New Democratic Party candidates, 1993 Canadian federal election
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The New Democratic Party
of Canada
ran a full slate of candidates in the 1993 federal election
, and won 9 seats out of 295. This brought the NDP below official party status in the Canadian House of Commons
for the first, and to date only time in its history.
Many of the party's candidates have their own biography pages; information about others may be found here.
Jonquière
Karl Bélanger (born 1975) is the Senior press secretary
for Canada
's New Democratic Party
leader Jack Layton
. He previously was the spokesman
for former NDP Leader Alexa McDonough
and has worked for the party since the 1997 federal election
. Bélanger is a native of Quebec City
, and noted for his fondness for team
sport
s.
He was a candidate in the 1993 federal election
in the riding of Jonquière
, and in the 1996 federal by-election
in Lac-Saint-Jean
. He was President of the New Democratic Youth of Québec from 1994 to 1998 and Vice-President of the NDYC from 1995 to 1997.
As a party spokesperson, he appears regularly on CPAC's political panels and on CTV
's Mike Duffy Live, and is a regular columnist in The Hill Times
. He is also a regular guest on radio stations such as CJAD, CFRA and the New 940 Montreal.
He earned a B.A.
in political science
from Université Laval
in Quebec City in 1997. He previously had received a college degree in arts and media technology at the Jonquière CEGEP
in 1995.
On January 21, 2007, Alan Kellogg of the Edmonton Journal
called Bélanger "a Great Canadian" for his longtime work as assistant to the NDP leader.
Bélanger has been the second baseman
for the Ottawa Citizen
Gargoyles in the Ottawa
Conventional Softball
League
since 1999. He holds a career team record for being hit by a pitch.
Richelieu
Carl Ethier identified as a psychotherapist. He received 337 votes (0.71%), finishing fourth against Bloc Québécois
incumbent Louis Plamondon
.
Eglinton—Lawrence
Hepworth was financial director of the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care, advocating for increased day care spending in Ontario. She campaigned on improving Canada's worker training and adjustment programs. Following the NDP's defeat in the election, Hepworth commented that the party had "lost touch with its traditions as a social movement" and faced "a painful re-orientation". She later ran for a school trustee position in York
, but was unsuccessful. She was a member of the City of York Community and Agency Social Planning Council in 1996.
Kingston and the Islands
Higgs is a lawyer and veteran community activist. Born in Kent County
, Ontario, she moved to Kingston
in 1968 to attend Queen's University
. She graduated from Queen's in 1970, and received a further degree from the University of Western Ontario
in 1975. After graduation, she worked as a librarian at the Prison for Women and the National Defence College, and was the owner-operator of Bread Man of Kingston and the Miss Kingston Delicatessen (Kingston Whig-Standard, 10 October 1992). She returned to Queen's to study law in 1982, and began a private practice after being called to the Ontario Bar in 1987, specializing in family real estate, small business, non-profit corporations, women's issues, and human rights law (KWS, 1 December 1992).
She was a member of the pro-choice
Canadian Abortion Rights Action League (CARAL) in the 1980s, and was a spokesperson for the group in Kingston (KWS, 7 June 1985). She has also been a board member of organizations such as the Elizabeth Fry Society and the Kingston General Hospital, and has served as president of the Kingston Unitarian
Fellowship (KWS, 28 June 1985 and 1 December 1992). Higgs is currently a director of The Community Foundation of Greater Kingston.
Higgs won the NDP nomination in 1992 over school board trustee Lars Thompson (KWS, 1 December 1992). She received 4,051 votes (7.06%) in the 1993 election, finishing fourth against Liberal
incumbent Peter Milliken
. In 1995, she supported Svend Robinson
's bid to lead the NDP (KWS, 16 October 1995).
Ottawa—Vanier
Dunn received 3,155 votes (6.50%), finishing fourth against Liberal
incumbent Jean-Robert Gauthier
.
Parry Sound—Muskoka
Shirley Davy identified as a sales broker in 1993. She received 2,164 votes (4.68%), finishing fourth against Liberal
candidate Andy Mitchell. She opposed efforts to privatize TV Ontario in 1995, arguing that the station provides an essential educational and cultural services to remote areas of Ontario.
