- Progressive Conservative Party candidates, 1990 Ontario provincial election
The
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario ran a full slate of candidates in the 1990 provincial election, and won 20 out of 130 seats to become the third-largest party in the legislature. Some of the party's candidates have their own biography pages; information about others may be found here.
=Daniel M. DiSabatino (Brantford)=Daniel DiSabatino is a credentialed minister with the
Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada currently serving as Lead Pastor of Willowdale Pentecostal Church, 288 Cummer Avenue inToronto . He also serves as Adjunct Faculty at Master's College & Seminary in Toronto. DiSabatino received 3,087 votes (8.46%), finishing third against New Democratic Party candidateBrad Ward .
=Chris Smith (Downsview)=Smith was a thirty-four year old businessman at the time of the election. ["Downsview", "Toronto Star", 3 September 1990, A6.] His campaign focused on affordable housing, increased private and public daycare, and crime reduction. [Lesley Simpson, "Downsview Riding may swing with tide", "Toronto Star", 26 August 1990, A4.] He received 1,477 votes (6.22%), finishing third against New Democratic Party candidate
Anthony Perruzza .Graham Snelgrove (
Hamilton Centre )Snelgrove was fifty years old at the time of the election ("Globe and Mail", 7 September 1990). He received 2,116 votes (8.34%), finishing third against New Democratic Party candidate
David Christopherson .Andrew Feldstein (York South)
Feldstein a 21 year old second-year student at
Osgoode Hall Law School . He focused his campaign on taxes and the environment, and spoke out against the allowance given to MPPs. [Margaret Polanyi, "Meeting gives Rae mixed reviews", "Globe and Mail", 29 August 1990, A7; Tony Wong, "Rae is at home in NDP stronghold", "Toronto Star", 2 September 1990, A12.] He received 2,561 votes (10.26%), finishing third against New Democratic Party leaderBob Rae . Feldstein graduated from Osgoode Hall in 1992, and later established the firm Andrew Feldstein and Associates. His primary focus is family law. [ [http://www.divorce.on.ca/toronto-lawyer-feldstein.html Andrew Feldstein biography] , Andrew Feldstein and Associates, online document, accessed 6 December 2006.]Footnotes
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