Progressive Conservative Party candidates, 2007 Ontario provincial election
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The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
is one of three major political parties in Ontario
, Canada
running in the 2007 Ontario provincial election
. It has served as the Official Opposition since 2003
, having previously formed two successive majority governments in 1995
and 1999
.
The party ran a full state of 107 candidates. Though several candidates have their own biography pages, information about others may be found here.
, while italics indicate a candidate who defeated an incumbent of another party.>
Brampton West
Mark Beckles (born 1964) was born in the United Kingdom
and raised in Barbados
. Beckles pursued his education in Barbados, Canada
, and the United Kingdom, earning an MBA in International Business from Bradford University as well as certification in risk management. Embarking on a career as an insurance professional, Beckles spent 16 years working in senior positions in Canada and the Caribbean. As Vice President of one of the largest insurance brokers in the Caribbean, his clients included Colgate-Palmolive, Coca-Cola, Hilton Hotels and CIBC. He has also worked for large international insurers such as Zurich Insurance and General Accident, as well as served on the boards of several international business companies.
Brant
Daniel (Dan) McCreary was born in Brantford
and has a Bachelor's degree
in landscape architecture from the University of Toronto
(1979). He worked in Calgary
's contracting sector for ten years before returning to Brantford in 1990 to operate a small business.
He wrote a political column for the Brantford Expositor
from 1998 to 2003, covering municipal affairs from a right-wing vantage point. Brantford mayor Chris Friel
was one of his most frequent targets, and at one stage Friel responded with a critical piece on McCreary facetiously titled, "Who will free us from this turbulent columnist?" (Later, McCready said that Friel's reaction to his columns was mostly good natured.)
McCreary ran for mayor
of Brantford in the 1994 municipal election
and finished fifth in a field of six candidates. He was first elected to the Brantford city council
in the 2003 election
, at age forty-seven, and was re-elected in 2006
and 2010
. In January 2005, he became chair of Brantford's social services committee. He has also served on the city's health and police boards.
McCreary was president of Brant
's Reform Party of Canada
association in the mid-1990s. He spoke against merging his party with the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
in 1996 and 1998 and subsequently opposed Reform's United Alternative initiative in 1999. He nonetheless joined the resultant Canadian Alliance
in 2000 and became president of the party's Brant association. McCreary later joined the Conservative Party of Canada
, which was formed in 2003 by a merger of the Alliance and the federal Progressive Conservatives.
He has served as president of the local Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
association. In the 2007 election, he lost to two-term Liberal
incumbent Dave Levac
by a significant margin. He supported Jim Flaherty
in the party's 2002 leadership election and backed Tim Hudak
in 2009
.
Don Valley East
A registered nurse, and a founding member of the Ontario Nurses Association Local 115. Has worked at the Toronto East General Hospital for thirty years. Also a trustee on the Toronto District Catholic School Board, representing Ward 11 in east Toronto. First elected in 2000, re-elected in 2003, and again in 2006. Her mother was the first female principal in the York Region.
London West
Allison Graham is a long-time party member and activist. She was also a columnist for the London Free Press
.
Peterborough
Bruce Fitzpatrick was raised in Peterborough
and in New Jersey
, where his father was transferred during his childhood. He has a Bachelor of Arts
degree in History and Economics from the University of Toronto
(1983) and a Bachelor of Laws
degree from Queen's University in Kingston
(1986). Called to the bar in 1988, he originally practised law in Toronto
before returning to Peterborough in 1993 to join the firm Lockington Lawless Fitzpatrick LLP. Fitzpatrick has done fundraising work for the Kawartha Food Bank. He also started a local history fundraising tour in 2006, has served on the board of Showplace Peterborough, and supports an effort to bring the Canadian Music Hall of Fame
to the city.
Fitzpatrick has said that he became politically active in the early 1990s as an opponent of Bob Rae
's provincial government. He chaired Canadian Alliance
candidate Eric Mann's campaign in the 2000 federal election
, and he also served as present of the provincial Progressive Conservative association in Peterborough before running for office himself. In 2001, he supported Tony Clement
's bid to succeed Mike Harris
as party leader.
