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Twelve candidates of the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada]] were elected in the [[2000 Canadian federal election|2000 federal election]], making the party the fifth-largest in the [[House of Commons of Canada]]. Many of the party's candidates have their own biography pages; information about others may be found here.
==[[Quebec]] (incomplete)==
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|[[Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour]]
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|Student<ref>[http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Cresdetail&Election=9964 History of Federal Ridings since 1867: BAS-RICHELIEU--NICOLET--BÉCANCOUR (2000/11/27)], [[Parliament of Canada]], accessed 11 August 2009.</ref>
|1,944
|4.38
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|[[Terrebonne—Blainville]]
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|Student<ref>[http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/Parliament/FederalRidingsHistory/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Cresdetail&Election=9933 History of Federal Ridings since 1867: TERREBONNE--BLAINVILLE (2000/11/27) ], [[Parliament of Canada]], accessed 11 August 2013.</ref>
|3,089
|5.54
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==[[Ontario]]==
===Daniel Clark ([[Timmins—James Bay (federal electoral district)|Timmins-James Bay]])===
Daniel Clark is a Canadian politician and actor who has pursued a successful career in pharmaceuticals, working for both [[Pharmacia]] and [[Hoffmann-La Roche]]. He is currently upgrading his education at Dalhousie and is a member of the university's Board of Governors.
Clark was not from [[Timmins, Ontario|Timmins]] and never set foot in the riding before one week into the election. He finished a distant fourth. Clark has been an active volunteer in politics and his community since the age of 12. His extensive election campaign work includes tour scheduling for Dr. [[John Hamm]]'s campaign for the 1999 Nova Scotia election, which resulted in Dr. Hamm becoming [[Premier]].
===Louise Sankey ([[Eglinton—Lawrence (federal electoral district)|Eglinton—Lawrence]])===
A telecommunications expert, Sankey was forty-four years old at the time of the election. She campaigned on increasing health and defence spending, eliminating the capital gains tax and toughening the [[Young Offenders Act]].<ref>Candidate profiles, ''Toronto Star'', 22 November 2000, p. 1.</ref> She is disabled, and used a battery-run scooter to canvass the riding.<ref>Louise Brown, "Mideast turmoil touches North Toronto riding", ''Toronto Star'', 22 November 2000, p. 1.</ref> She received 7,156 votes (17.26%), finishing second against [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] incumbent [[Joe Volpe|Joseph Volpe]]. Sankey later became active with the [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative Party]], served as fundraising director for the Eglinton—Lawrence riding. In 2005, she spoke against adopting a policy to restrict [[abortion]] rights.<ref>Gloria Galloway, "Conservatives paper over cracks, saying disagreement is normal", ''The Globe and Mail'', 5 February 2005, A7.</ref>
===Bryan Brulotte ([[Lanark—Carleton]])===
Brulotte (born in [[Kingston, Ontario|Kingston]], Ontario) was an officer in the [[Canadian military]], serving as a peacekeeper and an aide-de-camp for [[Governor General of Canada|Governor General]] [[Ray Hnatyshyn]]. After leaving active service, he earned an EMBA from the [[University of Ottawa]][https://web.archive.org/web/20041119203313/http://www.management.uottawa.ca/ArchiveNews/Details.asp?EventsID=35] and started MaxSys, a temporary help and contract professional services agency. He received the PC nomination in May 2000 (''Ottawa Citizen'', 24 October 2000), and campaigned on a platform of expanding [[Kanata, Ontario|Kanata]]'s high-tech services to rural parts of the riding. Considered a star candidate, he was one of two Progressive Conservatives in the Ottawa area to be endorsed by the ''[[Ottawa Citizen]]'' newspaper (''Ottawa Citizen'', 22 November 2000).
Brulotte received 12,430 votes (19.61%), finishing third against [[Canadian Alliance]] candidate [[Scott Reid (politician)|Scott Reid]]. In 2001, he was part of a six-member panel encouraging unity between the Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservatives (''National Post'', 15 May 2001).
