The Liberal Party of Canada ran a full slate of 308 candidates in the 2006 federal election, and won 103 seats to form the Official Opposition against a Conservative minority government.
Turner (born in Perth, Ontario) has a degree in political science from Wilfrid Laurier University, and has worked on development projects in India and Southeast Asia.
[7] She is best known for serving as chair of the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board and is a longtime activist with the Liberal Party.
[9] Lloyd criticized the policies of Mike Harris's provincial government in 2000, arguing that health and education were more important than tax cuts.
[11] In 2001, she joined a minority of councillors in opposing a motion that deferred passage of an operating budget with strict cuts imposed by the Harris government.
She has practised criminal, family and children's law for fourteen years in the Simcoe region, and has worked as an assistant Crown Attorney.
Before entering law, he worked as a chemical engineer for Union Carbide Canada as a Product Development Specialist in Montreal, Quebec.
Following Gray's retirement in 2001, he co-chaired Dana Howe's unsuccessful bid for the Windsor West Liberal nomination (Star, 16 March 2002).
She is the owner of Distant Caravans in the Forks Market region, has volunteered for UNICEF and Folklorama, and has produced fashion shows for Winnipeg charities.
According to McLean, many northern families on social assistance were unable to pay their monthly food bills and were forced into cycles of debt as a result (Winnipeg Free Press, 15 November 1996).
In September 2002, McLean was hired by the Vickar Community Chev Olds car dealership in Winnipeg as a liaison with First Nations consumers (WFP, 7 February 2003).
[6][permanent dead link] Gill joined the Liberal Party in 1989, and gave active support to Rey Pagtakhan's election campaigns.
When Rock announced that he would not campaign for the party leadership, Gill declared his support for Paul Martin (WFP, 2 March 2003).
He received 6,553 votes (11.41%), finishing second against Conservative Party leader Stephen Harper, who became Prime Minister as a result of that federal election.