Davy left the New Democratic Party to run the Green Party
's local campaign in 1997. She later joined the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
to support David Orchard
's candidacy for the party leadership.
St. Catharines
Hughes was a teacher in St. Catharines
at the time of election. A veteran activist, she wrote against American arms sales to El Salvador
, Chile
and South Africa
in 1989 (Globe and Mail, 1 June 1989), and opposed Brian Mulroney
's approach to promoting the Charlottetown Accord
in 1992 (Globe and Mail, 5 September 1992).
She received 2,799 votes (5.73%), finishing fourth against Liberal
Walt Lastewka
.
Hughes campaigned for a seat on the Niagara Regional Council
in 1994. She lost by eighteen votes on election night, but an electronic recount later showed her to have won by twenty-two and a subsequent manual recount gave her a further eleven votes (Toronto Star, 15 February 1995). She was re-elected in 1997, and appears to have served until 2000.http://www.web.net/~ondp/nod/dec97/election.htm
Scarborough West
Thomas has been a prominent fundraiser for many years, both for the New Democratic Party and for independent progressive organizations. He began his fundraising career at Oxfam Canada
in 1973, and later worked for clients such as Amnesty International
, Greenpeace
, the Multiple Sclerosis
(MS) Society, the Schizophrenia
Society, Scouts Canada, the St. Boniface Hospital and Sunnybrook Hospital. As of 1993, he had raised $60 million dollars in his cumulative efforts for non-profit organizations. Thomas was also Director of Development at Humber College
from 1975 to 1977.http://www.afptoronto.org/awards_gallery/2002/Steve_Thomas.htm
Thomas campaigned for the New Democratic Party of Ontario in the 1977 provincial election
, and received 8,125 votes in Don Mills
for a second-place finish against Progressive Conservative
incumbent Dennis Timbrell
.
Thomas made abortion access a leading feature of his 1993 campaign, describing Liberal
incumbent Tom Wappel
as "the most notorious vehement anti-choice member in the federal house today" (Toronto Star, 13 May 1993). He also focused on job creation, and he promised to work to revoke the country's new drug patent law (Toronto Star, 22 October 1993). At one all-candidates meeting, Thomas defended Canada's immigration levels against calls from a Reform Party
candidate that they be cut in half (Toronto Star, 19 October 1993). He received 2,771 votes (7.07%), finishing fourth against Wappel.
Thomas was named as Outstanding Fundraising Executive of the Year in 2002 http://www.afptoronto.org/awards_gallery/2002/Steve_Thomas.htm, and has been described by some as the "guru" and "godfather" of Canadian direct response fundraising. , he sits on the board of Resource Alliance.http://www.resource-alliance.org/speaker.php?sectionid=5&subsectionid=88&pageid=462&mode=full&speakerid=397
candidate Barry Campbell.
Sudbury
Rosemarie Blenkinsop was a member of the Canada Committee in 1992, supporting a "Yes" vote in the Charlottetown Accord referendum. She received 3,675 votes (8.69%), finishing fourth against Liberal
incumbent Diane Marleau
.
Ross C. Martin (Brandon—Souris
Martin was a Manitoba Hydro worker and labour activist in Brandon, Manitoba
. He was a member of city council from 1980 to 1998, representing the Riverview district, and was president of the Brandon Trades and Labour Council from 1979 to 1998. In 1996, he led protests in Brandon against the provincial government's Bill 26, which limited the ability of unions to organize and negotiate. When he retired from council in 1998, he was the longest-serving councillor in the city's history.
Martin received 4,359 votes (11.86%) in 1993, finishing fourth against Liberal
candidate Glen McKinnon
. He sought the provincial New Democratic Party
nomination for Brandon East in the 1999 provincial election
, but lost to Drew Caldwell
. He later became a representative for the Manitoba Hydro Workers Union, and encouraged the provincial government to pass anti-scab legislation. As of 2006, Martin serves on the Manitoba Municipal Board.
