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by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jake_Epp" title="Jake Epp">Jake Epp</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vic_Toews" title="Vic Toews">Vic Toews</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1956-06-15</span>)</span>June 15, 1956<br /><a href="/wiki/Winnipeg" title="Winnipeg">Winnipeg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manitoba" title="Manitoba">Manitoba</a>, Canada</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">February 5, 2001<span style="display:none">(2001-02-05)</span> (aged 44)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td 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He served in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_Canada" title="House of Commons of Canada">House of Commons of Canada</a> from 1993 to 2000 as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal Party of Canada</a>, representing the <a href="/wiki/Manitoba" title="Manitoba">Manitoba</a> riding of <a href="/wiki/Provencher" title="Provencher">Provencher</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_career">Early life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Iftody&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Iftody was born in <a href="/wiki/Winnipeg" title="Winnipeg">Winnipeg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manitoba" title="Manitoba">Manitoba</a>, with family roots in <a href="/wiki/Lac_du_Bonnet,_Manitoba" title="Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba">Lac du Bonnet</a>, Manitoba.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He worked at the Manitoba Youth Care Centre from 1977 to 1982, and subsequently received <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Social_Work" class="mw-redirect" title="Bachelor of Social Work">Bachelor of Social Work</a> (1985) and <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Public_Administration" title="Master of Public Administration">Master of Public Administration</a> (1987) degrees from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Manitoba" title="University of Manitoba">University of Manitoba</a>. He later moved to <a href="/wiki/Ottawa" title="Ottawa">Ottawa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a>, where he worked as a management consultant and was owner and president of the firm Animus Research. He also lectured at <a href="/wiki/Carleton_University" title="Carleton University">Carleton University</a> in the Faculty of Law. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Member_of_Parliament">Member of Parliament</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Iftody&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Member of Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Iftody returned to Manitoba to stand as the Liberal candidate for Provencher in the <a href="/wiki/1993_Canadian_federal_election" title="1993 Canadian federal election">1993 federal election</a>, and was elected over <a href="/wiki/Reform_Party_of_Canada" title="Reform Party of Canada">Reform Party</a> candidate <a href="/wiki/Dean_Whiteway" title="Dean Whiteway">Dean Whiteway</a>. The Liberals won a majority government under <a href="/wiki/Jean_Chr%C3%A9tien" title="Jean Chrétien">Jean Chrétien</a>, and Iftody entered parliament as a government <a href="/wiki/Backbench" class="mw-redirect" title="Backbench">backbencher</a>. He was re-elected in the <a href="/wiki/1997_Canadian_federal_election" title="1997 Canadian federal election">1997 election</a> against a strong challenge from the Reform Party,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and served as <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_secretary" title="Parliamentary secretary">parliamentary secretary</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Indian_Affairs_and_Northern_Development_(Canada)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (Canada)">Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development</a> from July 1998 until 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was defeated in the <a href="/wiki/2000_Canadian_federal_election" title="2000 Canadian federal election">2000 election</a>, losing to <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Alliance" title="Canadian Alliance">Canadian Alliance</a> candidate <a href="/wiki/Vic_Toews" title="Vic Toews">Vic Toews</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Issues">Issues</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Iftody&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Issues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Banking</dt></dl> <p>Iftody was appointed to the House of Commons Finance Committee shortly after his election. In this capacity, he called for the creation of a federal <a href="/wiki/Ombudsman" title="Ombudsman">ombudsman</a> with the authority to levy fines against major banks that cut off credit to small businesses without due cause.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1996, he proposed an amendment to Canada's Bank Act that would prevent major Canadian banks from acquiring each other via hostile takeovers.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following year, he argued that the government acted with undue haste in approving the <a href="/wiki/Bank_of_Nova_Scotia" class="mw-redirect" title="Bank of Nova Scotia">Bank of Nova Scotia</a>'s takeover of National Trust.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served on a Liberal caucus task force on financial institutions in 1998, and supported its conclusion that two proposed major bank mergers would be against the interests of Canadians.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>Social issues and firearms registry</dt></dl> <p>Iftody was a committed <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholic</a>, and was part of the <a href="/wiki/Social_conservatism" title="Social conservatism">socially conservative</a> wing of the Liberal Party.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In late 1994, he opposed his government's plans to add sexual orientation as a protected category under Canada's hate crimes legislation.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He later opposed similar legislation protecting homosexuals under the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Human_Rights_Act" title="Canadian Human Rights Act">Canadian Human Rights Act</a>, and was one of 17 Liberal MPs to vote against legislation expanding the benefits of same-sex couples in 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Iftody said that he did not support discrimination and denied being part of a parliamentary "God squad", but nonetheless expressed a personal view that <a href="/wiki/Homosexuality" title="Homosexuality">homosexuality</a> was "spiritually unhealthy".<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He also opposed the Chrétien government's plan to create a <a href="/wiki/Canadian_gun_registry" class="mw-redirect" title="Canadian gun registry">national firearms registry</a>, and voted against the bill enabling the registry on its final reading.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some believed that he would be barred from sitting on a Commons standing committee for this decision, but he escaped punishment.