He planned to put his campaign organizer behind [[Bernard Lord]] in the Progressive Conservative Party's 2002 leadership contest, and was himself mentioned as a possible candidate when Lord declined to run (''CanWest News'', 23 October 2002). Brulotte is now a supporter of the [[Conservative Party of Canada]].[https://web.archive.org/web/20050204065540/http://redtory.ca/brulotte.htm]
===[[Derrall Bellaire]] ([[London—Fanshawe (federal electoral district)|London-Fanshawe]])===
Bellaire later ran for the [[Progressive Canadian Party]] in the [[2004 Canadian federal election]].
===Stephen Woollcombe ([[Ottawa—Vanier (federal electoral district)|Ottawa—Vanier]])===
Woollcombe was raised in the [[Sandy Hill, Ottawa|Sandy Hill]] and [[New Edinburgh]] areas of [[Ottawa]], and attended [[Ashbury College]] (founded by his grandfather). He holds a [[Master of Arts]] degree,[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927203417/http://www.theglobeandmail.ca/series/election/2000Federal/candidates-new/2444.html] taught [[English language|English]] and [[Geography]] in [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]] from 1961 to 1963,[https://web.archive.org/web/20040905090046/http://www.tibet.ca/en/wtnarchive/1998/12/21_1.html] and was a Canadian diplomat from 1965 to 1995 (''Ottawa Citizen'', 18 November 2000). He supported affordable housing and official bilingualism for [[Ottawa]] (''Citizen'', 24 November 2000). He received 7,400 votes (15.37%), finishing third against [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] incumbent [[Mauril Belanger]].
Woollcombe joined the [[Conservative Party of Canada]] after the Progressive Conservative Party's merger with the [[Canadian Alliance]], and campaigned for the party's Ottawa—Vanier nomination for the [[2004 Canadian federal election|2004 election]]. He lost to [[Kevin Friday]], by a vote of 90 to 53.[http://www.cfra.com/headlines/index.asp?nid=12545&cat=3] {{As of|2005}}, he sits on Ottawa's advisory committee on French language services.[http://www.janharder.com/en/City_of_Ottawa_Updates_106/items/296.html]
===Darrin Langen ([[Peterborough (electoral district)|Peterborough]])===
'''Darrin Langen''' is a graduate of the [[Royal Military College of Canada]] and served with Special Services at CFB Petawawa from 1979 to 1988. He has military experience in [[North America]], [[Germany]], and [[Cyprus]].<ref>Kelly Leydier, "Langen aims for 3-way race," ''Peterborough Examiner'', 21 November 2000, A7.</ref> He later became president of Dare Technology Consulting and president of the federal Progressive Conservative Association of Peterborough. He ran for the [[Peterborough, Ontario City Council|Peterborough city council]] in [[1997 Peterborough municipal election|1997]], but was defeated. Thirty-eight years old in 2000, Langen was nominated as his party's candidate when the anticipated nominee unexpectedly dropped out of the contest.<ref>Kelly Leydier, "PCs nominate Langen in city," ''Peterborough Examiner'', 24 October 2000, A1.</ref> He [[anti-abortion]] but has said that he would vote against any attempt to re-criminalize [[abortion]].<ref>Joseph Kim and Bill Hodgins, "Abortion tops agenda," ''Peterborough Examiner'', 21 November 2000, B1.</ref> He also opposed both the [[Canadian Firearms Registry]] and the [[death penalty]].<ref>Kelly Leydier, "Langen aims for 3-way race," ''Peterborough Examiner'', 21 November 2000, A7.</ref> He received 7,034 votes (13.45%), finishing third against [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] candidate [[Peter Adams (politician)|Peter Adams]].
