Progressive Conservative Party candidates, 1993 Canadian federal election

The governing Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ran a full slate of 298 candidates in the 1993 federal election, and lost official party status in the Canadian House of Commons by winning only two seats. Many of the party's candidates have their own biography pages; information about others may be found here.

Ontario

Marc Monson (Eglinton—Lawrence)

Monson was listed as a Toronto realtor, and the nephew of prominent rabbi David Monson. [John Deverell, "Eglinton voter wants no lies", "Toronto Star", 4 October 1993, A6.] He campaigned on a platform of lower taxes and greater economic investment. ["Eglinton-Lawrence", "Toronto Star", 22 October 1993, A7.] He received 4,262 votes (10.66%), finishing third against Liberal incumbent Joseph Volpe. Following the Progressive Conservative Party's defeat in the election, Monson described the national PC campaign as "a big blue machine that didn't know how to change". [John Deverell, "Huge responsibility ahead, Joe Volpe says", "Toronto Star", 26 October 1993, B5.]

Kevin Charles Flood (Essex—Kent)

Flood was born in Essex County, and resided in Kingsville. ["Kevin Flood: Conservative", "Windsor Star", 22 October 1993, F4.] He was thirty-five years old during the 1993 campaign, and was manager of Grainco Grain Argi-Industries in Maidstone. [Chris Vander Doelen, "Porter seen as Tories' big hope", "Windsor Star", 25 September 1993, A1.] He supported the amalgamation of Essex—Kent with the neighbouring Kent riding, arguing that Canadians were overgoverned and were represented by too many politicians. He also said that he would reject a government pension, and defended Progressive Conservative policies such as free trade. [Rob Hornberger, "We're over-governed, Tory candidate says", "Windsor Star", 16 July 1993, A10.] Flood described himself as a "non-politician". ["Essex-Kent", "Windsor Star", 22 October 1993, F4.]

His mother, Joan Flood, has served as mayor of Essex, and was also a Progressive Conservative candidate. [Chris Hornsey, "Flood to ask legal advice on land deal", "Windsor Star", 21 May 2000, A5.]

Flood campaigned for a seat on the Windsor City Council in 2000, and was defeated. Three years later, newspaper reports indicated that he was willing to let an American company use his ash tree property as a testing site for a pesticide called Perma-Guard D-20. ["Area in Brief", "Windsor Star", 17 June 2003, A2.]

Marie-Christine Lemire (Ottawa—Vanier)

Lemire was born in Quebec, and holds a Bachelor of Social Siences degree with Honours in Political Science and a concentration in Sociology from the University of Ottawa ("Ottawa Citizen", 7 October 1993). She worked for various cabinet ministers during the Brian Mulroney government, including Marcel Masse ("Canada NewsWire", 11 June 1988). She was thirty-seven years old during the 1993 campaign.

Lemire received 5,116 votes (10.53%), finishing second against Liberal Party incumbent Jean-Robert Gauthier. She later served on the federal Social Benefits Tribunal from 1999 to 2005. [http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:-5KftdcRrEoJ:www.sbt.gov.on.ca/userfiles/page_attachments/Library/1/748459_English_Annual_Report_Final.pdf+%22Marie-Christine+Lemire%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2]

Don Baker (Parkdale—High Park)

Baker was 49 years old at the time of the election. His father created the Family Communications company in 1949, and Baker eventually became its president. During the 1990s, the company published the magazines "Today's Bride", "Best Wishes" (given away free at maternity wards), "Baby Name", "Canadian Home Planner", and the New Baby and Child Care Encyclopedia.

He received 5,668 votes (13.78%), finishing third against Liberal candidate Jesse Flis. After the election, he noted that "Parkdale-High Park reacted like the rest of the country and said it's time for big change" ("Toronto Star", 26 October 1993).

In 1998, Baker expanded his company's activities to organize a North American tour for Virsky, the Ukrainian National Dance Company ("Toronto Star", 25 April 1998).

Manitoba

=Kelly Clark (Provencher)=

Kelly Clark was a development officer. [ [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Cresdetail&Election=8570 History of Federal Ridings since 1867: Provencher (1993/10/25)] , Parliament of Canada, accessed 11 August 2008. A "Kelly Clark" was listed as working for ID Engineering Canada in 1994, although it is not clear if this is the same person. See John Douglas, "Firms ready to stake out new turf", "Winnipeg Free Press", 24 July 1994.] Clark won the Progressive Conservative nomination for Provencher in a close contest against two strong candidates, prevailing by 21 votes on the final ballot. [Doug Nairne, "Huge Tory vote evaporates", "Winnipeg Free Press", 23 October 1993.] In the general election, Clark received 3,765 votes (10.29%) for a third-place finish against Liberal candidate David Iftody.

Brett Eckstein (Winnipeg—Transcona)

Eckstein has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Politics and Economics and a Master of Arts degree in International Relations and Canadian Government from the University of Manitoba, as well as a Master of Science degree in Space Studies from the University of North Dakota. He worked as an aerospace consultant in 1993. He received 2,112 votes (5.11%), finishing fourth against New Democratic Party incumbent Bill Blaikie.

Eckstein later became a provincial civil servant, and served as Senior Policy Analyst for Manitoba Executive Council's Sustainable Development Co-ordination Unit and Senior Analyst for the Policy Management Secretariat. He joined the Pollution Prevention Branch of Manitoba Conservation in 2000, and was listed in 2002 as a policy analyst, responsible for the development and implementation of "Manitoba's Sustainable Development Procurement Guidelines". [ [http://www.cier.ca/goinggreen/speakers.htm Going Green 2002: Speaker Biographies] , Going Green Planning Committee, 2002, accessed 13 March 2007. See also Business Calendar, "Winnipeg Free Press", 28 May 2001, B5; Geoff Kirbyson, "Firms find going green can pay off", "Winnipeg Free Press", 13 July 2001, B5.] As of 2006, he oversees Energy Climate Change & Green Strategy Initiatives for the Science, Technology, Energy and Mines. [ [http://web2.gov.mb.ca/contact/viewPerson.php?pid=1422&wid=1646&lang=EN Phone Book - Person, Province of Manitoba] , 2006, accessed 13 March 2007.]

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