During the 2007 election, Fitzpatrick openly disagreed with his party's plan to extend public funding to faith-based schools. Newspaper reports from before the election indicate that he was expected to have a credible chance of winning. In the event, he received 13,176 votes (25.70%) to finish second against Liberal
incumbent Jeff Leal
.
St. Catharines
Timms is a professional engineer
, and operates Timms House and Building Inspections. He is a municipal politician in St. Catharines
. He was re-elected to a sixth consecutive term on the Niagara Regional Council
in the 2006 St. Catharines municipal election
. As of 2005, he was chair of the Public Health Services Committee.http://www.regional.niagara.on.ca/government/council/profiles/btimms.html Timms opposed extending the local anti-smoking bylaws in 2001http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:WxngTFhRU1MJ:www.smokefreeniagara.com/wordocs/SFN-article6.pdf+%22Bruce+Timms%22&hl=en, and in 2004 opposed an HIV
-prevention poster that some in the community found offensive.http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:SfWbfclrrBcJ:www.think-again.ca/news/+%22Bruce+Timms%22&hl=en
Bruce Timms previously ran for this seat in 1990, receiving 3,926 votes (13.16%) and finishing a distant third against Liberal
candidate and incumbent MPP Jim Bradley.
He received 12,861 votes (28.89%) in 2007, finishing a distant second. Losing once again to long time Liberal
MPP Jim Bradley.
Sudbury
Louis Delongchamp was born and raised in Sudbury. He holds a Bachelor of Arts
degree from Laurentian University
,and a Bachelor of Commerce
degree from the University of Windsor
. He has taught accounting courses at Algonquin College
and Cambrian College
, and managed family real estate
properties at the time of the election. Delongchamp has also served as an executive member of the Sudbury Arts Council. He was fifty-eight years old at the time of the election.
In 2001, Delongchamp was appointed to the Sudbury Early Years Steering Committee by provincial cabinet minister John Baird
. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
at the federal level until 2003, when he supported its merger with the more right-wing Canadian Alliance
to create the Conservative Party of Canada
. He received 2,605 votes (7.93%) in 2007, finishing third against Liberal
incumbent Rick Bartolucci
. He subsequently said that his party lost the election over its pledge to provide public funding for faith-based education.
with an Honours Bachelor of Arts
in Political Science
and Criminology
in 1994. While at the University of Windsor, she was elected President of the Student Council (UWSA), becoming the first female representative for over 10,000 full time undergraduate students. In 2004, while working full time, she attended the University of Windsor Faculty of Law and graduated with her Bachelor of Laws
in June 2007. She is currently articling at Sullivan, Istl, Bornais LLP in Windsor. She feels it is time for an MPP in this riding who is able to tackle and resolve the issues faced by Windsorites — especially the border, diversification of the Windsor economy and the environment.
Sue-Ann Levy (St. Paul's
Sue-Ann Levy (born ca. 1956) is the municipal affairs columnist for the Toronto Sun
daily tabloid newspaper in Toronto
, Canada
.
Levy has a degree in journalism and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Toronto
.
Levy has been an ardent critic of Toronto Mayor David Miller
referring to his administration as "socialist silly hall".
Levy ran unsuccessfully as the Conservative
candidate in the September 17, 2009 by-election
in St. Paul's
riding, called to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Michael Bryant
. The by-election was won by Liberal candidate Eric Hoskins
.
In June 2009, Levy married her girlfriend Denise Alexander at what was a traditional Jewish Wedding ceremony.
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...
is one of three major political parties in Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
running in the 2007 Ontario provincial election
Ontario general election, 2007
The Ontario general election of 2007 was held on October 10, 2007 to elect members of the 39th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada. The Liberals under Dalton McGuinty won the election with a majority government, winning 71 out of a possible 107 seats with 42.2% of the popular...
. It has served as the Official Opposition since 2003
Ontario general election, 2003
The Ontario general election of 2003 was held on October 2, 2003, to elect the 103 members of the 38th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada....
, having previously formed two successive majority governments in 1995
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 1999
Ontario general election, 1999
An Ontario general election was held on June 3, 1999, to elect members of the 37th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada....
.
The party ran a full state of 107 candidates. Though several candidates have their own biography pages, information about others may be found here.