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Iftody's opposition to the gun registry was popular in his mostly rural riding.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>International relations</dt></dl> <p>Iftody was of <a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">Romanian</a> background, and was chairman of the Canada-Romanian Parliamentary Group in the 1990s. In 1997, he helped convince the Romanian government to support an international treaty banning <a href="/wiki/Land_mine" title="Land mine">land mines</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also criticized <a href="/wiki/Shell_Oil" class="mw-redirect" title="Shell Oil">Shell Oil</a> for its human rights record in <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a>, claiming that the company had violated "the elementary standards of the international code of conduct for business" by failing to intervene against government abuses.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He supported increased trade between Canada and the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of China">Republic of China</a> (<a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>Nuclear energy</dt></dl> <p>Iftody supported <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_power" title="Nuclear power">nuclear energy</a>, and actively campaigned to prevent the Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. research station in <a href="/wiki/Pinawa,_Manitoba" class="mw-redirect" title="Pinawa, Manitoba">Pinawa</a> from closing.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other">Other</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Iftody&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Other"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In late 1997, Iftody intervened to rescue a woman from a potential sexual assault in an Ottawa boarding house. Hearing a struggle in a room near his own, he discovered an intruder holding the female owner of the establishment against a wall. He stopped the attack, and detained the attacker until the police arrived.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Iftody&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Iftody died unexpectedly on February 5, 2001, after suffering internal bleeding in his liver following a <a href="/wiki/Snowmobile" title="Snowmobile">snowmobile</a> accident.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The House of Commons paid tribute to him the following day. In 2003, <a href="/wiki/Providence_College_and_Theological_Seminary" class="mw-redirect" title="Providence College and Theological Seminary">Providence College and Theological Seminary</a> in <a href="/wiki/Otterburne,_Manitoba" class="mw-redirect" title="Otterburne, Manitoba">Otterburne</a> began an annual series called the David Iftody Memorial Lectures.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_record">Electoral record</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Iftody&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Electoral record"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:758px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><style 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width="90px">Expenditures </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #5F9EA0; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Alliance" title="Canadian Alliance">Alliance</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vic_Toews" title="Vic Toews">Vic Toews</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">21,358</td> <td style="text-align:right;">52.76</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+17.68</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$65,896.75 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #EA6D6A; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a></td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink">David Iftody</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">14,419</td> <td style="text-align:right;">35.62</td> <td style="text-align:right;">−4.38</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$60,917.43 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #9999FF; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Canada">Progressive Conservative</a></td> <td>Henry C. Dyck</td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,726</td> <td style="text-align:right;">6.73</td> <td style="text-align:right;">−9.59</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$7,780.05 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #F4A460; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Party" title="New Democratic Party">New Democratic</a></td> <td>Peter Hiebert</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,980</td> <td style="text-align:right;">4.89</td> <td style="text-align:right;">−3.71</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$210.45 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total valid votes </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">40,483 </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">100.00</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total rejected ballots </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">148 </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">0.36 </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">−0.10</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Turnout </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">40,631 </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">70.03 </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">+5.09</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Electors on the lists </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">58,020</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7" style="border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Sources: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=res&dir=rep/off/37g&document=table12&lang=e#ontario">Official Results, Elections Canada</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.elections.ca/scripts/ecCandidates2/Default.asp?L=E&Page=ElectionMenu&EL=226">Financial Returns, Elections Canada</a>. </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:758px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini" style="float:left;"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:1997_Canadian_federal_election/Provencher" title="Template:1997 Canadian federal election/Provencher"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:1997_Canadian_federal_election/Provencher" title="Template talk:1997 Canadian federal election/Provencher"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1997_Canadian_federal_election/Provencher" title="Special:EditPage/Template:1997 Canadian federal election/Provencher"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><a href="/wiki/1997_Canadian_federal_election" title="1997 Canadian federal election">1997 Canadian federal election</a>: <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Provencher" title="Provencher">Provencher</a></span> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2 style=" bgcolor="">Party </th> <th width="250px">Candidate </th> <th width="48px">Votes</th> <th width="43px">%</th> <th width="52px"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span></th> <th