The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario ran a full slate of candidates in the 1987 Ontario provincial election, and elected 16 out of 130 candidates to become the third-largest party in the legislature.
Paparo-Stein lived in Winnipeg during the 1970s, and gained local fame for taking the city to court over its use of chemical pesticides (which she believed were responsible for illnesses in her family).
She chose to run as a Progressive Conservative after being told that Oakwood was reserved for another Liberal candidate.
The Globe and Mail newspaper gave it a favourable review, but the Toronto Star criticized it as "a tedious, meandering account".
During the campaign, he strongly criticized the New Democratic Party's plan to nationalize auto insurance.