Elected
Bold indicates a non-incumbentIncumbent
The incumbent, in politics, is the existing holder of a political office. This term is usually used in reference to elections, in which races can often be defined as being between an incumbent and non-incumbent. For example, in the 2004 United States presidential election, George W...
, while italics indicate a candidate who defeated an incumbent of another party.
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Norm Miller Norm Miller is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Parry Sound—Muskoka for the Progressive Conservatives... Julia Munro Julia Munro is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the Greater Toronto Area riding of York—Simcoe for the Progressive Conservative Party.... Bill Murdoch Bill Murdoch is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1990, and represents the riding of Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound as a Progressive Conservative.... John O'Toole John O'Toole is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1995, representing the riding of Durham for the Progressive Conservative Party.... Jerry Ouellette Jerry J. Ouellette is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1995, representing the riding of Oshawa for the Progressive Conservative Party. Ouellette was Minister of Natural Resources in the government of Ernie Eves.Ouellette graduated... Bob Runciman Robert William "Bob" Runciman is a veteran Canadian politician and former provincial Leader of the Opposition in the Ontario Legislature. First elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1981, he held the seat continuously for Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario for the next 29 years... Joyce Savoline Joyce Savoline is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the electoral district of Burlington for the Progressive Conservatives... Peter Shurman Peter Shurman is a Progressive Conservative Member for Thornhill in the Ontario Legislature. Prior to his election, he was a radio talk show host on CFRB in Toronto.-Background:Shurman was born in Montreal in 1947... Norm Sterling Norman William Sterling is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is one of the longest-serving members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, having been first elected in 1977.... Elizabeth Witmer Elizabeth Witmer is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1990, originally representing Waterloo North and later Kitchener—Waterloo for the Progressive Conservative Party.Witmer moved with her family to Ontario at a young age... John Yakabuski John Yakabuski is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the eastern Ontario riding of Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke for the Progressive Conservative Party... |
Defeated incumbents
- Joe Tascona
- John ToryJohn ToryJohn Howard Tory is a Canadian businessman, political activist, former leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, former Member of Provincial Parliament and broadcaster...
(defeated seeking election in a riding where he was not the incumbent)
Brampton WestBrampton West (provincial electoral district)Brampton West is a provincial electoral district in central Ontario, Canada. It was created for the 2007 provincial election. 72.8% of the district was created from Brampton West—Mississauga while 27.2% was carved from Brampton Centre....
: Mark Beckles
Mark Beckles (born 1964) was born in the United KingdomUnited Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and raised in Barbados
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
. Beckles pursued his education in Barbados, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, and the United Kingdom, earning an MBA in International Business from Bradford University as well as certification in risk management. Embarking on a career as an insurance professional, Beckles spent 16 years working in senior positions in Canada and the Caribbean. As Vice President of one of the largest insurance brokers in the Caribbean, his clients included Colgate-Palmolive, Coca-Cola, Hilton Hotels and CIBC. He has also worked for large international insurers such as Zurich Insurance and General Accident, as well as served on the boards of several international business companies.
BrantBrant (provincial electoral district)Brant is a provincial electoral district in southwestern, Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.It was created in 1999 from all of Brantford and part of Brant—Haldimand....
: Dan McCreary
Daniel (Dan) McCreary was born in BrantfordBrantford, Ontario
Brantford is a city located on the Grand River in Southern Ontario, Canada. While geographically surrounded by the County of Brant, the city is politically independent...
and has a Bachelor's degree
Bachelor'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...
in landscape architecture from the University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
(1979). He worked in Calgary
Calgary
Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
's contracting sector for ten years before returning to Brantford in 1990 to operate a small business.
He wrote a political column for the Brantford Expositor
Brantford Expositor
The Brantford Expositor is an English language newspaper based in Brantford, Ontario and owned by Osprey Media Group Inc. a subsidiary of Sun Media...
from 1998 to 2003, covering municipal affairs from a right-wing vantage point. Brantford mayor Chris Friel
Chris Friel
Chris Friel is a politician in the Canadian province of Ontario. He was the mayor of Brantford from 1994 to 2003 and was re-elected to the same position in the 2010 municipal election.-Early life and private career:...
was one of his most frequent targets, and at one stage Friel responded with a critical piece on McCreary facetiously titled, "Who will free us from this turbulent columnist?" (Later, McCready said that Friel's reaction to his columns was mostly good natured.)
