Канаданың Табиғи Заң партиясының сайлау өкілдері (2000)

The Natural Law Party of Canada fielded several candidates in the 2000 federal election, none of whom were elected. Information about these candidates may be found here.

RidingCandidate's NameNotesGenderResidenceOccupationVotes%RankGatineauPommet was one of the Natural Law Party's "yogic flyers." In 1999, he attempted to create a housing project of one hundred and fifty units in Chelsea, Quebec, to provide funding for a college of natural medicine and a Maharishi Aruy Vedic college. Pommet ran for the Natural Law Party in three federal elections and one provincial election. A newspaper report from 1999 describes him as a seven time former candidate, which suggests that he has run for municipal office as well. M4720.946thSherbrookeJolicoeur has been a candidate of the Natural Law Party in the United Kingdom and Canada, and at the provincial level in Quebec. He identified as a health technician in 1993. M4950.986thTerrebonne—BlainvilleLevert had previously sought election for the Natural Law Party of Ontario in the 1999 provincial election. F1,1932.145th

Macleod is a musician. He has released an album entitled Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and performed a solo concert at EcoFair 2003 (organized by the Maharishi University of Management). He received 133 votes (0.32%), finishing seventh against Liberal incumbent Joe Volpe.

Darisse, also called Helene Darisse Yildirim, is a teacher and video producer from the Niagara Falls area. She holds Bachelor of Education and Master of Arts degrees (Canada NewsWire, 17 December 2000), and is a member of the Ontario Straw Bale Building Coalition , and the Canadian Yoga Alliance. Darisse was a perennial candidate for the Natural Law Party at both the federal and provincial levels. + Electoral record Election Division Party Votes % Place Winner 1993 federal Oshawa Natural Law 263 7/9 Ivan Grose, Liberal 1995 provincial Welland—Thorold Natural Law 232 5/5 Peter Kormos, New Democratic Party 1997 federal St. Catharines Natural Law 245 0.51 7/7 Walt Lastewka, Liberal 1999 provincial St. Catharines Natural Law 272 0.58 4/6 Jim Bradley, Liberal 2000 federal Hamilton East Natural Law 97 9/9 Sheila Copps, Liberal

Rassenberg was born in Switzerland, and moved to Canada in her 20s. She has worked as an office administrator, bookkeeper, sales manager and real estate estate (Hamilton Spectator, 16 November 2000). She was a frequent candidate for the Natural Law Party at both the provincial and federal levels. + Electoral record Election Division Party Votes % Place Winner 1993 federal Hamilton West Natural Law 396 6/7 Stan Keyes, Liberal 1995 provincial Hamilton West Natural Law 284 5/6 Lillian Ross, Progressive Conservative 1999 provincial Hamilton West Natural Law 231 0.56 7/7 David Christopherson, New Democratic Party 2000 federal Hamilton West Natural Law 94 8/10 Stan Keyes, Liberal

Roberts was a perennial candidate for the Natural Law Party. He campaigned in the federal elections of 1993, 1997 and 2000, and also campaigned for the Natural Law Party of Ontario in 1999. Roberts became active in transcendental meditation while attending the University of Toronto, and studied yogic flying at a Natural Law conference in the United States in 1983. He completed a Master of Business Administration degree in Iowa, and moved to Ottawa in 1994. Roberts has been active in the Maharishi Global Development Fund. During the 1999 provincial election, Roberts described the Natural Law Party's development as follows: "It's about providing a new paradigm. In the first stage, people just ignore it, and then they ridicule. Then, they admit that they agreed with it all along. We may still be at the early stages of that process, but it is coming." He was 45 years old at the time (Kingston Whig Standard, 29 May 1999). + Electoral record Election Division Party Votes % Place Winner 1993 federal Lanark—Carleton Natural Law 262 7/9 Ian Murray, Liberal 1997 federal Lanark—Carleton Natural Law 181 7/7 Ian Murray, Liberal 1999 provincial Leeds—Grenville Natural Law 244 5/5 Bob Runciman, Progressive Conservative 2000 federal Lanark—Carleton Natural Law 107 0.17 8/8 Scott Reid, Canadian Alliance