In 2008, he retired as an engineering design co-ordinator. He is the NDP's candidate in the Canadian federal election, 2008
in the riding of Provencher
. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canadavotes/riding/221/candidate.html#rossmartin
Jason Schreyer (Selkirk—Red River
Jason Schreyer (born 1967) is the son of Edward Schreyer
, who served as Premier of Manitoba
from 1969 to 1977 and as Governor-General of Canada from 1979 to 1984. His maternal grandfather, Jake Schultz, was also a Member of Parliament
.
Schreyer attended the University of Manitoba
. He considered running for the New Democratic Party of Manitoba
in the River East division in the 1988 provincial election
, but decided that his age disqualified him as a serious candidate.
Schreyer defeated Colleen Allen and Robert de Groot to win the federal party's nomination in 1993. His candidacy received national attention because of his family connections. Schreyer was frequently compared to his father on the campaign trail, and was considered a serious challenger for the riding. He was unable to fend off a national trend against the New Democratic Party, however, and finished second against Liberal
Ron Fewchuk
. He later formed an investment group.
Rose Buss (Winnipeg South
Buss was an organizer for the New Democratic Party, and was thirty-three years old at the time of the election (Winnipeg Free Press, 29 September 1993). She was the only candidate for the NDP nomination in Winnipeg South, although her nomination was delayed because of a party policy requiring that efforts be made to find candidates from visible minority groups. Despite the inconvenience to herself, she continued to endorse the party's affirmative action
program (Winnipeg Free Press, 22 September 1993). One report from the national press indicates that Buss was herself aboriginal (Globe and Mail, 12 October 1993).
She received 2,180 votes (4.17%), finishing fourth against Liberal
candidate Reg Alcock
.
Catherine Rose (Calgary Southwest
Rose has a Master of Science
degree in physical and analytical chemistry, and began working in the field of toxic waste management in 1988. In 1989, she was project coordinator for the Alberta Toxic Round-up, which categorized items to be sent to the Swan Hills hazardous waste treatment plant.
She had previously campaigned for the New Democratic Party of Alberta in the 1993 provincial election
. Rose was thirty-eight years old in 1993.
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...
of 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...
ran a full slate of candidates in the 1993 federal election
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...
, and won 9 seats out of 295. This brought the NDP below official party status 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...
for the first, and to date only time in its history.
Many of the party's candidates have their own biography pages; information about others may be found here.
JonquièreJonquière (electoral district)Jonquière was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 2004.This riding was created in 1976 from parts of Lapointe and Montmorency ridings...
: Karl Bélanger
Karl Bélanger (born 1975) is the Senior press secretaryPress secretary
A press secretary or press officer is a senior advisor who provides advice on how to deal with the news media and, using news management techniques, helps their employer to maintain a positive public image and avoid negative media coverage....
for 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...
's 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...
leader Jack Layton
Jack Layton
John Gilbert "Jack" Layton, PC was a Canadian social democratic politician and the Leader of the Official Opposition. He was the leader of the New Democratic Party from 2003 to 2011, and previously sat on Toronto City Council, serving at times during that period as acting mayor and deputy mayor of...
. He previously was the spokesman
Spokesman
A spokesperson or spokesman or spokeswoman is someone engaged or elected to speak on behalf of others.In the present media-sensitive world, many organizations are increasingly likely to employ professionals who have received formal training in journalism, communications, public relations and...
for former NDP Leader Alexa McDonough
Alexa McDonough
Alexa Ann Shaw McDonough OC is a Canadian politician who became the first woman to lead a major, recognized political party in Canada, when she was elected the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party's leader in 1980...
and has worked for the party since 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...
. Bélanger is a native of Quebec City
Quebec City
Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
, and noted for his fondness for team
Team
A team comprises a group of people or animals linked in a common purpose. Teams are especially appropriate for conducting tasks that are high in complexity and have many interdependent subtasks.A group in itself does not necessarily constitute a team...
sport
Sport
A Sport is all forms of physical activity which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical fitness and provide entertainment to participants. Sport may be competitive, where a winner or winners can be identified by objective means, and may require a degree...
s.
He was a candidate in the 1993 federal election
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...
in the riding of Jonquière
Jonquière, Quebec
Jonquière was a city on the Saguenay River in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, near Chicoutimi. In 2002, Jonquière became an arrondissement, or borough, of the merged city of Saguenay....
