Family Coalition Party candidates, 2007 Ontario provincial election
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The Family Coalition Party of Ontario ran eighty-three candidates in the 2007 Ontario provincial election, none of whom were elected.
Brampton West
Norah Madden was defeated by Vic Dhillon
of the Ontario Liberal Party
and has never held an elected
office. She earned a Bachelor of Arts
from Queen's University
and a Bachelor of Education
from York University
in Toronto
. She was born in Ireland
and now lives with her three daughters and husband Eugene in Mississauga.
Cambridge
Paul Vandervet was born in The Netherlands. He moved to Canada
with his family at age six, just after World War II
. He has a Bachelor of Arts
degree in History
from York University
and a Bachelor of Laws
degree from the University of Toronto
, and was called to the Ontario bar in 1974. He also been active for many years in Canada's pro-life
movement. Vandervet was sixty years old in 2007, lived in Cambridge
, and operated a law practice in Brantford
. He has been a supporter of the Family Coalition Party since its creation in 1987 and has been a party candidate in two elections.
He criticized Anglican
Archbishop Lewis Garnsworthy
in 1984, after Garnsworthy wrote a public letter opposing equal funding for Ontario's Catholic school system and expressing personal opposition to Catholic teaching on birth control
and abortion
. Vandervet described himself as an Anglican in this letter, although he later identified as a Catholic.
Vandervet was president of the pro-life
group Brant Right To Life in the 1980s and 1990s. In 1992, he tried to dissuade Marie Osmond
from performing at a benefit concert for the Brantford General Hospital on the grounds that the hospital permitted abortions. In 1999, he represented pro-life protesters Linda Gibbons, Ken Campbell
and Anneliese Steden at their trial for obstructing a peace officer outside a clinic. He also participated in an pro-life
protest in Mexico City
in 2000, following efforts by the government of that city to liberalize its abortion laws. In 2006, he protested against a decision by the Region of Waterloo Catholic Family Counselling Centre to have former United State President Bill Clinton
as a guest speaker, citing Clinton's record on abortion.
Vandervet is also a vocal opponent of same-sex marriage
, and he campaigned in support of school vouchers in 2007. In 2010, he described the Olympic torch ceremony as a neo-pagan display of fire worship.
Ottawa-Vanier
Frank Cioppa was born in Yonkers, New York. He has a B.A. in Classics from Fordham University
and M.A. in Classics from the University of North Carolina
. He has a second M.A. in Religion from Carleton University
. He worked as a teacher of Latin, Greek, English and French. He also worked in the field of community economic development in Pinecrest-Queensway area of Ottawa, and has been active in the pro-life movement, working for Campaign Life Coalition
. He believes "Education must aim at intellectual, moral, and physical excellence rather than mere adequacy and must have strong components in both career training and the humanities. ... Schools must be more responsive to student needs and parental rights, as well as free from sexual or other indoctrination by government programs." He came 5th in a field of 6 candidates. The riding was won by incumbent Liberal Madeleine Meilleur
.
Ottawa West—Nepean
John Pacheco (born 1969) is a social conservative political activist in Canada
who ran as an Independent in the 2006 federal election
in Ottawa West—Nepean
.
A financial analyst by training, he graduated from Queen's University
, earning a Bachelors of Commerce (Honours) Degree in 1992. He moved to Ottawa, Ontario in 1996. He was the director of The Catholic Legate, a Catholic Apologetics and Evangelization website dedicated to defending the truths of the Catholic faith, and Social Conservatives United, a website co-ordinating the activities and events of various social conservative groups in Canada and abroad. He was also director of The Rosarium of the Blessed Virgin Mary, an apostolate whose objective is to oppose contraception and to retract The Winnipeg Statement.
Pacheco first ran for the Family Coalition Party
(FCP) in the 1995 provincial election
, receiving 858 votes in Kingston and the Islands
for a fourth-place finish. The winner was Liberal John Gerretsen
.
