CONSERVATIVE PARTY

See also a pre-merger related party heading, CANADIAN ALLIANCE PARTY
Out in the cold [newly-formed Conservative Party voted in early February not to allow MP Larry Spencer to join the party; Spencer had made anti-gay remarks; details, including reactions of Spencer].
P167 (v22n2)[misnumbered v22n1 on contents page] (March 10, 2004): 11 (38cm.)
Gearing up for an election [report that Conservative Party candidates in Saskatoon area getting ready for election call; mention of Saskatoon's Maurice Vellacott and Prince Albert's Brian Fitzpatrick, both opposed to same-sex marriage; Saskatchewan has produced some of the most anti-gay Reform/Alliance/Conservative MPs in Canada -- in addition to Vellacott and Fitzpatrick, the following are mentioned: Roy Bailey (Souris-Moose Mountain riding), Garry Breitkreuz (Yorkton-Melville), Larry Spencer (Regina-Lumsden), and Jim Pankiw (Saskatoon-Humboldt riding)].
P169 (v22n4)(June 2, 2004): 9 (27cm.)