, and in the 1996 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....
in Lac-Saint-Jean
Lac-Saint-Jean
This article is about the former federal electoral district. For the lake, see Lac Saint-Jean. For the current provincial electoral district, see Lac-Saint-Jean ...
. He was President of the New Democratic Youth of Québec from 1994 to 1998 and Vice-President of the NDYC from 1995 to 1997.
As a party spokesperson, he appears regularly on CPAC's political panels and on CTV
CTV television network
CTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival...
's Mike Duffy Live, and is a regular columnist in The Hill Times
The Hill Times
The Hill Times is a Canadian weekly newspaper that covers the federal government and politics. Founded in 1989, this Ottawa based periodical is owned by Jim Creskey and Ross Dickson....
. He is also a regular guest on radio stations such as CJAD, CFRA and the New 940 Montreal.
He earned a B.A.
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...
from Université Laval
Université Laval
Laval University is the oldest centre of education in Canada and was the first institution in North America to offer higher education in French...
in Quebec City in 1997. He previously had received a college degree in arts and media technology at the Jonquière CEGEP
Cégep
CEGEP is an acronym for , which is literally translated as "College of General and Vocational Education" but commonly called "General and Vocational College" in circles not influenced by Quebec English. It refers to the public post-secondary education collegiate institutions exclusive to the...
in 1995.
On January 21, 2007, Alan Kellogg of the Edmonton Journal
Edmonton Journal
The Edmonton Journal is a daily newspaper in Edmonton, Alberta. It is part of the Postmedia Network.-History:The Journal was founded in 1903 by three local businessmen — John Macpherson, Arthur Moore and J.W. Cunningham — as a rival to Alberta's first newspaper, the 23-year-old...
called Bélanger "a Great Canadian" for his longtime work as assistant to the NDP leader.
Bélanger has been the second baseman
Second baseman
Second base, or 2B, is the second of four stations on a baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a base runner in order to score a run for that player's team. A second baseman is the baseball player guarding second base...
for the Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa Citizen
The Ottawa Citizen is an English-language daily newspaper owned by Postmedia Network in Ottawa, Canada. According to the Canadian Newspaper Association, the paper had a 2008 weekly circulation of 900,197.- History :...
Gargoyles in the Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
Conventional Softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
League
Sports league
League is a term commonly used to describe a group of sports teams or individual athletes that compete against each other in a specific sport. At its simplest, it may be a local group of amateur athletes who form teams among themselves and compete on weekends; at its most complex, it can be an...
since 1999. He holds a career team record for being hit by a pitch.
- Profil de Karl Bélanger, président des jeunes néo-démocrates du Québec
- Karl Belanger on the campaign trail with David Akin
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...
: Carl Ethier
Carl Ethier identified as a psychotherapist. He received 337 votes (0.71%), finishing fourth against Bloc QuébécoisBloc Québécois
The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative...
incumbent 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 ....
.
Eglinton—LawrenceEglinton—LawrenceEglinton—Lawrence is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999....
: Gael Hepworth
Hepworth was financial director of the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care, advocating for increased day care spending in Ontario. She campaigned on improving Canada's worker training and adjustment programs. Following the NDP's defeat in the election, Hepworth commented that the party had "lost touch with its traditions as a social movement" and faced "a painful re-orientation". She later ran for a school trustee position in YorkYork, Ontario
York is a dissolved municipality in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Geographically, it is located northwest of Old Toronto, southwest of North York and east of Etobicoke, where it is bounded by the Humber River. Formerly a separate city, it was one of six municipalities that amalgamated in 1998 to form...
