The Libertarian Party of Manitoba fielded six candidates in the 1995 provincial election, none of whom were elected. Information about these candidates may be found on this page.
Beaudry has campaigned for both the federal and provincial Libertarian parties. He listed himself as a clerk in the 1988 federal election.[1]
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 federal | St. Boniface | Libertarian | 425 | 5/7 | Ron Duhamel, Liberal | |
| 1990 provincial | Concordia | Libertarian | 135 | 1.7 | 5/5 | Gary Doer, New Democratic Party |
| 1995 provincial | Concordia | Libertarian | 104 | 1.4 | 4/4 | Gary Doer, New Democratic Party |
Alexander Pressey (Fort Garry)
editAlexander W. Pressey was born in 1939 to a Ukrainian Canadian family in Ethelbert, Manitoba.[2] He is a noted psychologist, with a Master of Arts (MA) degree from the University of Manitoba and a Ph.D. from the University of Alberta. He also served in the Canadian Armed Forces during the 1950s and 1960s, attaining the rank of captain. He joined the Department of Psychology at the University of Manitoba as an assistant professor in 1964, and attained the title of Professor of Psychology in 1973. He is the editor and co-author of Readings in general psychology: Canadian contributions (1970), and has published over sixty articles in various journals.[3] He was president of the board of the Manitoba Psychological Society in 1970–71.[4]
Pressey criticized the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for its coverage of Manitoba's bilingualism controversy in 1984, arguing that the broadcaster was biased in favour of the entrenchment of francophone rights.[5] He later criticized the modern environmentalist movement, writing in 2007 that popular belief in man-made global warming is based on superstition.[6] He received 91 votes (0.7%) as a Libertarian candidate in 1995, finishing in fourth place against Progressive Conservative incumbent Rosemary Vodrey.
Footnotes
edit- ^ History of Federal Ridings since 1867: St. Boniface, 1988, accessed 1 September 2008. There is a Guy Beaudry in Winnipeg who serves as vice-president of the hog production firm Hytek Ltd. It is not known if this is the same person. See Leah Janzen, "Hog plant to bring 1,100 jobs", Winnipeg Free Press, 15 November 2005, B1. This Guy Beaudry was a supporter of the proposed OlyWest hog project. See Guy Beaudry, "OlyWest proposal is good for city", Winnipeg Free Press, 20 May 2006, A15.
- ^ "Alexander W. Pressey, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.", Michael Ewanchuk, Vertical Development: A New Generation of Ukrainian Canadians, pp. 26–28. Some of the information that follows is also taken from this source.
- ^ His publications include "Evidence for the role of attentive fields in the perception of illusions", published in The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, August 1974, pp. 464–471; "Evidence for the role of attentive fields in masking" (written with Alexander E Wilson & Dan W Harper), published in Perception, 1980, pp. 31–36; and "The effects of varying fins in Müller-Lyer and Holding illusions" (written with Nancy Smith Martin), published in Psychological Research, March 1990, pp. 41–53.
- ^ "Manitoba Psychological Society Board Members" Archived 2007-09-22 at the Wayback Machine, Manitoba Psychological Society, accessed 18 November 2008.
- ^ Brian Gory, "Globe dispute coverage termed most outrageous", Winnipeg Free Press, 30 April 1984, 5.
- ^ Alexander Pressey, "Alexander Pressey" [letter], National Post, 2 February 2007, A11.