Langen was appointed to Peterborough's Culture and Heritage Management Board in 2002.<ref>"Board vacancies filled by council," ''Peterborough Examiner'', 23 January 2002, B1.</ref> The following year, he supported the Progressive Conservative Party's merger with the more right-wing [[Canadian Alliance]] to create the [[Conservative Party of Canada]].<ref>Paul Rutherford, "PC, Canadian Alliance union in country's 'best interests'," ''Peterborough This Week'', 17 October 2003, p. 10.</ref> He originally planned to seek the new party's nomination for the [[2004 Canadian federal election|2004 federal election]], but later declined to stand.<ref>Leo Berthiaume, "Three want to represent Conservatives in riding," ''Peterborough Examiner'', 16 January 2004, A1.</ref> He was the first candidate to declare for the Conservative nomination in the buildup to the [[2006 Canadian federal election|2006 election]], focusing on health and environmental issues. He was defeated by [[Dean Del Mastro]].<ref>Mike Lacey, "'A good man who just got in with the wrong crowd'," ''Peterborough This Week'', 22 April 2005, p. 2; Vivian Song, "Young political newcomer wins Conservative nomination," ''Lindsay Daily Post'', 17 May 2005, p. 10.</ref>
===Ellery Hollingsworth ([[Scarborough Southwest (federal electoral district)|Scarborough Southwest]])===
Hollingsworth was 59 years old at the time of the election, and was a retired manager for the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]. He had also served as a school trustee on the [[Scarborough, Toronto|Scarborough]] Board of Education from 1994 to 1997, following unsuccessful campaigns in 1988 and 1991. In an interview with the ''[[Toronto Star]]'', he indicated that [[homelessness]], the [[Young Offenders Act]] and taxes were his three primary issues (''Toronto Star'', 19 November 2000). In 1988, he led a movement to save R.H. King Academy.[https://archive.today/20021228214341/http://observer.thecentre.centennialcollege.ca/features/dresscodes/doucettestory.htm]
He received 5,251 votes (14.68%), finishing second against [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] incumbent [[Tom Wappel]].
===Alex McGregor ([[Sudbury (federal electoral district)|Sudbury]])===
'''Alex McGregor''' is a retired professor at [[Laurentian University]]. He chaired the [[Classics]] department for 22 years, and worked as an occasional newspaper columnist. During the 2000 election, he called for increased spending in health and education as well as tax cuts and the elimination of the [[Canadian gun registry]].<ref>He was 68 years old at the time. See Kennedy Gordon, "McGregor adds colour to race in Sudbury riding", ''Sudbury Star'', 24 November 2000, A9. Newspaper reports indicate that McGregor was challenged for the nomination by David MacDormand, though it is not clear in MacDormand withdrew before the nomination date. See Chris Polehoykie, "Federal election races beginning to take shape", ''Sudbury Star'', 26 October 2000, A3.</ref> He received 2,642 votes (7.62%), finishing fourth against [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] incumbent [[Diane Marleau]]. McGregor did not express any bitterness toward Marleau after the campaign, but lamented that many Progressive Conservative supporters had crossed over to the more right-wing [[Canadian Alliance]]. "It boggles the mind how moderate Conservatives could go over to the dark side the way they did", he was quoted as saying.<ref>Rob O'Flanagan, "Tory candidate gracious in defeat", ''Sudbury Star'', 28 November 2000, A3.</ref>
McGregor supported [[Jim Prentice]]'s bid for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party in June 2003.<ref>Alex McGregor, "Coverage of Tory convention was weak", ''Sudbury Star'', 23 June 2003, A7.</ref> Later in the year, he supported the Progressive Conservative Party's merger with the Canadian Alliance to create the [[Conservative Party of Canada]].<ref>Laura Stradiotto, "Tories opt for their 'only hope'", ''Sudbury Star'', 8 December 2003, A1.</ref>
===Rob Chopowick ([[Whitby—Ajax]])===
Chopowick was 37 years old at the time of the election, and worked as a research manager at [[Toronto Dominion Bank|Toronto Dominion]] Evergreen (''Reuters News'', 6 April 2000). He had previously been involved with the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]] for a short period of time (''Toronto Star'', 23 November 2000).
He received 7,563 votes (15.51%), finishing third against [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] incumbent [[Judi Longfield]].
===Ian West ([[Windsor West (federal electoral district)|Windsor West]])===
West received 2,116 votes, finishing fourth in a field of six candidates.
===Jason Daniel Baker ([[York South—Weston (federal electoral district)|York South—Weston]])===
Baker was a 26-year-old [[University of Toronto]] student at the time of the election.<ref>"York South-Weston", ''Toronto Star'', 18 November 2000, GTO2.</ref> He had previously written a series of op-ed letters to Toronto-area newspapers, criticizing both the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] and [[Reform Party of Canada|Reform]] parties.<ref>"Manning creates a monster", ''Toronto Star'', 2 March 1999, p. 1.</ref> He received 986 votes, finishing fifth against Liberal candidate [[Alan Tonks]].
