Progressive Conservative Party of Canada candidates in the 1997 Canadian federal election
list of candidates
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ran a full slate of candidates in the 1997 federal election, and won 20 seats out of 301 to emerge as the fifth largest party in the House of Commons of Canada. Many of the party's candidates have their own biography pages; information about others may be found here.
Quebec
Claude Boulard (Brome—Missisquoi)
Claude Boulard (died 7 June 2003) was a radio and television personality. He was the founder of the radio station CIMO-FM in Magog, which he sold to Radiomutuel in 1986. He also helped promote JoJo Savard, a television astrologist who attracted national media notoriety in the 1990s. Boulard's links to Savard became an issue in the 1997 campaign; Pierre Foglia of La Presse described him as a "king of fools" who should not have been allowed to run for a credible political party. Boulard defended his work as a professional host and said there was nothing illegal about Savard's business. He received 12,770 votes (28.09%), finishing second against Liberal Party incumbent Denis Paradis.
He died at age sixty-eight in 2003, after a battle with fibrosis and lung cancer.
Anie Perrault (Joliette)
Anie Perrault is a lawyer, politician, and communications specialist in Quebec.
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