McCreary ran for mayor
Mayor
In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
of Brantford in the 1994 municipal election
Brantford municipal election, 1994
The 1994 Brantford municipal election was held on November 14, 1994, to elect a mayor, councillors, and school trustees in the city of Brantford, Ontario.In the mayoral contest, Chris Friel defeated one-term incumbent Bob Taylor.-Results:...
and finished fifth in a field of six candidates. He was first elected to the Brantford city council
Brantford City Council
The Brantford City Council is the governing body of Brantford, Ontario.The council consists of a mayor and ten councillors, two representing each of five wards...
in the 2003 election
Brantford municipal election, 2003
The 2003 Brantford municipal election was held on November 10, 2003, to elect a mayor, city councillors, and school trustees in the city of Brantford, Ontario....
, at age forty-seven, and was re-elected in 2006
Brantford municipal election, 2006
The 2006 Brantford municipal election was held on November 13, 2006, to elect a mayor, councillors, and school trustees in the city of Brantford, Ontario.-Results :...
and 2010
Brantford municipal election, 2010
The 2010 Brantford municipal election was held on October 25, 2010, to elect a mayor, city councillors, and school trustees in the city of Brantford, Ontario.-Results:...
. In January 2005, he became chair of Brantford's social services committee. He has also served on the city's health and police boards.
McCreary was president of Brant
Brant (electoral district)
Brant is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1949 and since 1968.The federal riding was created in 1903. It consisted of Brant County excluding Brantford....
's Reform Party of Canada
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....
association in the mid-1990s. He spoke against merging his party with 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 1996 and 1998 and subsequently opposed Reform's United Alternative initiative in 1999. He nonetheless joined the resultant 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 2000 and became president of the party's Brant association. McCreary later joined the Conservative Party of Canada
Conservative Party of Canada
The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...
, which was formed in 2003 by a merger of the Alliance and the federal Progressive Conservatives.
He has served as president of the local 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...
association. In the 2007 election, he lost to two-term Liberal
Ontario Liberal Party
The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and...
incumbent Dave Levac
Dave Levac
David Joseph "Dave" Levac is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Brant for the Ontario Liberal Party...
by a significant margin. He supported Jim Flaherty
Jim Flaherty
James Michael "Jim" Flaherty, PC, MP is Canada's Minister of Finance and he has also served as Ontario's Minister of Finance. From 1995 until 2005, he was the Member of Provincial Parliament for Whitby—Ajax, and a member of the Progressive Conservative Party caucus...
in the party's 2002 leadership election and backed Tim Hudak
Tim Hudak
Timothy Patrick "Tim" Hudak is a politician in Ontario, Canada, and the Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario . He also serves as member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for the riding of Niagara West—Glanbrook.-Background:Tim Hudak was born in Fort Erie, Ontario...
in 2009
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election, 2009
On March 6, 2009, Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leader John Tory announced his intention to step down as leader following his defeat in a by-election. Tory was elected party leader in the party's 2004 leadership election, and led the party to defeat in the 2007 provincial election in...
.