At the same time as the 2000 federal election, a candidate named "Jason Baker" ran for Ward 15 on Toronto's city council in the [[2000 Toronto municipal election|2000 municipal election]]. It is not clear if this was the same person. The municipal candidate received 405 votes (2.71%) to finish fourth against incumbent councillor [[Howard Moscoe]].
==[[Manitoba]]==
===Doreen Murray ([[Churchill (electoral district)|Churchill]])===
Murray owned a mineral exploration company in [[Flin Flon, Manitoba|Flin Flon]] at the time of the election (''Broadcast News'', 1 November 2000). She has previously campaigned for a seat on the [[Flin Flon, Manitoba|Flin Flon]] city council in 1995, but was defeated. The Progressive Conservatives initially had difficulty finding a candidate in Churchill, and Murray was one of the last candidates to be nominated by her party.
{| class="wikitable" width="800"
|+ '''Electoral record'''
|-
! align="left" | Election
! align="left" | Division
! align="left" | Party
! align="right" | Votes
! align="right" | %
! align="center" | Place
! align="center" | Winner
|-
| align="left" | 1995 municipal
| align="left" | Flin Flon council
| align="left" | n/a
| align="right" | 819
| align="right" | 6.31
| align="center" | 11/13
| align="left" | six candidates elected
|-
| align="left" | [[2000 Canadian federal election|2000 federal]]
| align="left" | [[Churchill (electoral district)|Churchill]]
| align="left" | PC
| align="right" | 1,198
| align="right" | 5.14
| align="center" | 4/4
| align="left" | [[Bev Desjarlais]], [[New Democratic Party of Canada|New Democratic Party]]
|}
The 1995 results are taken from the ''Winnipeg Free Press'', 26 October 1995. The final official results were not significantly different.
===Morley McDonald ([[Portage—Lisgar]])===
McDonald was a truck driver in [[Manitoba]] at the time of the election. He previously worked as a police officer (''[[Kingston Whig-Standard]]'', 15 November 2000).
In
He was 58 years old at the time of the 2000 election (''[[Winnipeg Free Press]]'', 15 November 2000). He received 5,339 votes (15.51%), finishing third against [[Canadian Alliance]] candidate [[Brian Pallister]].
===
Dyck was a veteran organizer for the Progressive Conservatives, and had previously been president of the Provencher riding association (''WFP'', 28 November 1996). He lived in the riding for twenty years before moving to [[Winnipeg, Manitoba|Winnipeg]] in 1999 (''WFP'', 23 November 2000).
The 2000 election was called soon after the formation of the [[Canadian Alliance]], a successor to the [[Reform Party of Canada|Reform Party]]. Some prominent Progressive Conservatives in rural Manitoba gave their support to the Alliance, and Dyck commented that many voters were initially confused by his presence, believing the Progressive Conservatives would not field a candidate of their own (''WFP'', 31 October 2000). He received 2,276 votes (6.73%), finishing third against Alliance candidate [[Vic Toews]].
===Mike Reilly ([[Saint Boniface—Saint Vital|St. Boniface]])===
Reilly received 4,505 votes in the 2000 election, finishing fourth against [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] incumbent [[Ron Duhamel]]. He campaigned for the Progressive Conservatives again in a [[by-election]] for St. Boniface held on May 13, 2002, and received 3,583 votes. On this occasion, he finished third against new Liberal candidate [[Raymond Simard]].
He was 35 years old at the time of the 2002 by-election, and worked as a project manager with the [[Manitoba Telephone System]] (''Winnipeg Free Press'', 5 April 2002). In 2004, Reilly endorsed the newly formed [[Conservative Party of Canada]], which had been formed by a merger of the Progressive Conservative Party with the [[Canadian Alliance]] (''Winnipeg Free Press'', 23 June 2004).
Reilly's wife, Kirsty Reilly, has campaigned for the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba]] at the provincial level.[https://web.archive.org/web/20030527223948/http://pcmanitoba.ca/campaign/051103.htm]
===Myron Troniak ([[Winnipeg North]])===
Troniak is a financial planner, and is listed in a 1998 newspaper report as a consumer mortgage advocate with Benchmark Financial Services (''Winnipeg Free Press'', 18 April). He also campaigned for a seat on the Assiniboine South school board in 1998. A 2005 report lists him as 47 years old (''Manitoba Business'', 1 July 2005).
