Progressive Conservative Party candidates, 2007 Ontario provincial election

The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario is one of three major political parties in Ontario, Canada running in the 2007 Ontario provincial election. It has served as the Official Opposition since 2003, having previously formed two successive majority governments in 1995 and 1999.

The party will run a full state of 107 candidates. Though several candidates have their own biography pages, information about others may be found here.

Elected

Bold indicates a non-incumbent, while italics indicate a candidate who defeated an incumbent of another party.

Defeated incumbents

* Joe Tascona
* John Tory

Candidates

=Angela Kennedy (Don Valley East)=

A registered nurse, and a founding member of the Ontario Nurses Association Local 115. Has worked at the Toronto East General Hospital for thirty years. Also a trustee on the Toronto District Catholic School Board, representing Ward 11 in east Toronto. First elected in 2000, re-elected in 2003, and again in 2006. Her mother was the first female principal in the York Region.

Allison Graham (London West)

Allison Graham is a long-time party member and activist. She was also a columnist for the "London Free Press".

Ki Kit Li (Markham-Unionville)

Ki Kit Li, also known as "KK Li", is a registered physiotherapist, an Ontario politician, and the former Ontario PC Party candidate for Markham-Unionville.

Background

Born in Hong Kong, Ki Kit Li immigrated to Canada in 1975, where he worked as a registered physiotherapist. KK graduated from the University of Toronto in the Faculty of Medicine and Department of Rehab Medicine. He has worked in his own private physiotherapy practice since 1980. Currently, KK is the CEO of Yee Hong Rehab Centre and Yee Hong Ki Kit Li Rehab Centre [ [http://admin.yeehong.com/pdf/20040527_delisting_physio_en.pdf Yee Hong News Release - May 27, 2004 - "Delisting Schedule Five Physiotherapy from OHIP Concerns Seniors"] ] . KK’s professional involvement includes being the Councillor of the College of Physiotherapists of Ontario for six years. He was elected Vice-President in 2004-2005. Presently KK is the executive Vice-President of fundraising and Chair of the candidate search committee of his local riding association. He received the Chinese Canadian Legend Award for his exemplary role model in his community. [ [http://www.abna.ca/Chinese%20Canadian%20Legend.html Chinese Canadian Legend Award winners] ] To recognize his voluntary service to the Canadian community, he received the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal in 2004. [ [http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/index_e.asp?results=1&Firstname=Ki+Kit&Middlename=&Lastname=Li&City=&Province=ON&TypeID=jubilee&CanInt=CAN&npp=25 Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal - Governor General of Canada] ] He and his wife, Sylvia have lived in Markham for over 20 years. They have four grown children: Pamela, Adrienne, Lorraine and Spencer. K.K. Li was defeated in Markham-Unionville by his Liberal opponent and incumbent Michael Chan.

External links

* [http://www.yeehong.com/centre/rehab_services.php Yee Hong Ki Kit Li Rehab Centre]

=Bruce TimmsAnchor|Bruce Timms (St. Catharines)=

Timms is a professional engineer, and operates Timms House and Building Inspections. [ [http://www.stcatharines.ca/elections/candidates_voting/meetthecandidates.cfm Bruce Timms: Candidate Details] , City of St. Catharines, accessed 15 November 2006.] He is a municipal politician in St. Catharines. He was re-elected to a sixth consecutive term on the Niagara Regional Council in the 2006 St. Catharines municipal election. As of 2005, he was chair of the Public Health Services Committee. [http://www.regional.niagara.on.ca/government/council/profiles/btimms.html] Timms opposed extending the local anti-smoking bylaws in 2001 [http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:WxngTFhRU1MJ:www.smokefreeniagara.com/wordocs/SFN-article6.pdf+%22Bruce+Timms%22&hl=en] , and in 2004 opposed an HIV-prevention poster that some in the community found offensive. [http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:SfWbfclrrBcJ:www.think-again.ca/news/+%22Bruce+Timms%22&hl=en]

Bruce Timms previously ran for this seat in 1990, receiving 3,926 votes (13.16%) and finishing a distant third against Liberal candidate and incumbent MPP Jim Bradley.

He received 12,861 votes (28.89%) in 2007, finishing a distant second. Losing once again to long time Liberal MPP Jim Bradley.

=Louis Delongchamp (Sudbury)=

Louis Delongchamp was born and raised in Sudbury. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Laurentian University, and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Windsor. He has taught accounting courses at Algonquin College and Cambrian College, and manages family real estate properties. Delongchamp has served as an executive member of the Sudbury Arts Council. [Lara Bradley, "Arts council takes new direction", "Sudbury Star", 8 September 2004, A3.] He was 58 years old at the time of the election. [ [http://www.sudburypc.com/candidate.html Sudbury Prov PC - Candidate] , PC Ontario - Sudbury, accessed 19 June 2008.]

In 2001, Delongchamp was appointed to the Sudbury Early Years Steering Committee by provincial cabinet minister John Baird. ["Baird announces Early Years Steering Committee for Sudbury", "Canada NewsWire", 21 June 2001, 16:13 report.] He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada at the federal level until 2003, when he supported its merger with the more right-wing Canadian Alliance to create the Conservative Party of Canada. [Bob Vaillancourt, "Sudbury-area Tories support Canadian Alliance merger", "Sudbury Star", 3 December 2005, A5.] He received 2,605 votes (7.93%) in 2007, finishing third against Liberal incumbent Rick Bartolucci. After the election, Delongchamp said that his party lost the election over its pledge to provide public funding for faith-based education. [ [www.northernlife.ca/News/LocalNews/2007/10-10-07-delongchamp.pdf Delongchamp - Education issue defeats PCs] , "Northern Life", 10 October 2007, accessed 19 June 2008.]

Kristine Robinson (Windsor-Tecumseh)

Kristine graduated from the University of Windsor with an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Criminology in 1994. While at the University of Windsor, she was elected President of the Student Council (UWSA), becoming the first female representative for over 10,000 full time undergraduate students. In 2004, while working full time, she attended the University of Windsor Faculty of Law and graduated with her Bachelor of Laws in June 2007. She is currently articling at Sullivan, Istl, Bornais LLP in Windsor. She feels it is time for an MPP in this riding who is able to tackle and resolve the issues faced by Windsorites - especially the border, diversification of the Windsor economy and the environment.

References

External links

* [http://www.ontariopc.com/find_your_riding.asp Nominated PC candidates at official Ontario PC Party website]