John Laschinger

John Laschinger is a veteran political organizer in Canada. He is best known for organizing election campaigns and party leadership bids for a variety of candidates. He has written a book on his views and ideas on campaigns, entitled: "Leaders & lesser mortals: Backroom politics in Canada".

Laschinger was a key organizer for Belinda Stronach's bid to lead the Conservative Party of Canada in 2004, and John Tory's bid to lead the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario also in 2004. He most recently worked as campaign manager for the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario in the 2007 general election. He has not worked exclusively with Conservatives, however, and was also an important figure in David Miller's bid to become Mayor of Toronto in 2003 and was his campaign manager in 2006. Laschinger also worked with other conservative politicians in Eastern Canada, including New Brunswick.