Progressive Conservative Party of Canada candidates in the 2000 Canadian federal election

The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada elected twelve candidates in the 2000 federal election, and emerged as the fifth-largest party in the Canadian House of Commons. Many of the party's candidates have their own biography pages; information about others may be found here.

Morley McDonald (Portage—Lisgar)

McDonald is a truck driver in Manitoba. He previously worked as a police officer Kingston Whig-Standard, 15 November 2000).

In 1984, McDonald unsuccessfully challenged Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Charlie Mayer for the party's nomination in Portage—Neepawa. He highlighted bilingualism as his primary issue, and accused the federal party of allowing the Manitoba Progressive Conservatives to be portrayed as bigots and racists for opposing provincial entrenchment of french-language rights (Globe and Mail, 28 June 1984).

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.