Independent candidates in the 1987 Ontario provincial election

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There were several independent candidates in the 1987 provincial election , none of whom were elected. Information about these candidates may be found on this page.

Camilo Tiqui (Parkdale)

Tiqui was a perennial candidate for public office in Toronto. He was an intelligence officer in the Philippine military, and moved to Canada in 1976. He later worked for De Havilland as an aircraft technologist. Tiqui was fifty-one years old in 1987, and campaigned in favour of a more equitable system of taxation. [1]

He tried to challenge Sergio Marchi for the Liberal nomination in York West in the 1988 federal election, but was ruled ineligible on the grounds that his nomination papers were misfiled. [2]

Tiqui expressed concern about overpopulation in the Toronto's Black Creek area during the 1988 campaign. [3] He called for increased multicultural programs in 1991. [4] In addition to the campaigns listed below, Tiqui also applied to become Mario Gentile's replacement on the Metro Toronto Council in 1994 (council chose to appoint Gentile's successor rather than call a by-election). [5] He was rejected in favour of another candidate.

Tiqui is active with the Boy Scouts organization. [6]

Electoral record
ElectionDivisionPartyVotes %PlaceWinner
12 November 1984 North York municipal by-electionCouncil, Ward Onen/anot listednot listed Mario Sergio
1985 North York municipal School trustee, Ward Threen/a1554/4 Elizabeth Smith
1987 provincial Parkdale Independent1767/8 Tony Ruprecht, Liberal
1988 Toronto municipal Metro council, Black Creek wardn/a1,1173/3 Maria Augimeri
1991 North York municipal School trustee, Ward Onen/a2393/4 Sheila Lambrinos
1994 Toronto municipal Metro council, Black Creek wardn/a1,7842/2 Maria Augimeri

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "The choices in Metro", Toronto Star, 7 September 1987, A8.
  2. ↑ Dan Smith, "Liberals in uproar as political rookie signs up 3,000 in bid to oust MP", Toronto Star, 24 May 1988, A4. The newspaper title does not refer to Taqui.
  3. ↑ Sterling Taylor, "Wide social gulf runs down Black Creek valley", Toronto Star, 25 October 1988, A5.
  4. ↑ "School board trustees", Toronto Star, 7 November 1991, G6.
  5. ↑ Gail Swainson, "Tonks to explain role in Gentile scandal", Toronto Star, 24 August 1994, A6.
  6. ↑ Col. Camilo Tiqui, "Scouting spirit lives on in Montreal" [ permanent dead link ], North American Filipino Star, June 2005, accessed 19 October 2006.

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