Progressive Conservative Party candidates, 1993 Canadian federal election

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The governing Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ran a full slate of 298 candidates in the 1993 federal election, and lost official party status in the Canadian House of Commons by winning only two seats. Many of the party's candidates have their own biography pages; information about others may be found here.

Contents 1 Ontario 1.1 Marc Monson (Eglinton—Lawrence) 1.2 Kevin Charles Flood (Essex—Kent) 1.3 Marie-Christine Lemire (Ottawa—Vanier) 1.4 Don Baker (Parkdale—High Park) 2 Footnotes

[edit] Ontario

[edit] Marc Monson (Eglinton—Lawrence)

Monson was listed as a Toronto realtor, and the nephew of prominent rabbi David Monson.^[1] He campaigned on a platform of lower taxes and greater economic investment.^[2] He received 4,262 votes (10.66%), finishing third against Liberal incumbent Joseph Volpe. Following the Progressive Conservative Party's defeat in the election, Monson described the national PC campaign as "a big blue machine that didn't know how to change".^[3]

[edit] Kevin Charles Flood (Essex—Kent)

Flood was born in Essex County, and resided in Kingsville.^[4] He was thirty-five years old during the 1993 campaign, and was manager of Grainco Grain Argi-Industries in Maidstone.^[5] He supported the amalgamation of Essex—Kent with the neighbouring Kent riding, arguing that Canadians were overgoverned and were represented by too many politicians. He also said that he would reject a government pension, and defended Progressive Conservative policies such as free trade.^[6] Flood described himself as a "non-politician".^[7]

His mother, Joan Flood, has served as mayor of Essex, and was also a Progressive Conservative candidate.^[8]

Flood campaigned for a seat on the Windsor City Council in 2000, and was defeated. Three years later, newspaper reports indicated that he was willing to let an American company use his ash tree property as a testing site for a pesticide called Perma-Guard D-20.^[9]

Electoral record

Election	Division	Party	Votes	%	Place	Winner
1993 federal	Essex—Kent	Progressive Conservative	4,751		3/5	Jerry Pickard, Liberal
2000 Windsor municipal	Council, Ward Two	n/a	373	2.46	7/9	Brian Masse and Peter Carlesimo

[edit] Marie-Christine Lemire (Ottawa—Vanier)

Lemire was born in Quebec, and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of Ottawa (Ottawa Citizen, 7 October 1993). She worked for various cabinet ministers during the Brian Mulroney government, including Marcel Masse (Canada NewsWire, 11 June 1988). She was thirty-seven years old during the 1993 campaign.

Lemire received 5,116 votes (10.53%), finishing second against Liberal Party incumbent Jean-Robert Gauthier. She later served on the federal Social Benefits Tribunal from 1999 to 2005.[1]

[edit] Don Baker (Parkdale—High Park)

Baker was 49 years old at the time of the election. His father created the Family Communications company in 1949, and Baker eventually became its president. During the 1990s, the company published the magazines Today's Bride, Best Wishes (given away free at maternity wards), Baby Name, Canadian Home Planner, and the New Baby and Child Care Encyclopedia.

He received 5,668 votes (13.78%), finishing third against Liberal candidate Jesse Flis. After the election, he noted that "Parkdale-High Park reacted like the rest of the country and said it's time for big change" (Toronto Star, 26 October 1993).

In 1998, Baker expanded his company's activities to organize a North American tour for Virsky, the Ukrainian National Dance Company (Toronto Star, 25 April 1998).

[edit] Footnotes