Reform Party of Canada candidates in the 1993 Canadian federal election
The Reform Party of Canada fielded candidates in every Canadian province except Quebec in the 1993 federal election. Fifty-two candidates were elected. Many of the party's candidates have their own biography pages; information about others may be found here. Ontario Lincoln: Andy Sweck Andy Sweck was born in Hamilton, and is of Polish and Ukrainian background. He has a Bachelor's Degree from McMaster University, and joined Stelco as a graduate trustee in 1978. At the time of his political career, he was a senior supervisor for the company. He joined the Reform Party in 1991, and was a founding member of its Hamilton Mountain constituency association. He ran for the party in Lincoln in the 1993 federal election, and finished second against Liberal Tony Valeri. Sweck ran against prominent national politician Sheila Copps in a 1996 by-election. His campaign was marked by controversy: one day after he was chosen as a candidate, Sweck fired Terry Ott as his campaign manager. Ott later claimed that he was dismissed at the behest of the party's national executive, who were seeking to take over the local campaign. Sweck rejected this explanation, and said that he simply did not believe Ott was the most