Communist Party of Canada (Marxist–Leninist) candidates, 1993 Canadian federal election

The Communist Party of Canada - Marxist-Leninist ran 51 candidates in the 1993 federal election, none of whom were elected. Information about these candidates may be found here.

Ontario

Gene Gatley (Eglinton—Lawrence)

Gatley was active with Toronto's peace movement and in aboriginal rights issues.

Electoral record

Election	Division	Party	Votes	%	Place	Winner
1979 federal	Ottawa—Vanier	M-L	78		7/7	Ron Ritchie, Progressive Conservative
1980 federal	York East	M-L	49		6/6	David Collenette, Liberal
1988 federal	Etobicoke Centre	N/A (M-L)	62		8/8	Michael Wilson, Progressive Conservative
1993 federal	Eglinton—Lawrence	M-L	138	0.35	6/7	Joe Volpe, Liberal

Serge Lafortune (Ottawa—Vanier)

Lafortune described himself as a clerk and administrative assistant. He lived in Hull during the 1988 election (Ottawa Citizen, 2 November 1988), and campaigned against the Charlottetown Accord in 1992 (Citizen, 22 October 1992). Lafortune was a perennial candidate for the CPC-ML.

Electoral record

Election	Division	Party	Votes	%	Place	Winner
1979 federal	Ottawa—Vanier	Marxist-Leninist	159		4/4	Jean-Robert Gauthier, Liberal
1980 federal	Ottawa—Vanier	Marxist-Leninist	100		6/6	Jean-Robert Gauthier, Liberal
1988 federal	Hull—Aylmer	N/A (Marxist-Leninist)	134		6/6	Gilles Rocheleau, Liberal
1993 federal	Ottawa—Vanier	Marxist-Leninist	141	0.29	9/10	Jean-Robert Gauthier, Liberal
federal by-election, 13 February 1995	Ottawa—Vanier	Marxist-Leninist	61	0.31	8/0	Mauril Belanger, Liberal

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