, but was unsuccessful. She was a member of the City of York Community and Agency Social Planning Council in 1996.
| 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... |
Eglinton—Lawrence Eglinton—Lawrence Eglinton—Lawrence is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.... |
NDP | 2,091 | 5.23 | 4/7 | Joe Volpe Joe Volpe Giuseppe Joseph "Joe" Volpe, PC, was a Canadian politician. He was a Liberal member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 until the 2011 federal election, being surpassed by the conservative member Joe Oliver Joe Oliver, and held two senior positions in Prime Minister Paul Martin's Cabinet... , 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... |
| 1994 municipal Toronto municipal election, 1994 The 1994 Toronto municipal election was held in November 1994 to elect councillors in Metropolitan Toronto, Canada, and mayors, councillors and school trustees in Toronto, York, East York, North York, Scarborough and Etobicoke.... |
York School Trustee, Ward Two | n/a | 508 | 3/5 | Pete Karageorgos |
Kingston and the IslandsKingston and the IslandsKingston and the Islands is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968....
: Mary Ann Higgs
Higgs is a lawyer and veteran community activist. Born in Kent CountyKent County, Ontario
Kent County, area 2,458 sq km is a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario. Population in 2006 was 108,589.The county was created in 1792 and named by John Graves Simcoe in honour of the English County. The county is in an alluvial plain between Lake St...
, Ontario, she moved to 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...
in 1968 to attend 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...
. She graduated from Queen's in 1970, and received a further degree 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...
in 1975. After graduation, she worked as a librarian at the Prison for Women and the National Defence College, and was the owner-operator of Bread Man of Kingston and the Miss Kingston Delicatessen (Kingston Whig-Standard, 10 October 1992). She returned to Queen's to study law in 1982, and began a private practice after being called to the Ontario Bar in 1987, specializing in family real estate, small business, non-profit corporations, women's issues, and human rights law (KWS, 1 December 1992).
She was a member of the pro-choice
Pro-choice
Support for the legalization of abortion is centered around the pro-choice movement, a sociopolitical movement supporting the ethical view that a woman should have the legal right to elective abortion, meaning the right to terminate her pregnancy....
Canadian Abortion Rights Action League (CARAL) in the 1980s, and was a spokesperson for the group in Kingston (KWS, 7 June 1985). She has also been a board member of organizations such as the Elizabeth Fry Society and the Kingston General Hospital, and has served as president of the Kingston Unitarian
Unitarianism
Unitarianism is a Christian theological movement, named for its understanding of God as one person, in direct contrast to Trinitarianism which defines God as three persons coexisting consubstantially as one in being....
Fellowship (KWS, 28 June 1985 and 1 December 1992). Higgs is currently a director of The Community Foundation of Greater Kingston.
Higgs won the NDP nomination in 1992 over school board trustee Lars Thompson (KWS, 1 December 1992). She received 4,051 votes (7.06%) in the 1993 election, 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 Peter Milliken
Peter Milliken
Peter Andrew Stewart Milliken, UE is a Canadian lawyer and politician. He was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 until his retirement in 2011 and served as Speaker of the House for 10 years beginning in 2001. Milliken represented the Ontario riding of Kingston and the Islands as a...
. In 1995, she supported Svend Robinson
Svend Robinson
Svend Robinson is a former Canadian politician. He was a Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 2004, representing the suburban Vancouver-area constituency of Burnaby for the New Democratic Party...
's bid to lead the NDP (KWS, 16 October 1995).
Ottawa—VanierOttawa—VanierOttawa—Vanier is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1935...
: Willie DunnWillie DunnWillie Dunn is a Canadian filmmaker, folk musician, playwright and politician. Born in Quebec, he is of mixed Mi'kmaq and Cornish/Irish background. Dunn often highlights aboriginal issues in his work....
Dunn received 3,155 votes (6.50%), finishing fourth against LiberalLiberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
incumbent Jean-Robert Gauthier
Jean-Robert Gauthier
Jean-Robert Gauthier, CM, O.Ont was a Canadian politician.A chiropractor by training, he entered politics as trustee on a local school board. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons to represent the riding of Ottawa East in the 1972 election as a Liberal Party Member of Parliament...
.
Parry Sound—MuskokaParry Sound—MuskokaParry Sound—Muskoka is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1949....
: Shirley Davy
Shirley Davy identified as a sales broker in 1993. She received 2,164 votes (4.68%), finishing fourth against LiberalLiberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
candidate Andy Mitchell. She opposed efforts to privatize TV Ontario in 1995, arguing that the station provides an essential educational and cultural services to remote areas of Ontario.