He campaigned against Liberal
leader Dalton McGuinty
as an FCP candidate in Ottawa South
in the 2003 election, for the specific purpose of confronting him on his support for same-sex marriage. At campaign launch, he announced his intention to run print and radio advertisements on the issue, but never did. During the all-candidate's debate, he accused McGuinty of being a "Kennedy Catholic" and a hypocrite on social issues. McGuinty responded by accusing the FCP of intolerance, saying "For the Family Coalition party to say it stands for inclusiveness is like Colonel Sanders saying he's going to look after the chickens." Pacheco received 562 votes, finishing last in a field of five candidates. McGuinty was re-elected with 24,647 votes.
Pacheco sought the Conservative Party of Canada
's nomination for the 2006 federal election in Ottawa West—Nepean but was disqualified as a candidate in April 2005 because of claims he had made on the alleged health consequences of homosexual practices. Pacheco has also described homosexuality as a "social disorder" likening it to alcoholism. The nomination was won by John Baird, a former provincial cabinet minister under Mike Harris
. Baird supports same-sex marriage.
Pacheco announced in December 2005 that he would run against Baird in Ottawa West—Nepean
as an "independent
conservative" on social conservative issues, primarily opposition to same-sex marriage. His stated intention was to act as a spoiler
in the race. Pacheco's campaign spent $16,672, and received 905 votes or 1.52% of the total vote in the riding. Baird was elected with 25,607 votes (43.13% of the total), over 5,000 more votes than his Liberal Party opponent.
Pacheco went on to found a group called Social Conservatives United. He has a wife and four daughters.http://www.socon.ca/bio-john.html
In 2007, Pacheco ran against Jim Watson (Liberal), Mike Patton (Conservative), Martin Hyde (Green) and Lynn Hamilton (NDP) in the provincial election in the Ottawa West-Nepean riding. Jim Watson was elected with 23,852 votes (50.6% of total), Pacheco finished fifth of the six candidates with 591 votes (1.3% of total.)
Peterborough
Paul Morgan moved to Canada from England
in 1966 and operated two gas and auto-service stations in Toronto
over a ten-year period before moving to the Chemong Lake area to become a farmer. A Roman Catholic, he has been a member of the Family Coalition Party since its origins and is a veteran social conservative activist in Ontario.
In the 1980s, Morgan took part in protests against Henry Morgentaler
's abortion clinic in Toronto
. He also campaigned against a proposed women's health centre for Peterborough
in 1987, on the argument that it would increase the number of abortions performed in the city. In 2003, Morgan participated in protests against same-sex marriage
.
The Family Coalition Party is active only at the provincial level in Ontario, and Morgan has been a member of at least three federal political parties. He was active with the group Liberals for Life
in 1990 and was elected as a delegate to the Liberal Party of Canada
's leadership convention that year as part of a pro-life
slate associated with Tom Wappel
's campaign (leading many long-term party supporters to complain that a single-issue group had taken over the nomination process). Morgan later joined the Canadian Alliance
and supported Stockwell Day
's leadership campaign
in 2000. After the Canadian Alliance merged with the Progressive Conservatives
, Morgan joined the resulting Conservative Party of Canada
.
He has been a Family Coalition Party candidate in two elections. He was seventy-three years old in 2007 and remarked after the election that he would probably not run again.
Sudbury
Carita Murphy-Marketos has an Honours Degree in English Literature
from the University of Toronto
. Her campaign biography from the 2007 election describes her as retired from teaching, x-ray technology, real estate sales and life underwriting. She received 293 votes (0.89%), finishing fifth against Liberal
incumbent Rick Bartolucci
.
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....
: Norah Madden
Norah Madden was defeated by Vic DhillonVic Dhillon
Vic Dhillon is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the constituency of Brampton West for the Ontario Liberal Party. Dhillon is one of the three Sikh Members of the Legislature, all of whom are members of the Liberal Party.-Early...
of the Ontario Liberal Party
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...
and has never held an elected
Election
An election is a formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy operates since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the...
office. She earned 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...
from Queen's University
Queen's University
Queen's University, , is a public research university located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Founded on 16 October 1841, the university pre-dates the founding of Canada by 26 years. Queen's holds more more than of land throughout Ontario as well as Herstmonceux Castle in East Sussex, England...
and a Bachelor of Education
Bachelor of Education
A Bachelor of Education is an undergraduate academic degree which qualifies the graduate as a teacher in schools.-North America:...
from York University
York University
York University is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, Ontario's second-largest graduate school, and Canada's leading interdisciplinary university....