width="90px">Expenditures </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #EA6D6A; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a></td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink">David Iftody</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">14,595</td> <td style="text-align:right;">40.00</td> <td style="text-align:right;">−0.82</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$61,072 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #3CB371; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Reform_Party_of_Canada" title="Reform Party of Canada">Reform</a></td> <td>Larry Tardiff</td> <td style="text-align:right;">12,798</td> <td style="text-align:right;">35.08</td> <td style="text-align:right;">−2.09</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$42,111 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #9999FF; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Canada">Progressive Conservative</a></td> <td>Clare Braun</td> <td style="text-align:right;">5,955</td> <td style="text-align:right;">16.32</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+5.43</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$60,432 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #F4A460; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Party" title="New Democratic Party">New Democratic</a></td> <td>Martha Wiebe Owen</td> <td style="text-align:right;">3,137</td> <td style="text-align:right;">8.60</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+1.62</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$1,793 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total valid votes </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">36,485 </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">100.00</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total rejected ballots </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">170 </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">0.46 </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">+0.13</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Turnout </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">36,655 </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">64.94 </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">−5.61</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Electors on the lists </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">56,442</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7" style="border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Percentage change figures are factored for redistribution. </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7" style="border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Sources: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=res&dir=rep/off/dec3097&document=res_table12&lang=e">Official Results, Elections Canada</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.elections.ca/eccandidates/district.asp?ran=79705.57&objectType=start&action=select&electionID=191&ul=1">Financial Returns, Elections Canada</a>. </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:758px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini" style="float:left;"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:1993_Canadian_federal_election/Provencher" title="Template:1993 Canadian federal election/Provencher"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:1993_Canadian_federal_election/Provencher" title="Template talk:1993 Canadian federal election/Provencher"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1993_Canadian_federal_election/Provencher" title="Special:EditPage/Template:1993 Canadian federal election/Provencher"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><a href="/wiki/1993_Canadian_federal_election" title="1993 Canadian federal election">1993 Canadian federal election</a>: <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Provencher" title="Provencher">Provencher</a></span> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2 style=" bgcolor="">Party </th> <th width="250px">Candidate </th> <th width="48px">Votes</th> <th width="43px">%</th> <th width="52px"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span></th> <th width="90px">Expenditures </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #EA6D6A; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a></td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink">David Iftody</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">16,119</td> <td style="text-align:right;">44.04</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+11.5</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$42,045 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #3CB371; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Reform_Party_of_Canada" title="Reform Party of Canada">Reform</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dean_Whiteway" title="Dean Whiteway">Dean Whiteway</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">13,463</td> <td style="text-align:right;">36.78</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+33.1</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$49,513 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #9999FF; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Canada">Progressive Conservative</a></td> <td>Kelly Clark</td> <td style="text-align:right;">3,765</td> <td style="text-align:right;">10.29</td> <td style="text-align:right;">−45.2</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$48,359 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #F4A460; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Party" title="New Democratic Party">New Democratic</a></td> <td>Martha Wiebe Owen</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,818</td> <td style="text-align:right;">4.97</td> <td style="text-align:right;">−2.3</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$7,277 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #48D1CC; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Canada" title="National Party of Canada">National</a></td> <td>Wes Penner</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,212</td> <td style="text-align:right;">3.3</td> <td style="text-align:right;"></td> <td style="text-align:right;">$23,719 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #E6E6FA; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Natural_Law_Party_of_Canada" title="Natural Law Party of Canada">Natural Law</a></td> <td>Corrine Ayotte</td> <td style="text-align:right;">157</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.43</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.1</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$12 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #FF0000; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Canada_Party" title="Canada Party">Canada Party</a></td> <td>Ted Bezan</td> <td style="text-align:right;">69</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.19</td> <td style="text-align:right;">–</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$0 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total valid votes </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">36,603 </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">100.00</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total