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Canadian Action Party candidates in the 2006 Canadian federal election

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionOct 24, 2025
Entity authorityQ5029653 ↗
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The Canadian Action Party fielded a number of candidates in the 2006 federal election, none of whom were elected. Information about these candidates may be found here.

Alberta

James Stephen Kohut (Calgary Centre-North)

Kohut was born in 1964 in Calgary, where he still resides. He has a business administration diploma from SAIT, where he also studied petroleum geology technology. He has worked in the oil patch since 1981, and was listed in 2006 as a junior pipeline surveyor.[1][2]

Kohut is a perennial candidate for public office. He joined Mel Hurtig's National Party of Canada in 1993, and later campaigned for the Green Party of Canada and the Alberta Greens. He wrote in support of the Kyoto Accord and against government subsidies for oil companies, while also calling for lower gas prices for consumers (Calgary Herald, 23 December 2001).

He campaigned for election to the Calgary municipal council in 2004, arguing against corporate donations and calling for surplus funds to go to the city's food bank (Calgary Herald, 4 October 2004). He also supported non-smoking by-laws (Calgary Herald, 8 October 2004). Kohut once again a candidate for Calgary Alderman in the upcoming ( Oct 15, 2007) municipal election.

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