William Norman Amos was a property manager and real estate salesperson in Niagara Falls. He began practising transcendental meditation in 1974, and later became active with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's international network. He ran for the Natural Law Party of Canada four times and the Natural Law Party of Ontario twice, and was involved in the proposed Maharishi Veda Land Canada theme park in his home city. While running in a federal by election in 1996, Amos argued that there was scientific proof that regular meditation by one per cent of the population would bring about a reduction in crime and unemployment rates. He also promised to eliminate Canada's Goods and Services Tax, and suggested the introduction of a thirty per cent flat tax to eliminate Canada's deficit and debt (with the understanding that the rate would be reduced after such time). When asked for his opinion on Canada's Young Offenders Act, he said that he would promote meditation in youth jails to reduce crime. He was forty nine years old at the time. + Electoral record Election Division Party Votes % Place Winner 1993 federal Niagara Falls Natural Law 169 0.39 7/8 Gary Pillitteri, Liberal 1995 provincial Niagara Falls Natural Law 355 1.27 4/5 Bart Maves, Progressive Conservative federal by election, 17 June 1996 Hamilton East Natural Law 64 0.24 11/13 Sheila Copps, Liberal 1997 federal Niagara Falls Natural Law 154 0.37 6/6 Gary Pillitteri, Liberal 1999 provincial Niagara Falls Natural Law 317 0.78 4/6 Bart Maves, Progressive Conservative 2000 federal Niagara Falls Natural Law 155 0.40 6/6 Gary Pillitteri, Liberal

Blondin has a Master of Education degree. She was a frequent candidate for the NLP at the provincial and federal levels. During the 1995 provincial election, she described herself as having twenty eight years' experience as a teacher in the Ottawa Carleton French School Board, and fifteen years' experience with transcendental meditation. + Electoral record Election Division Party Votes % Place Winner 1993 federal Glengarry—Prescott—Russell Natural Law 456 0.8 5/6 Don Boudria, Liberal 1995 provincial Prescott and Russell Natural Law 446 1.0 6/6 Jean Marc Lalonde, Liberal 1999 provincial Ottawa—Vanier Natural Law 580 1.46 5/6 Claudette Boyer, Liberal 2000 federal Ottawa—Vanier Natural Law 187 0.39 7/9 Mauril Belanger, Liberal

Morris listed himself as the lead hand at Dominion Controls. He was a frequent candidate for the NLP at the provincial and federal levels. + Electoral record Election Division Party Votes % Place Winner 1995 provincial Oxford Natural Law 275 6/7 Ernie Hardeman, Progressive Conservative 1997 federal Oxford Natural Law 181 7/7 John Finlay, Liberal 1999 provincial Oxford Natural Law 203 7/7 Ernie Hardeman, Progressive Conservative 2000 federal St. Catharines Natural Law 203 0.43 5/7 Walt Lastewka, Liberal

David Gordon is an advertising executive, and was based in Toronto during the period of his federal campaigns. He gave demonstrations in "yogic flying" during the 1993 federal election, and argued that the Natural Law Party would allow young Canadians to "gain enlightenment and perfection in their own lives and at the same time materialize their noble sentiments for an ideal civilization in Canada". He ran for the Natural Law Party of Canada twice and was a candidate for the Natural Law Party of Ontario in 1995. + Electoral record Election Division Party Votes % Place Winner 1993 federal Scarborough Centre Natural Law 190 0.47 6/10 John Cannis, Liberal 1995 provincial Sudbury Natural Law 315 1.04 5/7 Rick Bartolucci, Liberal 2000 federal Toronto Centre—Rosedale Natural Law 224 7/9 Bill Graham, Liberal