The following article is a list of people who have contested several elections for the Christian Heritage Party of Canada, but whose personal biography is otherwise too short to merit a separate article. It eliminates redundant references under each year's list of party candidates.
Colin George Atkins is a political activist in Manitoba, Canada. He is a leading figure in the province's Christian Heritage Party organization, having run for the party on four occasions. He has also campaigned for provincial office in Manitoba as an independent candidate.
Atkins was born in Leeds, England on June 24, 1931, and moved to Canada in 1952.[1] He now lives in Souris, Manitoba. Now retired, he has been involved with the CHP since 1987, and was the President of its Manitoba organization for three years.
Jean Blaquière was a candidate twice for the CHP. He ran in the 1993 general election, was elected as the party's leader in March 1994, ran in the February 1995 byelection in Brome—Missisquoi, described as Quebec's closest analogue to a "Bible belt", and stepped down from the leadership in November 1995.
David W. Bylsma was born in St. Catharines, Ontario in 1970. He graduated from McMaster University with a degree in Civil Engineering, and operates a business manufacturing custom cabinet doors. He is a member and full-time organist with the Living Hope Orthodox Presbyterian Church.[2] Bylsma has previously stated an opposition to abortion and support for restoring the death penalty.[3] His father Bill Bylsma stood as a candidate for the party, while his mother, Tilly Bylsma stood as a CHP-affiliated independent candidate in 2000 when the party briefly lost its registration.
He is a perennial candidate for the Christian Heritage Party, having campaigned for the party in every federal election from 1993 to 2011. As of 2005, he has served as the National President of the CHP.[4] Bylsma has also been involved with the Family Coalition Party at the provincial level, although he has not campaigned as a candidate.
In 2018, Bylsma won the West Lincoln mayoral election. His tenure as mayor was marred by controversy, as Bylsma made disparaging comments about LGBTQ, Black, and Indigenous people. During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Bylsma attended anti-lockdown events and mocked public health measures such as wearing masks and engaging in social distancing.[5] Bylsma ran for re-election in 2022 and placed a distant second behind Councillor Cheryl Ganann.[6]
Capp had supported the Progressive Conservative Party from about 1977 to 1987, but abandoned it because of what he saw as scandals and financial incompetence of the Mulroney government. Capp ran for the CHP in the Yukon constituency in 1993, 1997, 2000, and 2004 and in the Lethbridge constituency in 2008, 2011, and 2015 elections. In 2000, the CHP was not a registered party and Capp was listed as having "no affiliation".
Ken DeVries is a Canadian politician. He stood as a candidate for the CHP in five elections from 1993 to 2006, running in London West in 1993 and 1997, and in Elgin-Middlesex-London in 2000, 2004, and 2006.
Ellis was a perennial candidate for the Christian Heritage Party, having campaigned for the party on five occasions. In 1998, he was appointed as head of the party's Ontario council.[9] In 2000, he drew parallels between the CHP and the Alliance, though he noted that the Alliance was a "secular" party and took issue with their lax stance on abortion and their focus on reducing taxes.[10]
Jim Enos, born in 1959, first became politically active in Hamilton after speaking out against a sex-ed video being shown in his son's Grade 6 class.[11] By 2000, Enos had become the Vice-President of the Hamilton-Wentworth Family Action Council, a socially-conservative, Christian organization that sought to change city and school board policies to focus on Christian morals.[12] A prolific letter writer to the Hamilton Spectator, Enos has written about the social problems associated with common-law marriage, teaching about contraceptives in school, and what he called the "risky sexual behaviour" of gay people.[12][13]
Enos and the Hamilton branch of the CHP were embroiled in a legal dispute with the City of Hamilton over transphobic ads the party sponsored in local bus shelters. The ads sought to influence city policy on allowing trans people to use the washroom of their choice by implying such a policy could help sexual predators. The ads were deemed offensive by the city and were removed, which prompted Enos and the local CHP to take the city to court.[14] A judge later found in favour of the CHP and ordered the city to pay $44,000 to the party for legal costs.[15]
Dave Joslin, born in 1954, is a welder-fitter. He lives in Grey Township, and is a member of the Bethel Free Reformed Church in Mitchell, Ontario. He opposes judicial activism, abortion, embryonic research, and hate-crimes legislation.
Terry M. Marshall was born in Kingston in 1960. He is a graduate of Frontenac Secondary School, and accepted a track scholarship to Morehead State University in Kentucky in 1979. He returned to Kingston following a conversion experience, and became an audio-visual repair technician after graduating from St. Lawrence College in 1983.[16] He is a perennial candidate for the Christian Heritage Party, having campaigned for the party on multiple occasions. Marshall was endorsed by the Campaign Life Coalition in his first election as the only candidate in Kingston and the Islands to oppose abortion under all circumstances.[17] In 1989, he was chosen as president of the CHP Kingston and the Islands Riding Association.[18] He is currently a member of Bayridge Alliance Church.
In late 2005, Marshall announced that the CHP would not field a candidate in Kingston and the Islands for the 2006 election.[19] The party has not contested the seat since 2004.
Eric Truijen has a high-school education. He was employed as a trucker from 1979 and 1991, when he became a professional firefighter in the city of Winnipeg[22] He and his wife have hosted international students at their house, and he has worked with the Habitat project to construct inner-city homes.[23]
Truijen wrote a letter to the Winnipeg Free Press newspaper in 1994, criticizing federal Minister of JusticeAllan Rock for adding sexual orientation as a protected category under the Canadian Human Rights Act. He wrote that Rock was "wasting its precious time and our money to do this", and stated that "people who choose a perverted sexuality" were "already fully protected under the charter".[24]
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