Kevin Serviss

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Kevin Serviss is an ex-police officer, assistant pastor, and unsuccessful political candidate in Sudbury, Canada.

Serviss was raised in the McCrea Heights area, attended Pinecrest Public School in Hanmer, and graduated from Confederation High School. During Kevin’s 21-year career as a law enforcement officer for the Sudbury Regional Police, he worked in various branches, including uniform, criminal investigation, and training. Serviss also served for two years as an instructor at the Ontario Police College. In 1999, he joined the pastoral team of Glad Tidings Tabernacle in Sudbury, and from 2004 served as an ordained minister. Serviss has been involved with the Elgin St. Mission, which fed the homeless, and he worked to help create the Samaritan Centre for the homeless and destitute of the City of Greater Sudbury. He co-hosts a popular daily radio show on K95.5 FM.

He was nominated by the Conservative Party of Canada as a candidate for the election to the Canadian House of Commons in the 2006 federal election in the electoral district of Sudbury.

Although the Conservative Party under the leadership of Stephen Harper was successful at the national level, Serviss lost in Sudbury. He received roughly 10,500 votes in his riding. This was an improvement on the 9,000 votes received by Progressive Conservative Party of Canada candidate Stephen Butcher received in the 2004 federal election.

New Democratic Party candidate Gerry McIntaggart placed second in the election with roughly 14,500 votes, and the incumbent Liberal Party Member of Parliament, Diane Marleau, was re-elected with almost 20,000 votes.