Davy left the New Democratic Party to run the Green Party
Green Party of Canada
The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens advance a broad multi-issue political platform that reflects its core values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and...
's local campaign in 1997. She later joined the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....
to support David Orchard
David Orchard
David Orchard is a Canadian political figure, member of the Liberal Party of Canada, who was the Liberal Party candidate for the Saskatchewan riding of Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River in the 2008 federal election.Previously, Orchard was a member of the now defunct Progressive Conservative...
's candidacy for the party leadership.
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...
: Jane Hughes
Hughes was a teacher in St. CatharinesSt. 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...
at the time of election. A veteran activist, she wrote against American arms sales to El Salvador
El Salvador
El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...
, Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
and South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
in 1989 (Globe and Mail, 1 June 1989), and opposed 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...
's approach to promoting the Charlottetown Accord
Charlottetown Accord
The Charlottetown Accord was a package of proposed amendments to the Constitution of Canada, proposed by the Canadian federal and provincial governments in 1992. It was submitted to a public referendum on October 26 of that year, and was defeated.-Background:...
in 1992 (Globe and Mail, 5 September 1992).
She received 2,799 votes (5.73%), 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...
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...
.
Hughes campaigned for a seat 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 1994. She lost by eighteen votes on election night, but an electronic recount later showed her to have won by twenty-two and a subsequent manual recount gave her a further eleven votes (Toronto Star, 15 February 1995). She was re-elected in 1997, and appears to have served until 2000.http://www.web.net/~ondp/nod/dec97/election.htm
Scarborough WestScarborough WestScarborough West was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commonsfrom 1968 to 1997. It was located in the province of Ontario...
: Steve Thomas
Thomas has been a prominent fundraiser for many years, both for the New Democratic Party and for independent progressive organizations. He began his fundraising career at Oxfam CanadaOxfam Canada
Oxfam Canada, founded in 1963, is an international development agency based in Canada, and is a registered charity . It has offices throughout Canada and works with partner organizations in Africa, Asia and the Americas...
in 1973, and later worked for clients such as Amnesty International
Amnesty International
Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organisation whose stated mission is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated."Following a publication of Peter Benenson's...
, Greenpeace
Greenpeace
Greenpeace is a non-governmental environmental organization with offices in over forty countries and with an international coordinating body in Amsterdam, The Netherlands...
, the Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis is an inflammatory disease in which the fatty myelin sheaths around the axons of the brain and spinal cord are damaged, leading to demyelination and scarring as well as a broad spectrum of signs and symptoms...
(MS) Society, the Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by a disintegration of thought processes and of emotional responsiveness. It most commonly manifests itself as auditory hallucinations, paranoid or bizarre delusions, or disorganized speech and thinking, and it is accompanied by significant social...
Society, Scouts Canada, the St. Boniface Hospital and Sunnybrook Hospital. As of 1993, he had raised $60 million dollars in his cumulative efforts for non-profit organizations. Thomas was also Director of Development at Humber College
Humber College
Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning is a polytechnic college in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Humber offers more than 150 programs including: bachelor’s degree, diploma, certificate, post-graduate certificate and apprenticeship programs, across 40 fields of study. Humber serves...
from 1975 to 1977.http://www.afptoronto.org/awards_gallery/2002/Steve_Thomas.htm
Thomas campaigned for the New Democratic Party of Ontario in the 1977 provincial election
Ontario general election, 1977
The Ontario general election of 1977 was held on June 9, 1977, to elect the 125 members of the 31st Legislative Assembly of Ontario of the Province of Ontario, Canada....
, and received 8,125 votes in Don Mills
Don Mills (electoral district)
Don Mills was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was created for the 1963 provincial election, and lasted until the provincial redistribution on 1996. The riding was formally retired with the 1999 provincial election...
for a second-place finish against 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...
incumbent Dennis Timbrell
Dennis Timbrell
Dennis Roy Timbrell is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1971 to 1987, and was a cabinet minister in the governments of William Davis and Frank Miller.-Early life and career:...
.