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 municipal Brantford municipal election, 1994 The 1994 Brantford municipal election was held on November 14, 1994, to elect a mayor, councillors, and school trustees in the city of Brantford, Ontario.In the mayoral contest, Chris Friel defeated one-term incumbent Bob Taylor.-Results:... |
Mayor Mayor In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city.... of Brantford |
n/a | 1,094 | 4.29 | 5/6 | Chris Friel Chris Friel Chris Friel is a politician in the Canadian province of Ontario. He was the mayor of Brantford from 1994 to 2003 and was re-elected to the same position in the 2010 municipal election.-Early life and private career:... |
| 2003 municipal Brantford municipal election, 2003 The 2003 Brantford municipal election was held on November 10, 2003, to elect a mayor, city councillors, and school trustees in the city of Brantford, Ontario.... |
Brantford City Council Brantford City Council The Brantford City Council is the governing body of Brantford, Ontario.The council consists of a mayor and ten councillors, two representing each of five wards... , Ward Three |
n/a | 3,002 | 29.64 | 2/6 | Greg Martin and himself |
| 2006 municipal Brantford municipal election, 2006 The 2006 Brantford municipal election was held on November 13, 2006, to elect a mayor, councillors, and school trustees in the city of Brantford, Ontario.-Results :... |
Brantford City Council Brantford City Council The Brantford City Council is the governing body of Brantford, Ontario.The council consists of a mayor and ten councillors, two representing each of five wards... , Ward Three |
n/a | 3,151 | 29.64 | 1/5 | himself and Greg Martin |
| 2007 provincial Ontario general election, 2007 The Ontario general election of 2007 was held on October 10, 2007 to elect members of the 39th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada. The Liberals under Dalton McGuinty won the election with a majority government, winning 71 out of a possible 107 seats with 42.2% of the popular... |
Brant Brant (provincial electoral district) Brant is a provincial electoral district in southwestern, Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.It was created in 1999 from all of Brantford and part of Brant—Haldimand.... |
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... |
13,787 | 28.86 | 2/6 | Dave Levac Dave Levac David Joseph "Dave" Levac is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Brant for the Ontario Liberal Party... , 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... |
| 2010 municipal Brantford municipal election, 2010 The 2010 Brantford municipal election was held on October 25, 2010, to elect a mayor, city councillors, and school trustees in the city of Brantford, Ontario.-Results:... |
Brantford City Council Brantford City Council The Brantford City Council is the governing body of Brantford, Ontario.The council consists of a mayor and ten councillors, two representing each of five wards... , Ward Three |
n/a | 3,004 | 28.28 | 1/5 | himself and Debi Dignan-Rumble |
Don Valley EastDon Valley East (provincial electoral district)Don Valley East is a provincial electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.It was created in 1999 from parts of Don Mills, York Mills, Oriole and Willowdale....
: Angela Kennedy
A registered nurse, and a founding member of the Ontario Nurses Association Local 115. Has worked at the Toronto East General Hospital for thirty years. Also a trustee on the Toronto District Catholic School Board, representing Ward 11 in east Toronto. First elected in 2000, re-elected in 2003, and again in 2006. Her mother was the first female principal in the York Region.London WestLondon WestLondon West is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968. Its population in 2006 was 118,335.-Geography:The district includes the northwest part of the City of London....
: Allison Graham
Allison Graham is a long-time party member and activist. She was also a columnist for the London Free PressLondon Free Press
The London Free Press is a daily newspaper based in London, Ontario, Canada.The London Free Press began as the Canadian Free Press, founded by William Sutherland in 1847. It first began printing as a weekly newspaper in 1849. In 1852, it was purchased for $500 by Josiah Blackburn, who renamed it...
.
PeterboroughPeterborough (electoral district)Peterborough is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1953.The riding's borders have differed slightly since its creation in 1953, but has always included most or all of Peterborough County and its county seat of...
: Bruce Fitzpatrick
Bruce Fitzpatrick was raised in PeterboroughPeterborough, Ontario
Peterborough is a city on the Otonabee River in southern Ontario, Canada, 125 kilometres northeast of Toronto. The population of the City of Peterborough was 74,898 as of the 2006 census, while the census metropolitan area has a population of 121,428 as of a 2009 estimate. It presently ranks...
and in New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, where his father was transferred during his childhood. He has a Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
degree in History and Economics from the University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
(1983) 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 Queen's University in Kingston
Kingston, Ontario
Kingston, Ontario is a Canadian city located in Eastern Ontario where the St. Lawrence River flows out of Lake Ontario. Originally a First Nations settlement called "Katarowki," , growing European exploration in the 17th Century made it an important trading post...
(1986). Called to the bar in 1988, he originally practised law 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...
before returning to Peterborough in 1993 to join the firm Lockington Lawless Fitzpatrick LLP. Fitzpatrick has done fundraising work for the Kawartha Food Bank. He also started a local history fundraising tour in 2006, has served on the board of Showplace Peterborough, and supports an effort to bring the Canadian Music Hall of Fame
Canadian Music Hall of Fame
The Canadian Music Hall of Fame honors Canadian musicians for their lifetime achievements in music. The ceremony is held each year as part of the Juno Award ceremonies. Members of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame represent many of the world's great talents...
to the city.
