In the run-up to the 1993 Federal election, he was in danger of losing a nomination battle to challenger Gobinder Randhawa.
However, Liberal leader Jean Chrétien intervened and designated Lee as the candidate.
In 1993, he tabled a private member's bill that would have given rape victims the right to have blood samples taken from an offender.
Contrary to Liberal party policy, he expressed anti-abortion views,[7] and also supported the death penalty.
He said, "I believe the death penalty should always be available to reflect the degree of society's disgust at certain capital crimes.