Communist Party of Canada (Marxist–Leninist) candidates in the 1993 Canadian federal election
The Communist Party of Canada - Marxist-Leninist (CPC (M-L)) ran fifty-one candidates in the 1993 federal election , none of whom were elected. Information about these candidates may be found here.
List of candidates
Riding
Candidate's Name
Notes
Gender
Residence
Occupation
Votes
%
Rank
Eglinton—Lawrence
Jeanne Gatley
Gatley was active with Toronto's peace movement and in aboriginal rights issues.[ 1] The 1993 election was her fourth campaign.[ 2]
F
Graphic artist[ 3]
138
0.35
7th
Mississauga East
Yvon Turgeon
Turgeon had previously been active in student politics[ 4] and had contested Verdun—Saint-Paul in the 1988 Canadian federal election , appearing on the ballot as a non-affiliated candidate as the CPC (M-L) was not an established party at the time.
M
Pre-Press Operator[ 5]
73
0.14
8th
Ottawa—Vanier
Serge Lafortune
Lafortune campaigned against the Charlottetown Accord with party leader Hardial Bains in 1992.[ 6] He ran in five federal elections in total.[ 7]
M
Administrative Secretary[ 8]
141
0.29
9th
References
^ "Eglinton-Lawrence," Toronto Star , 22 October 1993, A7.
^ Gatley's electoral record is as follows:
^ EGLINTON--LAWRENCE (1993/10/25) , History of Federal Ridings Since 1867], Parliament of Canada, accessed 31 March 2017.
^ Nicolaas van Rijn, Kym Adams, Patty Winsa and Cathy Telfer, "Meet your federal election candidates," Toronto Star , 21 September 1993, MS2.
^ MISSISSAUGA EAST (1993/10/25) , History of Federal Ridings Since 1867, Parliament of Canada, accessed 31 March 2017.
^ "UPDATE ON REFERENDUM COMMITTEES -2-," Canada NewsWire , 19 October 1992.
^ Lafortune's electoral record was as follows:
^ OTTAWA--VANIER (1993/10/25) , History of Federal Ridings Since 1867, Parliament of Canada, accessed 31 March 2017.
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Green (Chris Lea , candidates )
Independent candidates
Liberal (Jean Chrétien , candidates )
Libertarian (Hilliard Cox, candidates )
Marxist–Leninist (Hardial Bains , candidates )
National (Mel Hurtig , candidates )
Natural Law (Neil Paterson, candidates )
New Democrats (Audrey McLaughlin , candidates )
Progressive Conservative (Kim Campbell , candidates )
Reform (Preston Manning , candidates )
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