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...
. She was born in Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
and now lives with her three daughters and husband Eugene in Mississauga.
CambridgeCambridge (provincial electoral district)Cambridge is a provincial electoral district in southwestern, Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.It was created in 1975....
: Paul Vandervet
Paul Vandervet was born in The Netherlands. He moved to CanadaCanada
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...
with his family at age six, just after World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. 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
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
from York University
York University
York University is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, Ontario's second-largest graduate school, and Canada's leading interdisciplinary university....
and 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 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...
, and was called to the Ontario bar in 1974. He also been active for many years in Canada's pro-life
Pro-life
Opposition to the legalization of abortion is centered around the pro-life, or anti-abortion, movement, a social and political movement opposing elective abortion on moral grounds and supporting its legal prohibition or restriction...
movement. Vandervet was sixty years old in 2007, lived in Cambridge
Cambridge, Ontario
Cambridge is a city located in Southern Ontario at the confluence of the Grand and Speed rivers in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It is an amalgamation of the City of Galt, the towns of Preston and Hespeler, and the hamlet of Blair.Galt covers the largest portion of...
, and operated a law practice in Brantford
Brantford, 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...
. He has been a supporter of the Family Coalition Party since its creation in 1987 and has been a party candidate in two elections.
He criticized Anglican
Anglican Church of Canada
The Anglican Church of Canada is the Province of the Anglican Communion in Canada. The official French name is l'Église Anglicane du Canada. The ACC is the third largest church in Canada after the Roman Catholic Church and the United Church of Canada, consisting of 800,000 registered members...
Archbishop Lewis Garnsworthy
Lewis Garnsworthy
Lewis Samuel Garnsworthy was a Canadian religious leader. He served as the Anglican Bishop of Toronto from 1972 to 1989 and was the Archbishop of the ecclesiastical province of Ontario from 1979 to 1985.-Early life:...
in 1984, after Garnsworthy wrote a public letter opposing equal funding for Ontario's Catholic school system and expressing personal opposition to Catholic teaching on birth control
Birth control
Birth control is an umbrella term for several techniques and methods used to prevent fertilization or to interrupt pregnancy at various stages. Birth control techniques and methods include contraception , contragestion and abortion...
and 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...
. Vandervet described himself as an Anglican in this letter, although he later identified as a Catholic.
Vandervet was president of the pro-life
Pro-life
Opposition to the legalization of abortion is centered around the pro-life, or anti-abortion, movement, a social and political movement opposing elective abortion on moral grounds and supporting its legal prohibition or restriction...
group Brant Right To Life in the 1980s and 1990s. In 1992, he tried to dissuade Marie Osmond
Marie Osmond
Olive Marie Osmond is an American singer, actress, doll designer, and a member of the show business family The Osmonds. Although she was never part of her family's singing group, she gained success as a solo country music artist in the 1970s and 1980s...
from performing at a benefit concert for the Brantford General Hospital on the grounds that the hospital permitted abortions. In 1999, he represented pro-life protesters Linda Gibbons, Ken Campbell
Ken Campbell (evangelist)
Kenneth Livingstone Campbell was a Canadian fundamentalist Baptist evangelist and political figure. He was the final leader of the Social Credit Party of Canada from 1990 to 1993....
and Anneliese Steden at their trial for obstructing a peace officer outside a clinic. He also participated in an pro-life
Pro-life
Opposition to the legalization of abortion is centered around the pro-life, or anti-abortion, movement, a social and political movement opposing elective abortion on moral grounds and supporting its legal prohibition or restriction...
protest in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
in 2000, following efforts by the government of that city to liberalize its abortion laws. In 2006, he protested against a decision by the Region of Waterloo Catholic Family Counselling Centre to have former United State President Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
as a guest speaker, citing Clinton's record on abortion.
