by Campbell in Winnipeg
Winnipeg
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...
before the party's leadership race officially started, and commented that she brought a "fresh new perspective on to the scene" (WFP, 21 March 1993). In the same year, he wrote an editorial piece defending the funding cutbacks initiated by provincial Education Minister Rosemary Vodrey
Rosemary Vodrey
Rosemary Vodrey is a former politician in Manitoba, Canada. She was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1990 to 1999, and was a senior cabinet minister of the government of Gary Filmon.-Early life and career:...
(WFP, 10 July 1993). In 1994, he supported Vodrey's proposed reforms of the Young Offenders Act
Young Offenders Act
The Young Offenders Act was an act of the Parliament of Canada, granted Royal Assent in 1984, that regulated the criminal prosecution of Canadian youths...
.
Alexander received 2,442 votes (9.10%) in the 1997 election, finishing fourth 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...
candidate 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:...
. He later served as chief executive officer 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:...
, although he left this position in March 2003 amid financial difficulties within the party (WFP, 6 April 2003).
Winnipeg SouthWinnipeg SouthWinnipeg South is a Canadian federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1979, and since 1988. It covers the south of the city of Winnipeg...
: William (Bill) Mackness
Mackness (born April 28, 1938) is a retired business economist and academic administrator.http://www.fraserinstitute.ca/shared/author.asp?id=379 He holds 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 Chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
from the Université de Montréal
Université de Montréal
The Université de Montréal is a public francophone research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It comprises thirteen faculties, more than sixty departments and two affiliated schools: the École Polytechnique and HEC Montréal...
, and a Master's Degree
Master's degree
A master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...
in 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"...
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...
.http://www.newsworld.cbc.ca/election97/ridings/222.html He served as senior vice-president and chief economist for the Bank of Nova Scotia (Globe and Mail, 6 May 1983), was a senior advisor to the federal Department of Finance, and was a Canadian representative to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the International Monetary Fund
International Monetary Fund
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(IMF).
Mackness is a trustee of the economically conservative Fraser Institute
Fraser Institute
The Fraser Institute is a Canadian think tank. It has been described as politically conservative and right-wing libertarian and espouses free market principles...
. In 1991, he delivered an address before the institute entitled, "Big government and the constitutional crisis", encouraging both spending cuts and a devolution of power to the provinces.http://oldfraser.lexi.net/publications/forum/1991/december/FF-12-91.html
Mackness served as Dean of Management 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...
from 1988 to 1995, and affiliated the department with the Fraser Institute. He became known for an abrasive management style, with one rival faculty member claiming he had created an "environment of hatred" at the department (Winnipeg Free Press, 17 March 1995). He was also accused of intolerance in 1990 after mailing an internal letter on departmental renewal which included the line, "If we don't do something soon, we will all retire together and leave the place to Third World
Third World
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mathematicians" (Winnipeg Free Press, 1 September 1990). His contract was not renewed in 1995, and his successor severed the department's affiliation with the Fraser Institute the following year.http://umanitoba.ca/manitoban/1997-1998/1022/news.html
He received 6,547 votes (17.26%) in 1997, finishing third against Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
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incumbent Reg Alcock
Reg Alcock
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. In 1999, Mackness was the author of another Fraser Institute document calling for spending cuts and tax cuts.http://oldfraser.lexi.net/media/media_releases/1999/19990517.html
Mackness was a supporter of the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement in 1987 (Globe and Mail, 5 October 1987), and endorsed the proposed Multilateral Agreement on Investment
Multilateral Agreement on Investment
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ten years later (Winnipeg Free Press, 5 January 1998).
Winnipeg—Transcona: Glenn Buffie
Buffie was born on January 30, 1960. He was a sale manager at the time of the election, and had served as president of the Progressive Conservative Party of ManitobaProgressive Conservative Party of Manitoba
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. He was the chair of Paul Murphy's campaign in the 1995 provincial election
Manitoba general election, 1995
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. He received 2,968 votes (8.97%), finishing fourth against New Democratic Party
New Democratic Party
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incumbent Bill Blaikie
Bill Blaikie
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. He later became AA vice-president for the Winnipeg Minor Hockey Association.
Ron Meakin (Wanuskewin)
Meakin is a farmer and real estate broker (Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, 17 May 1997). He had previously campaigned for the Progressive Conservative Party of SaskatchewanProgressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan
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. In the 1997 election, he called for tax cuts and the cancellation of the Canadian gun registry
Canadian gun registry
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(Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, 1 May 1997).
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 provincial Saskatchewan general election, 1995 The Saskatchewan general election of 1995 was the twenty-third provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on June 21, 1995 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.... |
Redberry | P.C. | 2,133 | 3/3 | Walter Jess, New Democratic Party | |
| 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... |
Wanuskewin | P.C. | 2,602 | 7.93 | 4/6 | Maurice Vellacott Maurice Vellacott Maurice Vellacott is a Canadian politician. He has served in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997, and is currently the Conservative Member of Parliament for the riding of Saskatoon—Wanuskewin in the province of Saskatchewan.... , 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.... |