The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada fielded a full slate of candidates in the 1984 federal election, and won 211 out of 282 seats to form a majority government. Many of the party's candidates have their own biography pages. Information on others may be found here.
Agostino Cannavino
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 municipal | Saint-Leonard City Council, Ward Ten | Independent | 160 | 6.41 | 4/4 | Pierre Paquet, Équipe du renouveau de la cité de Saint-Léonard | |
| 1984 federal | Saint-Léonard—Anjou | Progressive Conservative | 23,275 | 39.29 | 2/6 | Alfonso Gagliano, Liberal | |
| 1987 school board | Commission scolaire Jérôme-Le Royer, District Eleven | n/a | 450 | 29.53 | 2/3 | Domenico Moschella | |
| 2003 school board | English Montreal School Board, District Eighteen | n/a | 415 | 65.87 | 1/2 | himself | |
| 2007 school board | English Montreal School Board, District Eighteen | n/a | accl. | . | 1/1 | himself |
A. Gordon Slade was born in Flin Flon, Manitoba. He attended McGill University on a scholarship, and received Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Mining) in 1951. He joined Falconbridge later in the same year as a miner, and was promoted to a supervisory position three years later. He eventually rose through the ranks to become vice-president of Falconbridge Ltd. and chairman of the board for the Corporation of Falconbridge Copper, before taking early retirement in January 1984 at age 55.[3] He briefly moved to Toronto, but returned to Nickel Belt for the 1984 election. He said that he was running because he believed "there should be more engineers and managers in politics", and expressed a belief that "anything government can do, private enterprise can do better". He denied that he was anti-union in his policies.[4] He received 13,857 votes (31.20%), finishing second against New Democratic Party candidate John Rodriguez.
Slade was appointed to the board of Eldorado Nuclear in 1985,[5] and was appointed as a special advisor for business development with Sedgwick Tomenson Inc. in 1988. He later served on the board of directors of Houston Lake Mining Inc. and Pelangio Mines.[6] In 2002, he received an award from the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum.[7] He has been a member of the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario, the Prospectors & Developers Association, and the Canadian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy, as well as serving as president of the Sudbury United Way in 1987, and as chair of Sudbury's Mining Heritage Committee in 2000.[8] He remains active with the Conservative Party of Canada in Sudbury.[9]
Hare is the son of Jack Hare, a Winnipeg businessman who served as the Member of Parliament for St. Boniface from 1978 to 1979.[10] The younger Hare initially sought the Progressive Conservative nomination in St. Boniface, but lost to Leo Duguay.[11] He received 20,644 votes (39.56%) as a candidate in Birds Hill, finishing second against New Democratic Party incumbent Bill Blaikie.
Hare is owner of the firm J.H. Hare and Associates Ltd., which sells ingredients to the livestock industry.[12] He has been president and chief executive officer of Nutratech Inc., and in 2004 started a company called Source Life Sciences Inc.[13] He has marketed a Canadian product called therapeutic antibodies in Southeast Asia, for the purpose of fighting E. coli and salmonella in piglets.[14]