William G. "Bill" Morrow is a lawyer. For 17 years, he and his wife Judy Morrow have their own practice, Morrow and Morrow in Bay Roberts with his 2 sons Neil and Aaron. He also practised as in-house legal counsel for the Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro Group of Companies. He served as board chair of the Avalon Health Care Institutions Board from 1994 to 2003, and as a volunteer board member with the Provincial Health Care Association. He was defeated in the 2006 election, winning 14,318 votes to Fabian Manning's 19,132.
Turner (born in Perth, Ontario) has a degree in political science from Wilfrid Laurier University, and has worked on development projects in India and Southeast Asia. He joined the Liberal Party in 1997,[1][permanent dead link], and was twenty-four years old during the election.[2] Several media reports from the campaign highlighted his energy as a candidate (Kingston Whig-Standard, 2 January 2006).
He received 14,709 votes (24.74%), finishing second against Conservative incumbent Scott Reid.
Lloyd criticized the policies of Mike Harris's provincial government in 2000, arguing that health and education were more important than tax cuts.[10] She was first elected to the Kawartha-Pine Ridge school board in the 2000 municipal election, defeating three other candidates in a rural division.[11] In 2001, she joined a minority of councillors in opposing a motion that deferred passage of an operating budget with strict cuts imposed by the Harris government.[12] She was defeated in her first bid to chair the board in late 2002,[13] and was re-elected as a trustee over a strong challenge in 2003.[14] She was first chosen as chair of the school board in December 2004.[15]
She won the Peterborough Liberal Party nomination in May 2005, defeating councillor Henry Clarke.[16] In December of the same year, she stood down as chair of the board.[17] Her candidacy was supported by the Peterborough Professional Fire Fighters Association.[18] During the campaign, she indicated her support for same-sex marriage.[19] On election day, she finished a close second to Conservative Party candidate Dean Del Mastro. She was re-elected as a school trustee in 2006 and served again as chair.[20]
He was president of the Windsor West riding association for seven years, and was an organizer for longtime Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) Herb Gray (Windsor Star, 10 and 24 January 2006). Following Gray's retirement in 2001, he co-chaired Dana Howe's unsuccessful bid for the Windsor West Liberal nomination (Star, 16 March 2002).
Keller was forty-six years old in 2006. He received 12,110 votes (25.39%), finishing second against New Democratic Party incumbent Brian Masse.
Parks was born and resides in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She is the owner of Distant Caravans in the Forks Market region, has volunteered for UNICEF and Folklorama, and has produced fashion shows for Winnipeg charities. Parks has been Chair of the Manitoba Liberal Party Women's Association and director of the Manitoba Provincial Liberal Women's Association.[21]
In 1996, he argued that government assistance programs were not adequately addressing the cost of food shipments to northern Manitoba. According to McLean, many northern families on social assistance were unable to pay their monthly food bills and were forced into cycles of debt as a result (Winnipeg Free Press, 15 November 1996). To address the problem, he co-founded the First Nations Buying Group and arranged bulk purchases for isolated First Nations groups across the country. In September 2002, McLean was hired by the Vickar Community Chev Olds car dealership in Winnipeg as a liaison with First Nations consumers (WFP, 7 February 2003).
McLean was one of three aboriginal candidates for the Liberal Party in Manitoba in the 2006 election (Canadian Press, 5 January 2006). He received 4,199 votes (11.39%), finishing a distant second against Conservative incumbent Brian Pallister.
Gill is a prominent member of Winnipeg's Sikh community. He holds Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees from Panjab University in Chandigarh, Punjab, India. He is the fundraising chairperson for the Manitoba Sikh Cultural and Seniors' Centre, and in 1988 helped to found the Sikh Volunteers Association, which operates blood drives. He also operates a Subway restaurant and small trucking company (WPF, 2 January 2006). He was forty-four years old in 2006.[6][permanent dead link]
Gill joined the Liberal Party in 1989, and gave active support to Rey Pagtakhan's election campaigns. He originally supported Allan Rock's abortive efforts to succeed Jean Chrétien as Liberal Party leader, and was elected to the Manitoba Liberal Party's executive vice-presidency in 2001 on a "Rock slate" (Winnipeg Free Press, 2 December 2001). When Rock announced that he would not campaign for the party leadership, Gill declared his support for Paul Martin (WFP, 2 March 2003).
Swanson was raised in Claresholm, Alberta, and received a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Alberta in 1982. He has practised law in Edmonton, Calgary and other Alberta communities, and is now a partner in the firm Beaumont Church LLP, working in civil and criminal litigation and agricultural law. He also operates a farm and ranch that his family has owned since 1902. He was forty-eight years old at the time of the election.[7]
Swanson's family has long-standing Liberal roots in Alberta (Globe and Mail, 29 December 2005). He received 6,553 votes (11.41%), finishing second against Conservative Party leader Stephen Harper, who became Prime Minister as a result of that federal election.
^Kelly Leydier, "Public board voters go with experienced candidates," Peterborough Examiner, 14 November 2000, A14.
^John Driscoll, "Board refuses to pass budget despite warning," Peterborough Examiner, 26 June 2001, A1.
^Steve Ladurantaye, "Lloyd defeats Lloyd for post," 6 December 2002, B1.
^Clark Kim, "Dunn, Corkery retain their separate school board seats," Peterborough This Week, 12 November 2003, p. 7.
^Saira Peesker, "Change embraced at public board: New chairwoman, vice-chairwoman take over leadership," Peterborough Examiner, 3 December 2004, B1.
^Elizabeth Bower, "Liberals give nod to Lloyd: MP Adams passes torch to school board official," Peterborough Examiner, 26 May 2005, A1. This article notes that she was fifty-seven years old at the time.
^"Lloyd succeeds Lloyd," Peterborough Examiner, 2 December 2005, B1.