Vandervet is also a vocal opponent of same-sex marriage
Same-sex marriage in Canada
On July 20, 2005, Canada became the fourth country in the world and the first country in the Americas to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide with the enactment of the Civil Marriage Act which provided a gender-neutral marriage definition...
, and he campaigned in support of school vouchers in 2007. In 2010, he described the Olympic torch ceremony as a neo-pagan display of fire worship.
| 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... |
Brantford | Family Coalition Family Coalition Party of Ontario The Family Coalition Party is a small political party in Ontario, Canada that promotes a socially conservative ideology. It was formed in 1987 by members of the pro-life organization Campaign Life Coalition, and has fielded candidates in every provincial election since then... |
762 | 2.27 | 4/5 | Ron Johnson, 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... |
| 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... |
Cambridge Cambridge (provincial electoral district) Cambridge is a provincial electoral district in southwestern, Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.It was created in 1975.... |
Family Coalition Family Coalition Party of Ontario The Family Coalition Party is a small political party in Ontario, Canada that promotes a socially conservative ideology. It was formed in 1987 by members of the pro-life organization Campaign Life Coalition, and has fielded candidates in every provincial election since then... |
646 | 1.50 | 5/5 | Gerry Martiniuk Gerry Martiniuk Gerry Martiniuk is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Cambridge for the Progressive Conservative Party.... , 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... |
Ottawa-VanierOttawa—Vanier (provincial electoral district)Ottawa—Vanier is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1908.It is composed of the eastern part of downtown Ottawa....
: Frank Cioppa
Frank Cioppa was born in Yonkers, New York. He has a B.A. in Classics from Fordham UniversityFordham University
Fordham University is a private, nonprofit, coeducational research university in the United States, with three campuses in and around New York City. It was founded by the Roman Catholic Diocese of New York in 1841 as St...
and M.A. in Classics from the University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina
Chartered in 1789, the University of North Carolina was one of the first public universities in the United States and the only one to graduate students in the eighteenth century...
. He has a second M.A. in Religion from Carleton University
Carleton University
Carleton University is a comprehensive university located in the capital of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. The enabling legislation is The Carleton University Act, 1952, S.O. 1952. Founded as a small college in 1942, Carleton now offers over 65 programs in a diverse range of disciplines. Carleton has...
. He worked as a teacher of Latin, Greek, English and French. He also worked in the field of community economic development in Pinecrest-Queensway area of Ottawa, and has been active in the pro-life movement, working for Campaign Life Coalition
Campaign Life Coalition
The Campaign Life Coalition is a Canadian conservative Christian pro-life group. It is based in Toronto, Ontario...
. He believes "Education must aim at intellectual, moral, and physical excellence rather than mere adequacy and must have strong components in both career training and the humanities. ... Schools must be more responsive to student needs and parental rights, as well as free from sexual or other indoctrination by government programs." He came 5th in a field of 6 candidates. The riding was won by incumbent Liberal Madeleine Meilleur
Madeleine Meilleur
Madeleine Meilleur is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and is a cabinet minister in the government of Premier Dalton McGuinty.-Background:...
.
Ottawa West—NepeanOttawa West—NepeanOttawa West—Nepean is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997. Its population in 2001 was 112,509.-Geography:...
: John Pacheco
John Pacheco (born 1969) is a social conservative political activist in CanadaCanada
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...
who ran as an Independent in the 2006 federal election
Canadian federal election, 2006
The 2006 Canadian federal election was held on January 23, 2006, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 39th Parliament of Canada. The Conservative Party of Canada won the greatest number of seats: 40.3% of seats, or 124 out of 308, up from 99 seats in 2004, and 36.3% of votes:...
in Ottawa West—Nepean
Ottawa West—Nepean
Ottawa West—Nepean is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997. Its population in 2001 was 112,509.-Geography:...
.
A financial analyst by training, he graduated from Queen's University
Queen's University
Queen's University, , is a public research university located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Founded on 16 October 1841, the university pre-dates the founding of Canada by 26 years. Queen's holds more more than of land throughout Ontario as well as Herstmonceux Castle in East Sussex, England...
