The Conservative Party of Canada ran a full slate of candidates in the 2004 federal election, and won 99 seats out of 308 to form the Official Opposition.
Downer sat on the Corner Brook City Council following there local election in September 2005 serving until she died of cancer in July 2007.
Hearn was later appointed Canadian Ambassador to Ireland (2010) Peter McQuaid lost to Lawrence MacAulay of the Liberal Party of Canada.
[3] In 2009, McArthur was hired as special assistant to Chuck Strahl, the federal Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.
A former co-owner of the Emporium store in Knowlton, he has also managed the Mont Glen ski resort and been president of the Brome Lake Chamber of Commerce.
[9] He was fifty years old at the time and was chair of the Eastern Townships Community Economic Development and Employability Committee.
[11] Considered a strong candidate for the Conservatives in Quebec, he received 4,888 votes (11.05%) for a third-place finish against Liberal incumbent Denis Paradis.
[16] He received a Governor General's 125th Commemorative Canada Medal in 1992, and was granted an Outstanding Contribution Recognition Certificate from the Premier of Ontario in 1994.
McClelland denied this, and noted that over 550 party members from Brampton North's Sikh community supported his renomination.
[20] Hundal later ran for the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in Brampton Centre in the 1997 federal election, and finished third against Liberal candidate Sarkis Assadourian.
Martin became vice-chair of the health board in 2002 and later chaired the corporate services committee and the Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre expansion work group.
He was successful in getting council to agree to a set time hiring freeze of municipal employees to help minimize property tax increases.
[32] Martin also served on the executive of the local Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario association and chaired the group Taxpayers Coalition Brant.
[35] Tanz is a graduate of York Mills Collegiate, attended the University of California, and is a real estate developer in private life.
[36] Tanz campaigned for a seat on the East York municipal council in 1994 at age 37, calling for greater cooperation between the public and private sectors.
In 1999, the Ontario government of Mike Harris sold a prime downtown Toronto property unit at half of its market value to All-City Storage, a California-based firm on which Tanz served as a director.
On one occasion, he was targeted by threatening fax sent to his home address comparing his party to the Nazis and leader Stockwell Day to Adolf Hitler (Spectator, 20 November 2000).
O'Connor later sought the Progressive Conservative nomination for Hamilton West in the 2003 provincial election, losing to Doug Brown (Spectator, 22 February 2003).
DeFeria also ran in the 2000 Canadian federal election in the riding of Mississauga East for the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada finishing a close third behind Jainstien Dookie of the Canadian Alliance and the winner Albina Guarnieri of the Liberal Party of Canada.
[42] He finished third against Ray Bonin, and commented that the riding's labour base made it impossible for the Conservatives to win.
He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics (1978), worked as a real-estate broker in Muskoka for fourteen years, and became a financial consultant with the Investors Group in 1996.
[46] A longtime member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, Montgomery was Premier Frank Miller's campaign manager in the 1985 provincial election.
Jackson sought the Conservative nomination again in the buildup to the 2006 federal election, but narrowly lost to Dean Del Mastro.
He works as an investment advisor in the Niagara region for BMO Nesbitt Burns, and has been a member of the Knights of Columbus for over thirty-five years.
At the time of the election, she was head of the Condition of Broadcast License Closed-Captioning Department at Alliance Atlantis Communications.
Josh Cooper was the Conservative Party of Canada candidate for Member of Parliament in 2004 representing Thornhill, Ontario.
Cuddy has been active in organizations such as the Royal Canadian Legion, the Holocaust Education Week Committee, and the Toronto Youth Symphony.
[60] He was baptized as John Cuddy, but changed his name at age thirteen after becoming inspired by the writings of his great-great-grandfather, a Toronto minister.
Stevenson was born to a Peguis Nation family in Steelier, Manitoba, was raised in Selkirk and now lives in Winnipeg.
Stevenson was employed with the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs as a Communications Assistant at the time of the election, and has worked related organizations such as Shabbiest Waking Aboriginal Head Start and the Manitoba Child and Family Services.