Thomas made abortion access a leading feature of his 1993 campaign, describing 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...
as "the most notorious vehement anti-choice member in the federal house today" (Toronto Star, 13 May 1993). He also focused on job creation, and he promised to work to revoke the country's new drug patent law (Toronto Star, 22 October 1993). At one all-candidates meeting, Thomas defended Canada's immigration levels against calls from a 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 that they be cut in half (Toronto Star, 19 October 1993). He received 2,771 votes (7.07%), finishing fourth against Wappel.
Thomas was named as Outstanding Fundraising Executive of the Year in 2002 http://www.afptoronto.org/awards_gallery/2002/Steve_Thomas.htm, and has been described by some as the "guru" and "godfather" of Canadian direct response fundraising. , he sits on the board of Resource Alliance.http://www.resource-alliance.org/speaker.php?sectionid=5&subsectionid=88&pageid=462&mode=full&speakerid=397
St. Paul's: David Jacobs
Jacobs received 2,641 votes (5.16%), finishing fourth against LiberalLiberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
candidate Barry Campbell.
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....
: Rosemarie Blenkinsop
Rosemarie Blenkinsop was a member of the Canada Committee in 1992, supporting a "Yes" vote in the Charlottetown Accord referendum. She received 3,675 votes (8.69%), finishing fourth against LiberalLiberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
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...
.
Ross C. Martin (Brandon—SourisBrandon—SourisBrandon—Souris is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1953.-Demographics:-Geography:The district is in the southwestern corner of the Province of Manitoba...
)
Martin was a Manitoba Hydro worker and labour activist in Brandon, ManitobaBrandon, Manitoba
Brandon is the second largest city in Manitoba, Canada, and is located in the southwestern area of the province. Brandon is the largest city in the Westman region of Manitoba. The city is located along the Assiniboine River. Spruce Woods Provincial Park and CFB Shilo are a relatively short distance...
. He was a member of city council from 1980 to 1998, representing the Riverview district, and was president of the Brandon Trades and Labour Council from 1979 to 1998. In 1996, he led protests in Brandon against the provincial government's Bill 26, which limited the ability of unions to organize and negotiate. When he retired from council in 1998, he was the longest-serving councillor in the city's history.
Martin received 4,359 votes (11.86%) in 1993, 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...
candidate Glen McKinnon
Glen McKinnon
Glen McKinnon is a Canadian educator and politician from Manitoba. He represented the federal electoral district of Brandon—Souris in the Canadian House of Commons from 1993-1997 as a member of the Liberal Party...
. He sought the provincial New Democratic Party
New Democratic Party of Manitoba
The New Democratic Party of Manitoba is a social-democratic political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is the provincial wing of the federal New Democratic Party, and is a successor to the Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation...
nomination for Brandon East in the 1999 provincial election
Manitoba general election, 1999
The Manitoba general election of September 21, 1999 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada....
, but lost to Drew Caldwell
Drew Caldwell
Drew Caldwell , is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba since 1999, and was formerly a cabinet minister in the government of Gary Doer. Caldwell is a member of the New Democratic Party.-Early life and career:Caldwell was born in Brandon,...
. He later became a representative for the Manitoba Hydro Workers Union, and encouraged the provincial government to pass anti-scab legislation. As of 2006, Martin serves on the Manitoba Municipal Board.
In 2008, he retired as an engineering design co-ordinator. He is the NDP's candidate in the Canadian federal election, 2008
Canadian federal election, 2008
The 2008 Canadian federal election was held on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 40th Canadian Parliament after the previous parliament had been dissolved by the Governor General on September 7, 2008...
in the riding of Provencher
Provencher (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:...
. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canadavotes/riding/221/candidate.html#rossmartin
Jason Schreyer (Selkirk—Red RiverSelkirk—Red RiverSelkirk—Red River was a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1997....
)
Jason Schreyer (born 1967) is the son of Edward SchreyerEdward Schreyer
Edward Richard Schreyer , commonly known as Ed Schreyer, is a Canadian politician, diplomat, and statesman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 22nd since Canadian Confederation....