, earning a Bachelors of Commerce (Honours) Degree in 1992. He moved to Ottawa, Ontario in 1996. He was the director of The Catholic Legate, a Catholic Apologetics and Evangelization website dedicated to defending the truths of the Catholic faith, and Social Conservatives United, a website co-ordinating the activities and events of various social conservative groups in Canada and abroad. He was also director of The Rosarium of the Blessed Virgin Mary, an apostolate whose objective is to oppose contraception and to retract The Winnipeg Statement.
Pacheco first ran for the Family Coalition Party
Family Coalition Party of Ontario
The Family Coalition Party is a small political party in Ontario, Canada that promotes a socially conservative ideology. It was formed in 1987 by members of the pro-life organization Campaign Life Coalition, and has fielded candidates in every provincial election since then...
(FCP) 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...
, receiving 858 votes in Kingston and the Islands
Kingston and the Islands
Kingston and the Islands is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968....
for a fourth-place finish. The winner was Liberal John Gerretsen
John Gerretsen
John Philip Gerretsen is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and a Minister in the Cabinet of Premier Dalton McGuinty.-Early life:...
.
He campaigned 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...
leader Dalton McGuinty
Dalton McGuinty
Dalton James Patrick McGuinty, Jr., MPP is a Canadian lawyer, politician and, since October 23, 2003, the 24th and current Premier of the Canadian province of Ontario....
as an FCP candidate in Ottawa South
Ottawa South (provincial electoral district)
Ottawa South is a riding in the Canadian province of Ontario, in the city of Ottawa. It is represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario by the Premier of Ontario, Dalton McGuinty....
in the 2003 election, for the specific purpose of confronting him on his support for same-sex marriage. At campaign launch, he announced his intention to run print and radio advertisements on the issue, but never did. During the all-candidate's debate, he accused McGuinty of being a "Kennedy Catholic" and a hypocrite on social issues. McGuinty responded by accusing the FCP of intolerance, saying "For the Family Coalition party to say it stands for inclusiveness is like Colonel Sanders saying he's going to look after the chickens." Pacheco received 562 votes, finishing last in a field of five candidates. McGuinty was re-elected with 24,647 votes.
Pacheco sought 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...
's nomination for the 2006 federal election in Ottawa West—Nepean but was disqualified as a candidate in April 2005 because of claims he had made on the alleged health consequences of homosexual practices. Pacheco has also described homosexuality as a "social disorder" likening it to alcoholism. The nomination was won by John Baird, a former provincial cabinet minister under 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...
. Baird supports same-sex marriage.
Pacheco announced in December 2005 that he would run against Baird in Ottawa West—Nepean
Ottawa West—Nepean
Ottawa West—Nepean is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997. Its population in 2001 was 112,509.-Geography:...
as an "independent
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...
conservative" on social conservative issues, primarily opposition to same-sex marriage. His stated intention was to act as a spoiler
Spoiler effect
The spoiler effect describes the effect a minor party candidate with little chance of winning has in a close election, when that candidate's presence in the election draws votes from a major candidate similar to them, thereby causing a candidate dissimilar to them to win the election...
in the race. Pacheco's campaign spent $16,672, and received 905 votes or 1.52% of the total vote in the riding. Baird was elected with 25,607 votes (43.13% of the total), over 5,000 more votes than his Liberal Party opponent.
Pacheco went on to found a group called Social Conservatives United. He has a wife and four daughters.http://www.socon.ca/bio-john.html
In 2007, Pacheco ran against Jim Watson (Liberal), Mike Patton (Conservative), Martin Hyde (Green) and Lynn Hamilton (NDP) in the provincial election in the Ottawa West-Nepean riding. Jim Watson was elected with 23,852 votes (50.6% of total), Pacheco finished fifth of the six candidates with 591 votes (1.3% of total.)
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...
: Paul Morgan
Paul Morgan moved to Canada from EnglandEngland
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
in 1966 and operated two gas and auto-service stations 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...
over a ten-year period before moving to the Chemong Lake area to become a farmer. A Roman Catholic, he has been a member of the Family Coalition Party since its origins and is a veteran social conservative activist in Ontario.