rejected ballots </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">126 </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">0.34 </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">+0.0</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Turnout </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">36,729 </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">69.52 </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">−1.4</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Electors on the lists </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">52,835</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7" style="border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Source: Thirty-fifth General Election, 1993: Official Voting Results, Published by the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. Financial figures taken from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.elections.ca/eccandidates/district.asp?ran=72.421&objectType=district&action=provinces&ul=1&ElectionID=211">official contributions and expenses</a> provided by <a href="/wiki/Elections_Canada" title="Elections Canada">Elections Canada</a>. </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>All electoral information is taken from <a href="/wiki/Elections_Canada" title="Elections Canada">Elections Canada</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Iftody&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> </div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">David Roberts, "Reform's prospects brighten", <i>Winnipeg Free Press</i>, 12 January 1993, A4.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Liberal Party lost all of its other rural Manitoba seats in this election. The election coincided with a major flood in southern Manitoba, and Iftody argued that Chrétien should have waited until the waters receded before going to the polls. See Dan Lett, "MPs want vote delayed", <i>Winnipeg Free Press</i>, 25 April 1997, A10.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Linda Rosborough, "Local Grits get nod", <i>Winnipeg Free Press</i>, 17 July 1998, A8. He had previously endorsed funding for a solvent abuse center on the <a href="/wiki/Sagkeeng_First_Nation" title="Sagkeeng First Nation">Sagkeeng First Nation</a> in 1998. See Kevin Rollason, "Solvent treatment centre gets funds", <i>Winnipeg Free Press</i>, 21 February 1998, A5.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Toews, ironically, was one of Iftody's instructors at the University of Manitoba. See Vic Toews, remarks on David Iftody, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=37&Ses=1&DocId=2332078#LINK117">Edited Hansard, 6 February 2001</a>, accessed 7 August 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">John Douglas, "Big banks facing shakeup Small business neglected", <i>Winnipeg Free Press</i>, 18 October 1994. See also Tony Davis, "MPs have message for banks", <i>Winnipeg Free Press</i>, 4 March 1995.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"MP's bill would limit banking mergers", <i>Winnipeg Free Press</i>, 9 April 1987, B4.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gord McIntosh, "National Trust takeover irritates Liberal MPs", <i>Winnipeg Free Press</i>, 7 August 1997, B11.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Paul Samyn, "Bank mergers get thumbs down", <i>Winnipeg Free Press</i>, 31 October 1998, A18.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Paul Samyn, "Difficult decision for a man of faith: Provencher MP Iftody wrestles with Grits' same-sex bill", <i>Winnipeg Free Press</i>, 5 March 2000l, A1.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Edward Greenspon & Tu Thanh Ha, "Dissident Liberals balk over hate bill", <i>Globe and Mail</i>, 27 September 1994, A1. Iftody abstained on the final vote. See Dan Lett, "Iftody to rebel again This time he plans to skip vote on bill to protect gays", <i>Winnipeg Free Press</i>, 15 June 1995, A1.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Anne McIlroy, "Free vote doesn't stop gay bill", <i>Globe and Mail</i>, 2 May 1996, A1; Paul Samyn, "Same-sex bill passes; 17 Grits opposed", <i>Winnipeg Free Press</i>, 12 April 2000, A4.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Dan Lett, "Iftody to rebel again: This time he plans to skip vote on bill to protect gays", <i>Winnipeg Free Press</i>, 15 June 1995, A1; Paul Samyn, "Difficult decision for a man of faith: Provencher MP Iftody wrestles with Grits' same-sex bill", <i>Winnipeg Free Press</i>, 5 March 2000l, A1. In 1995, Iftody stated "It's not that I am a right-wing, callous person who wants to condone this kind of thing (hatred against homosexuals), because I really don't. On an emotional and personal level, I know it's wrong to discriminate against anyone for any reason. However, viewed in the larger context, I have to say respectfully, gently ... not now, not at this time."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Tu Thanh Ha, "Firearms registry Ottawa's next project", <i>Globe and Mail</i>, 14 June 1995, A1. Iftody had previously abstained on the bill's second reading. See Dan Lett, "Outlaw Grits say no to party's gun bill", <i>Winnipeg Free Press</i>, 6 April 1995.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Dan Lett, "Iftody escapes retaliation", <i>Winnipeg Free Press</i>, 20 September 1995, B1.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bill Redekop, "Rebel Iftody a hero in riding", <i>Winnipeg Free Press</i>, 15 June 1995, A2.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Paul Samyn, "Romania joins effort on landmines: Arm-twisting by Manitoba Liberal snags first eastern European nation", <i>Winnipeg Free Press</i>, 12 November 1997, A3.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"MPs accuse Shell executives of ignoring Nigerian abuses", <i>Globe and Mail</i>, 19 June 1996, N8. At a meeting of the House of Commons foreign affairs committee, Iftody said to Shell executives, "I'm insulted by your lame presentation. You've violated even the elementary standards of the international code of conduct for business."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Dan Lett, "Trade with Taipei eyed", <i>Winnipeg Free Press</i>, 27 March 1996, B6.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Paul Samyn, "Iftody dies of apparent stroke at 44", <i>Winnipeg Free Press</i>, 6 February 2001, A1.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Paul Samyn, "MP Iftody a brave crime fighter, too", <i>Winnipeg Free Press</i>, 15 December 1997, A3.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Paul Samyn, "Injuries from snowmobile accident killed Iftody", <i>Winnipeg Free Press</i>, 7 February 2001, A3.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"College holds lectures in memory of MP Iftody", <i>Winnipeg Free Press</i>, 18 February 2003, B4.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Iftody&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=16509">David Iftody – Parliament of Canada biography</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=37&Ses=1&DocId=2332078#LINK117">Edited Hansard, 6 February 2001</a> (includes tributes to Iftody)</li></ul>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; 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