Fitzpatrick has said that he became politically active in the early 1990s as an opponent of Bob Rae
Bob Rae
Robert Keith "Bob" Rae, PC, OC, OOnt, QC, MP is a Canadian politician. He is the Member of Parliament for Toronto Centre and interim leader of the Liberal Party of Canada....
's provincial government. He chaired Canadian Alliance
Canadian Alliance
The Canadian Alliance , formally the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance , was a Canadian conservative political party that existed from 2000 to 2003. The party was the successor to the Reform Party of Canada and inherited its position as the Official Opposition in the House of Commons and held...
candidate Eric Mann's campaign in the 2000 federal election
Canadian federal election, 2000
The 2000 Canadian federal election was held on November 27, 2000, to elect 301 Members of Parliament of the Canadian House of Commons of the 37th Parliament of Canada....
, and he also served as present of the provincial Progressive Conservative association in Peterborough before running for office himself. In 2001, he supported Tony Clement
Tony Clement
Tony Peter Clement, PC, MP is a Canadian federal politician, President of the Treasury Board, Minister for the Federal Economic Initiative for Northern Ontario and member of the Conservative Party of Canada....
's bid to succeed 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...
as party leader.
During the 2007 election, Fitzpatrick openly disagreed with his party's plan to extend public funding to faith-based schools. Newspaper reports from before the election indicate that he was expected to have a credible chance of winning. In the event, he received 13,176 votes (25.70%) to finish second against Liberal
Ontario Liberal Party
The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and...
incumbent Jeff Leal
Jeff Leal
Jeff Leal is a politician in the Canadian province of Ontario. He has represented Peterborough in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 2003 as a member of the Ontario Liberal Party.-Early life and municipal career:...
.
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...
: Bruce Timms
Timms is a professional engineerProfessional Engineer
Regulation of the engineering profession is established by various jurisdictions of the world to protect the safety, well-being and other interests of the general public, and to define the licensure process through which an engineer becomes authorized to provide professional services to the...
, and operates Timms House and Building Inspections. He is a municipal politician in St. Catharines
St. Catharines, Ontario
St. Catharines is the largest city in Canada's Niagara Region and the sixth largest urban area in Ontario, Canada, with 97.11 square kilometres of land...
. He was re-elected to a sixth consecutive term on the Niagara Regional Council
Niagara Regional Council
The Niagara Regional Council is the governing body of the Regional Municipality of Niagara in Ontario, Canada.The council consists of a Regional Chair, the Mayors of all twelve Niagara Regional municipalities, and eighteen additional regional councillors elected to represent the various...
in the 2006 St. Catharines municipal election
St. Catharines municipal election, 2006
The 2006 St. Catharines municipal election took place on 13 November 2006 to determine a mayor, regional and city councillors and school trustees in the city of St. Catharines, Ontario...
. As of 2005, he was chair of the Public Health Services Committee.http://www.regional.niagara.on.ca/government/council/profiles/btimms.html Timms opposed extending the local anti-smoking bylaws in 2001http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:WxngTFhRU1MJ:www.smokefreeniagara.com/wordocs/SFN-article6.pdf+%22Bruce+Timms%22&hl=en, and in 2004 opposed an 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...
-prevention poster that some in the community found offensive.http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:SfWbfclrrBcJ:www.think-again.ca/news/+%22Bruce+Timms%22&hl=en
Bruce Timms previously ran for this seat in 1990, receiving 3,926 votes (13.16%) and finishing a distant third against Liberal
Ontario Liberal Party
The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and...
candidate and incumbent MPP Jim Bradley.
He received 12,861 votes (28.89%) in 2007, finishing a distant second. Losing once again to long time Liberal
Ontario Liberal Party
The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and...
MPP Jim Bradley.
SudburySudbury (provincial electoral district)Sudbury is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1908. It is one of the two districts serving the city of Greater Sudbury.Its population in 2001 was 89,443....
: Louis Delongchamp
Louis Delongchamp was born and raised in Sudbury. He holds 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 Laurentian University
Laurentian University
Laurentian University , was incorporated on March 28, 1960, is a mid-sized bilingual university in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada....
