The
Liberal Party of Canada
ran a full slate of candidates in the
1997 federal election
, and won 155 out of 301 seats to form a
majority government
. Many of the party's candidates have their own biography pages; information about others may be found here.
Jocelyn Paul
was a retired teacher.
[1]
She was a supporter of party leader
Jean Chretien
in the late 1990s, at a time when some in the party sought to replace him with
Paul Martin
.
[2]
She received 13,941 votes (28.91%) in 1997, finishing second against
Bloc Quebecois
incumbent
Louis Plamondon
.
Mack was twenty-one years old at the time of the election, and described herself as a restaurant supervisor. She had completed a criminology program at
Red River Community College
, and was working toward a degree in justice and law enforcement. Mack had also worked for the provincial Department of Justice, and established an inventory program for an aviation company. She supported calls to reform the
Canadian Wheat Board
, but spoke out against proposals that it be eliminated entirely (
Winnipeg Free Press
, 30 May 1997).
She received 4,913 votes (14.61%), finishing third against
Reform Party
incumbent
Jake Hoeppner
and
Progressive Conservative
Brian Pallister
.
Mack was later an organizer for
Allan Rock
's abortive bid to lead the
Liberal Party of Canada
(
Winnipeg Free Press
, 12 October 2002), and then served as deputy chief of staff to
mayor
Glen Murray
in
Winnipeg
.
[1]
. She worked as Murray's campaign manager in the
2004 federal election
, and on one occasion spoke out against
homophobic
slurs that had been targeted against Murray.
[2]
Broadbent has been a probation officer and community justice activist. In 1993, provincial
Justice Minister
Rosemary Vodrey
presented her with an award for her activities in the field of public safety.
[3]
When running for office in 1997, Broadbent indicated her support for community-based rehabilitation programs for at-risk youth.
[4]
She received 7,105 votes (21.46%), finishing second against
New Democratic Party
incumbent
Bill Blaikie
. She later organized a justice committee conference in
Winnipeg
in 1999, bringing together various community justice groups.
[5]
In 2006, she was listed as president of the Manitoba Amateur Boxing Association.
[6]
Phillips received 8,646 votes, finishing second against
Reform Party
incumbent
Art Hanger
.
References
[
edit
]
- ^
History of Federal Ridings since 1867, RICHELIEU (1997/06/02)
,
Parliament of Canada
, 14 August 2009.
- ^
Vincent Marissal, "Les liberaux federaux en arrachent au Quebec",
La Presse
, 4 April 2000, B1.
- ^
Lisa Tyler, "Crime-busters just ordinary folk",
Winnipeg Free Press
, 7 November 1993.
- ^
"Safe, healthy community her goal",
Winnipeg Free Press
, 16 May 1997, A10.
- ^
Kim Guttormson, "Justice groups get $700,000 to fight crime",
Winnipeg Free Press
, 17 October 1999, A4.
- ^
"City luminaries heat up the dance floor for a good cause",
Winnipeg Free Press
, 10 September 2006, A6.
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- Bloc Quebecois
(
Gilles Duceppe
)
- Canadian Action
(
Paul Hellyer
,
candidates
)
- Christian Heritage
(Ron Gray,
candidates
)
- Green
(
Joan Russow
,
candidates
)
- Independent candidates
- Liberal
(
Jean Chretien
,
candidates
)
- Marxist?Leninist
(
Hardial Bains
,
candidates
)
- Natural Law
(Neil Paterson,
candidates
)
- New Democrats
(
Alexa McDonough
,
candidates
)
- Progressive Conservative
(
Jean Charest
,
candidates
)
- Reform
(
Preston Manning
,
candidates
)
- Rhinoceros
(de-registered,
candidates
)
Bold
indicates parties with members elected to the
House of Commons
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