, who served as Premier of Manitoba
Premier of Manitoba
The Premier of Manitoba is the first minister for the Canadian province of Manitoba. He or she is the province's head of government and de facto chief executive. Until the early 1970s, the title "Prime Minister of Manitoba" was used frequently. Afterwards, the word Premier, derived from the French...
from 1969 to 1977 and as Governor-General of Canada from 1979 to 1984. His maternal grandfather, Jake Schultz, was also a Member of Parliament
Member 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,...
.
Schreyer attended 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...
. He considered running for the New Democratic Party of Manitoba
New Democratic Party of Manitoba
The New Democratic Party of Manitoba is a social-democratic political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is the provincial wing of the federal New Democratic Party, and is a successor to the Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation...
in the River East division in the 1988 provincial election
Manitoba general election, 1988
The Manitoba general election of April 26, 1988 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It resulted in a minority government...
, but decided that his age disqualified him as a serious candidate.
Schreyer defeated Colleen Allen and Robert de Groot to win the federal party's nomination in 1993. His candidacy received national attention because of his family connections. Schreyer was frequently compared to his father on the campaign trail, and was considered a serious challenger for the riding. He was unable to fend off a national trend against the New Democratic Party, however, and finished second 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...
Ron Fewchuk
Ron Fewchuk
Ron Fewchuk was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 1997 at the Selkirk—Red River electoral district. He was a businessperson by career....
. He later formed an investment group.
Rose Buss (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...
)
Buss was an organizer for the New Democratic Party, and was thirty-three years old at the time of the election (Winnipeg Free Press, 29 September 1993). She was the only candidate for the NDP nomination in Winnipeg South, although her nomination was delayed because of a party policy requiring that efforts be made to find candidates from visible minority groups. Despite the inconvenience to herself, she continued to endorse the party's affirmative actionAffirmative 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...
program (Winnipeg Free Press, 22 September 1993). One report from the national press indicates that Buss was herself aboriginal (Globe and Mail, 12 October 1993).
She received 2,180 votes (4.17%), 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...
candidate Reg Alcock
Reg Alcock
Reginald B. Alcock, PC was a Canadian politician. He represented the riding of Winnipeg South in the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 2006 and was a cabinet minister in the government of Prime Minister Paul Martin. Alcock was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.-Early life and...
.
Catherine Rose (Calgary SouthwestCalgary SouthwestCalgary Southwest is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988. The district is in the southwest part of the City of Calgary, south of Glenmore Trail, and west of the Canadian Pacific railway.The seat is held by Prime...
)
Rose has a Master of ScienceMaster of Science
A Master of Science is a postgraduate academic master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is typically studied for in the sciences including the social sciences.-Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay:...
degree in physical and analytical chemistry, and began working in the field of toxic waste management in 1988. In 1989, she was project coordinator for the Alberta Toxic Round-up, which categorized items to be sent to the Swan Hills hazardous waste treatment plant.
She had previously campaigned for the New Democratic Party of Alberta in the 1993 provincial election
Alberta general election, 1993
The Alberta general election of 1993 was the twenty-third general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on June 15, 1993 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta...
. Rose was thirty-eight years old in 1993.
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
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| 1993 provincial Alberta general election, 1993 The Alberta general election of 1993 was the twenty-third general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on June 15, 1993 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta... |
Calgary Lougheed Calgary Lougheed Calgary Lougheed is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It is one of 83 districts mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting.... |
NDP | 502 | 3/5 | Jim Dinning Jim Dinning Jim Dinning is a Canadian Progressive Conservative politician and businessman. He was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta , and now serves on the board of directors of a variety of Canadian companies. Dinning ran for the leadership of the Alberta Progressive Conservatives to replace... , Progressive Conservative |
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| 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... |
Calgary Southwest Calgary Southwest Calgary Southwest is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988. The district is in the southwest part of the City of Calgary, south of Glenmore Trail, and west of the Canadian Pacific railway.The seat is held by Prime... |
NDP | 1,099 | 1.62 | 4/9 | Preston Manning Preston Manning Ernest Preston Manning, CC is a Canadian politician. He was the only leader of the Reform Party of Canada, a Canadian federal political party that evolved into the Canadian Alliance... , 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.... |