,and a Bachelor of Commerce
Bachelor of Commerce
A Bachelor of Commerce is an undergraduate degree in commerce and related subjects. The degree is also known as the Bachelor of Commerce and Administration, or BCA...
degree from the University of Windsor
University of Windsor
The University of Windsor is a public comprehensive and research university in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's southernmost university. It has a student population of approximately 15,000 full-time and part-time undergraduate students and over 1000 graduate students...
. He has taught accounting courses at Algonquin College
Algonquin College
Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology is a publicly funded English-language college and member of Polytechnics Canada located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The college serves the National Capital Region and the outlying areas of Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec...
and Cambrian College
Cambrian College
Cambrian College is a college of applied arts and technology in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Established in 1967, and funded by the province of Ontario, Cambrian has campuses in Sudbury, Espanola and Little Current....
, and managed family real estate
Real estate
In general use, esp. North American, 'real estate' is taken to mean "Property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals, or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this; an item of real property; buildings or...
properties at the time of the election. Delongchamp has also served as an executive member of the Sudbury Arts Council. He was fifty-eight years old at the time of the election.
In 2001, Delongchamp was appointed to the Sudbury Early Years Steering Committee by provincial cabinet minister John Baird
John Baird (Canadian politician)
John Russell Baird, PC, MP is a Canadian politician currently serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Prime Minister Stephen Harper....
. He was a member of 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....
at the federal level until 2003, when he supported its merger 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...
. He received 2,605 votes (7.93%) in 2007, finishing third against Liberal
Ontario Liberal Party
The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and...
incumbent Rick Bartolucci
Rick Bartolucci
Rick Bartolucci is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He has represented Sudbury in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1995, and is a cabinet minister in the government of Dalton McGuinty...
. He subsequently said that his party lost the election over its pledge to provide public funding for faith-based education.
Windsor-Tecumseh: Kristine Robinson
Robinson graduated from the University of WindsorUniversity 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...
with an Honours 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...
in Political Science
Political science
Political Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...
and Criminology
Criminology
Criminology is the scientific study of the nature, extent, causes, and control of criminal behavior in both the individual and in society...
in 1994. While at the University of Windsor, she was elected President of the Student Council (UWSA), becoming the first female representative for over 10,000 full time undergraduate students. In 2004, while working full time, she attended the University of Windsor Faculty of Law and graduated with her 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...
in June 2007. She is currently articling at Sullivan, Istl, Bornais LLP in Windsor. She feels it is time for an MPP in this riding who is able to tackle and resolve the issues faced by Windsorites — especially the border, diversification of the Windsor economy and the environment.
Sue-Ann Levy (St. Paul'sSt. Paul's (provincial electoral district)St. Paul's is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.The small but densely-populated riding covers the area to the north of Downtown Toronto...
)
Sue-Ann Levy (born ca. 1956) is the municipal affairs columnist for the Toronto SunToronto Sun
The Toronto Sun is an English-language daily tabloid newspaper published in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is known for its daily Sunshine Girl feature and for what it sees as a populist conservative editorial stance.-History:...
daily tabloid newspaper 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...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
.
Levy has a degree in journalism and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
.
Levy has been an ardent critic of Toronto Mayor David Miller
David Miller (Canadian politician)
David Raymond Miller is a Canadian politician. He was the 63rd Mayor of Toronto and the second since the 1998 amalgamation. He was elected to the position in 2003 for a three-year term and re-elected in 2006 for a four-year term...
referring to his administration as "socialist silly hall".
Levy ran unsuccessfully as the 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...
candidate in the September 17, 2009 by-election
By-election
A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....
in St. Paul's
St. Paul's (provincial electoral district)
St. Paul's is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.The small but densely-populated riding covers the area to the north of Downtown Toronto...
riding, called to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Michael Bryant
Michael Bryant (politician)
Michael J. Bryant is former public administrator and former politician in Ontario, Canada. A Harvard-trained lawyer, he was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the electoral district of St. Paul's for the Ontario Liberal Party from 1999 until 2009...
. The by-election was won by Liberal candidate Eric Hoskins
Eric Hoskins
Eric William Hoskins, OC, MSC is a Canadian administrator and politician. Hoskins was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in a by-election on September 17, 2009, representing St. Paul's as a member of the Ontario Liberal Party...
.
In June 2009, Levy married her girlfriend Denise Alexander at what was a traditional Jewish Wedding ceremony.