- Progressive Conservative Party candidates, 1999 Ontario provincial election
The
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario ran a full slate of candidates in the 1999 provincial election, and elected 59 members in 103 constituencies to win a majority government. Many of these candidates have their own biography pages; information on others may be found here.Chris Loreto (
Trinity—Spadina )Loreto was a twenty-two year old
political science student at theUniversity of Toronto during the election. He was aNew Democratic Party supporter and election worker before1993 , when he joined theProgressive Conservative Party of Canada ("Toronto Star", 7 May 1999). He received 7,323 votes (20.50%), finishing third against New Democratic Party incumbentRosario Marchese .Loreto later worked in the office of the provincial Attorney-General ("Canada NewsWire", 2 March 2001, 17:24 report). He is now a director of the
Conservative Party of Canada party association inEtobicoke—Lakeshore . [http://www.etobicokelakeshore.ca/About%20Us.html] During the 2006 federal election, he complained that aboriginal issues were not being addressed ("Toronto Star", 7 January 2006).Michael C. Rohrer (
Windsor—St. Clair )Rohrer was 28 years old at the time of the 1999 election ("Windsor Star", 1 June 1999). He holds a
Bachelor of Arts in political science degree from theUniversity of Windsor . He owned a lawn care business while in university ("Windsor Star", 3 June 1995), and was named to the Appraisal Institute of Canada in1994 .He attended the federal Progressive Conservative Party's leadership convention in
1993 , and was a vocal opponent ofKim Campbell 's leadership bid. At the time, Windsor lawyer and prominent organizer ToryBruck Easton was described by the local press as Rohrer's political mentor ("Windsor Star", 11 May 1995).Rohrer contested in
Windsor—Walkerville in the 1995 provincial election and received 3,610 votes (14.50%), finishing third against Liberal candidateDwight Duncan . He worked as a political staffer to the Progressive Conservative caucus from1995 to1998 , before returning to Windsor to work as a professional real estate appraiser.In 1999, he received 7,241 votes (18.78%) in the redistributed Windsor—St. Clair constituency. He again finished third against Duncan. Rohrer supported Tom Long's bid to lead the
Canadian Alliance in2000 , and was co-chair of Long's campaign organization in Essex County and Chatham-Kent ("Windsor Star", 12 May 2000).He was appointed to the Ontario Assessment Review Board in 2000 by the Progressive Conservative government of
Mike Harris . [http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:5qorgxREn8EJ:www.ontla.on.ca/hansard/37_parl/session1/Committees/agencies/a015.htm+Rohrer+Ontario+Assessment+Board&hl=en]In
2004 , Rohrer wrote a letter to the "Windsor Star" in which he criticized Bruck Easton for refusing to support the newly-formedConservative Party of Canada . He described Easton as a "former friend" ("Windsor Star", 19 June 2004).David McCamon (
Windsor West )McCamon was a 33 year-old
Ford Motor Company autoworker in Windsor at the time of the election. He had previously done organization work for theReform Party of Canada ("Windsor Star", 6 May 1999).When the results were announced, he commented, "This whole election has gone exactly as I expected. We have a PC majority with a LIberal in Windsor-West. It's not a surprise, it's not a disappointment. I think we did the best campaign we could with the money and resources we had" ("Windsor Star", 4 June 1999).
McCamon sought a federal
Canadian Alliance nomination in2000 , but was defeated. He was appointed to the Windsor Police Services Board in2002 , and served until2004 ("Windsor Star", 29 November 2002 and 30 November 2004).
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