Canada Party candidates, 1993 Canadian federal election

The short-lived Canada Party fielded a number of candidates in the 1993 Canadian federal election, none of whom were elected. Information about these candidates may be found here.

Manitoba

George H. Armstrong (Brandon—Souris)

Armstrong, a journalist, received 82 votes (0.22%) for an eighth place finish against Liberal candidate Glen McKinnon. [ [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Cresdetail&Election=8463 History of Federal Ridings since 1867: Brandon—Souris, 1993] , Parliament of Canada, accessed 18 December 2006.]

=Ted Bezan (Provencher)=

Ted Bezan is a former machine operator who described himself as retired in 1993. [ [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Cresdetail&Election=8388 History of Federal Ridings since 1867: Portage (1974/07/08)] , Parliament of Canada, accessed 9 August 2008; [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 9 August 2008. Please note that the vote totals listed on the 1993 page are incorrect.] He ran for the Social Credit Party of Canada twice in the 1960s and 1970s. He criticized the major parties' focus on deficit reduction in the 1993 federal election, and instead called for the Bank of Canada to issue interest-free loans to pay down the interest on Canada's national debt. [Ted Bezan, "Interest-free" [letter] , "Winnipeg Free Press", 17 April 1993.]

In 1994, he argued that the Royal Canadian Legion's policy against headgear was not racist and should be left in place. Some Sikh groups had previously argued that the policy was exclusionary. [Ted Bezan, "Legion issue not about racism" [letter] , "Winnipeg Free Press", 7 June 1994.] The following year, Bezan complained that recent translations of the Christian Bible were removing vital passages. [Ted Bezan, "Bible field unguarded" [letter] , "Winnipeg Free Press", 14 September 1995, A7. See also Ted Bezan, "Creation cannot be measured in time" [letter] , "Winnipeg Free Press", 27 November 2000, A13.] He has also called for the Bank of Canada to buy Canada's debt, or at least half of it, from its current owners. [Ted Bezan, "Time to take back national debt" [letter] , "Winnipeg Free Press", 15 November 2002, A17.]

Hans C. Kjear (Portage—Lisgar)

Kjear, a farmer, received 83 votes (0.23%) for an eighth place finish against Liberal candidate Jon Gerrard. [ [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Cresdetail&Election=8463 History of Federal Ridings since 1867: Portage—Lisgar, 1993] , Parliament of Canada, accessed 4 August 1997. The parliamentary site lists Kjear as having received 84 votes; however, the official returns published by Elections Canada show him as having received 83. In 1997, the "Winnipeg Free Press" announced the death of a 73 year old farmer from Stonewall named Hans Nohr Kjear, who was apparently his father.]

Bill Martens (Winnipeg South)

Martens is a lawyer. He received 44 votes (0.08%), finishing ninth against Liberal candidate Reg Alcock. There is a "Dr. William Martens" in Winnipeg who has wrote letters to the editor against abortion and homosexuality in 1999 and 2000, ("Winnipeg Free Press", 23 April 1999 and 31 July 2000), although it is not clear if this is the same person.

Bill Tataryn (Winnipeg—Transcona)

Tataryn was a retired police officer. [ [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Cresdetail&Election=8744 History of Federal Ridings since 1867: Winnipeg—Transcona, 1993] , Parliament of Canada, accessed 13 March 2007.] He received 39 votes (0.09%), finishing ninth against New Democratic Party incumbent Bill Blaikie. The "Winnipeg Free Press" newspaper printed an obituary notice for a "William Tataryn" in 1998, although it is not clear if this was the same person. [Obituary notices, "Winnipeg Free Press", 21 November 1998, A2.]

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