Natural Law Party of Ontario
The Natural Law Party of Canada (NLPC) was the Canadian branch of the international Natural Law Party founded in 1992 by a group of educators, business leaders, and lawyers who practised Transcendental Meditation.
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Hamilton Centre
Hamilton Centre (french: Hamilton-Centre) is a federal electoral district in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.
History
It was created in 2003 from parts of Hamilton East, Hamil ...
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Poudrette was fifty-five years old at the time of the election. She was a
transcendental meditation
Transcendental Meditation (TM) is a form of silent mantra meditation advocated by the Transcendental Meditation movement. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi created the technique in India in the mid-1950s. Advocates of TM claim that the technique promotes a ...
teacher living in
Toronto
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, and was listed as holding a
Bachelor of Commerce
A Bachelor of Commerce (abbreviated BComm or BCom; also, ''baccalaureates commercii'') is an undergraduate degree in business, usually awarded in Canada, Australia, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Ireland, New Zealand, Ghana, South Africa, Myanmar, ...
degree. She supported tax reductions and a simplified tax system (''Hamilton Spectator'', 27 May 1995). Poudrette received 331 votes (1.52%), finishing fifth against
New Democratic Party
The New Democratic Party (NDP; french: Nouveau Parti démocratique, NPD) is a federal political party in Canada. Widely described as social democratic,The party is widely described as social democratic:
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David Christopherson
David Christopherson (born October 5, 1954) is a Canadian politician. From 2004 until 2019, he represented the riding of Hamilton Centre in the House of Commons of Canada. He previously served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to ...
Windsor—Walkerville
Windsor—Walkerville was a federal electoral district that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1988. It was located in the southwest corner of the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1966 from parts of E ...
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Narula grew up in
Chatham
Chatham may refer to:
Places and jurisdictions Canada
* Chatham Islands (British Columbia)
* Chatham Sound, British Columbia
* Chatham, New Brunswick, a former town, now a neighbourhood of Miramichi
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, and lived in
Toronto
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at the time of the 1995 election. He graduated from Maharishi High School in Fairfield,
Iowa
Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the ...
in 1987, and described himself as a professional writer. (''Windsor Star'', 3 June 1995). He received 156 votes (0.63%), finishing last in a field of five candidates. The winner was
Dwight Duncan
Dwight Duncan (born 3 January 1959) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2013 who represented ridings of Windsor—Walkerville, Windsor—St. Clair and Windso ...
of the Ontario Liberal Party.
In 2004, an individual named Vivek Narula joined the Canadian company New Media Architects, Ltd. as Marketing Manage He holds a
Bachelor of Arts
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degree in Business Administration and a
Master of Arts
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1995
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