In the 1980s, Morgan took part in protests against Henry Morgentaler
Henry Morgentaler
Henry Morgentaler, CM is a Canadian physician and prominent pro-choice advocate who has fought numerous legal battles for that cause.-Early life:...
's abortion clinic in Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
. He also campaigned against a proposed women's health centre for Peterborough
Peterborough, Ontario
Peterborough is a city on the Otonabee River in southern Ontario, Canada, 125 kilometres northeast of Toronto. The population of the City of Peterborough was 74,898 as of the 2006 census, while the census metropolitan area has a population of 121,428 as of a 2009 estimate. It presently ranks...
in 1987, on the argument that it would increase the number of abortions performed in the city. In 2003, Morgan participated in protests against same-sex marriage
Same-sex marriage in Canada
On July 20, 2005, Canada became the fourth country in the world and the first country in the Americas to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide with the enactment of the Civil Marriage Act which provided a gender-neutral marriage definition...
.
The Family Coalition Party is active only at the provincial level in Ontario, and Morgan has been a member of at least three federal political parties. He was active with the group Liberals for Life
Liberals for Life
Liberals for Life was a pro-life advocacy group that worked within the Liberal Party of Canada during the 1980s and early 1990s. Some of its members were also affiliated with the Campaign Life Coalition, and, as such, the group was often accused of entryism....
in 1990 and was elected as a delegate to the Liberal Party of Canada
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...
's leadership convention that year as part of a pro-life
Pro-life
Opposition to the legalization of abortion is centered around the pro-life, or anti-abortion, movement, a social and political movement opposing elective abortion on moral grounds and supporting its legal prohibition or restriction...
slate associated with 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...
's campaign (leading many long-term party supporters to complain that a single-issue group had taken over the nomination process). Morgan later joined the Canadian Alliance
Canadian Alliance
The Canadian Alliance , formally the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance , was a Canadian conservative political party that existed from 2000 to 2003. The party was the successor to the Reform Party of Canada and inherited its position as the Official Opposition in the House of Commons and held...
and supported Stockwell Day
Stockwell Day
Stockwell Burt Day, Jr., PC, MP is a former Canadian politician, and a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. He is a former cabinet minister in Alberta, and a former leader of the Canadian Alliance. Day was MP for the riding of Okanagan—Coquihalla in British Columbia and the president of...
's leadership campaign
Canadian Alliance leadership elections
The Canadian Alliance, a conservative political party in Canada, held two leadership elections to choose the party's leader. The first was held shortly after the party's founding in 2000, and the second was held in 2002...
in 2000. After the Canadian Alliance merged with the Progressive Conservatives
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....
, Morgan joined the resulting 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...
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He has been a Family Coalition Party candidate in two elections. He was seventy-three years old in 2007 and remarked after the election that he would probably not run again.
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
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| 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... |
Peterborough Peterborough (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... |
Family Coalition Family Coalition Party of Ontario The Family Coalition Party is a small political party in Ontario, Canada that promotes a socially conservative ideology. It was formed in 1987 by members of the pro-life organization Campaign Life Coalition, and has fielded candidates in every provincial election since then... |
2,064 | 4.78 | 4/6 | Gary Stewart Gary Stewart (politician) Richard Gary Stewart is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2003, and briefly served as a cabinet minister under Mike Harris.Stewart was educated at Banting Institute, receiving a Mortician Certificate, and... , 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... |
| 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... |
Peterborough Peterborough (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... |
Family Coalition Family Coalition Party of Ontario The Family Coalition Party is a small political party in Ontario, Canada that promotes a socially conservative ideology. It was formed in 1987 by members of the pro-life organization Campaign Life Coalition, and has fielded candidates in every provincial election since then... |
634 | 1.24 | 5/5 | 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:... , 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... |
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....
: Carita Murphy-Marketos
Carita Murphy-Marketos has an Honours Degree in English LiteratureEnglish literature
English literature is the literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; for example, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Joseph Conrad was Polish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American, J....
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...
. Her campaign biography from the 2007 election describes her as retired from teaching, x-ray technology, real estate sales and life underwriting. She received 293 votes (0.89%), finishing fifth against Liberal
Ontario Liberal Party
The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and...
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...
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