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26 Current MPs Not Running Again in Canadian Federal Election

By Steve Jalsevac

OTTAWA, December 1, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – So far, 26 Members of Canada’s Parliament will not be seeking re-election in the upcoming federal election. 

The MPs are almost evenly split between those who Campaign Life Coalition has rated as pro-life or pro-abortion and pro-traditional marriage or pro-same-sex marriage.  Notably, the majority of quitting MPs who are pro-life and pro-marriage are Conservatives from western Canada. A large majority of the pro-abortion, pro-same-sex marriage quitting MPs are Liberals.

1 Bloc, 9 Conservatives, 3 Independent, 12 Liberals and 1 NDP Member of Parliament will not be running again.

4 are from Alberta, 7 from BC, 1 from New Brunswick, 1 from Nfld, 2 from Quebec and 11 from Ontario

The full list in party order:

BLOC
Marcel Gagnon – St. Maurice-Champlain (Quebec) – unknown positions

CONSERVATIVES
David Chatters – Westlock-St. Paul (Alberta) pro-life, supported traditional marriage
Jim Gouk – Southern Interior (BC)  pro-life, supported traditional marriage
Gurmant Grewal – Newton-North Delta (BC) pro-life, supported traditional marriage
Dale Johnston – Wetaskiwin (Alberta) pro-life, supported traditional marriage
Charlie Penson – Peace River (Alberta) pro-life, supported traditional marriage
John Reynolds – West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast (BC) unknown on abortion, supported traditional marriage
Werner Schmidt – Kelowna (BC) pro-life, supported traditional marriage
Darrel Stinson – North Okanagan-Shuswap (BC) pro-life, supported traditional marriage
Randy White – Abbotsford (BC) pro-life, supported traditional marriage

IND
David Kilgour – Edmonton-Beaumont (Alberta) pro-abortion, voted for gay hate crimes
Pat O'Brien – London Fanshawe (Ontario) pro-life, supported traditional marriage
Carolyn Parrish – Mississauga- Erindale (Ontario) pro-abortion, against traditional marriage

LIBERALS
Peter Adams – Peterborough (Ontario) pro-abortion, against traditional marriage
David Anderson – Victoria (BC), pro-abortion, against traditional marriage
Jean Augustine Etobicoke-Lakeshore (Ontario) pro-abortion, against traditional marriage
Don Boudria  - Glengarry-Prescott-Russell (Ontario) pro-abortion, against traditional marriage
Claudette Bradshaw – Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe (New Brunswick) pro-abortion, against traditional marriage
Marlene Catterall – Ottawa West-Nepean (Ontario) pro-abortion, against traditional marriage
Claude Drouin – Beauce (Quebec) unknown positions
Paul DeVillers – Simcoe North (Ontario) pro-abortion, against traditional marriage
John Efford – Avalon (Newfoundland), not pro-life, supported traditional marriage
Beth Phinney – Hamilton Mountain (Ontario) pro-abortion, against traditional marriage
Jerry Pickard – Chatham-Kent-Essex (Ontario) pro-life, supported traditional marriage
Rose Marie Ur – Lambton-Kent-Middlesex (Ontario) pro-life, supported traditional marriage

NDP
Ed Broadbent- Ottawa Centre (Ontario) pro-abortion and likely supported his party against traditional marriage

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