{| class="wikitable" width="800"
|+ '''Electoral record'''
|-
! align="left" | Election
! align="left" | Division
! align="left" | Party
! align="right" | Votes
! align="right" | %
! align="center" | Place
! align="center" | Winner
|-
| align="left" | [[1998 Winnipeg municipal election|1998 municipal]], Assiniboine South school board
| align="left" | Ward II
| align="left" | n/a
| align="right" | 2,275
| align="right" |
| align="center" | 4/4
| align="left" | three candidates elected
|-
| align="left" | [[2000 Canadian federal election|2000 federal]]
| align="left" | [[Winnipeg North]]
| align="left" | P.C.
| align="right" | 2,950
| align="right" | 12.00
| align="center" | 3/4
| align="left" | [[Judy Wasylycia-Leis]], [[New Democratic Party of Canada|New Democratic Party]]
|}
===Geoffrey Lambert ([[Winnipeg South]])===
Lambert is a political studies professor at the [[University of Manitoba]] in [[Winnipeg]]. He has written on Canada's political culture,[http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/mb_history/06/liberalparty.shtml] and has provided an award for first-year [[Political Science]] students at the University of Manitoba.[https://web.archive.org/web/20050907212832/http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/political_studies/awards/] Lambert has also been the Manitoba contact for the [[University of Minnesota]] Alumni Association.[https://web.archive.org/web/20060110172404/http://www.alumni.umn.edu/Winnipeg__Canada_Chapter.html]
The 2000 election was Lambert's only campaign for public office at the provincial or federal level. He was forced to withdraw shortly before election day for health reasons, although his name remained on the ballot (''Canadian Press'', 14 November 2000, 21:36 report). He received 3,599 votes (8.55%), finishing fourth against [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] incumbent [[Reg Alcock]].
Lambert is also a supporter of the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba]]. In 2002, he criticized party leader [[Stuart Murray]] for hiring discredited strategist [[Taras Sokolyk]] as an adviser (''Broadcast News'', 16 December 2002).
He wrote Manitoba's contributions to the ''Canadian annual review of politics and public affairs'' in 2005.[https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/leg-lib/e-snt0505.html]
===Christopher Brewer ([[Winnipeg—Transcona]])===
Brewer was a truck driver at the time of the election.<ref>[http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Cresdetail&Election=9951 History of Federal Ridings since 1867: Winnipeg—Transcona, 2000].</ref> He won the Progressive Conservative nomination by acclamation,<ref>"Nomination update", ''Winnipeg Free Press'', 30 October 2000, A8.</ref> and received 2,133 votes (6.51%) in the general election for a fourth-place finish against [[New Democratic Party of Canada|New Democratic Party]] incumbent [[Bill Blaikie]].
==[[Saskatchewan]]==
===Kirk Eggum ([[Saskatoon—Wanuskewin]])===
Eggum was a 22-year-old student at the [[University of Saskatchewan]] during the election (''Saskatoon Star-Phoenix'', 23 November 2000). He was previously a candidate for the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan]] during that party's skeletal campaign in the [[1999 Saskatchewan provincial election|1999 provincial election]]. In 2000, he supported the elimination of taxes on scholarships and increased subsidies for post-secondary education.
He is likely related to [[Kris Eggum]], who has also campaigned for the Progressive Conservatives in Saskatchewan.
{| class="wikitable" width="800"
|+ '''Electoral record'''
|-
! align="left" | Election
! align="left" | Division
! align="left" | Party
! align="right" | Votes
! align="right" | %
! align="center" | Place
! align="center" | Winner
|-
| align="left" | [[1999 Saskatchewan general election|1999 provincial]]
| align="left" | [[Saskatoon Mount Royal]]
| align="left" | PC
| align="right" | 89
| align="right" |
| align="center" | 4/4
| align="left" | [[Eric Cline]], [[New Democratic Party of Saskatchewan|New Democratic Party]]
|-
| align="left" | [[2000 Canadian federal election|2000 federal]]
| align="left" | [[Saskatoon—Wanuskewin]]
| align="left" | PC
| align="right" | 1,709
| align="right" | 5.16
| align="center" | 4/5
| align="left" | [[Maurice Vellacott]], [[Canadian Alliance]]
|}
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