1998 Progressive Party of Canada leadership election

The 1998 Progressive Party of Canada leadership election is an ongoing leadership election that is being held to elect a leader for the Progressive Party of Canada. The race is between confirmed candidates David Palczewski and Mathieu Tremblay.

David Palczewski
David Palczewski is the incumbent Interim Leader for the Progressive Party of Canada, a Member of Parliament from Illinois, a former environmental scientist, and a former member of the Chicago City Council.

Candidacy announced: January 1998.

Date registered with Elections Canada: January 1998.

Campaign website: Palczewski4Leader98.ca

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Mathieu Tremblay
Mathieu Tremblay is a French-Canadian politician, who was born on January 18th, 1956 in Lac-Saint-Joseph in a lower-middle-class family, and graduated from the Trois-Rivieres University in 1978. He was elected as a Councillor for the St-Raymond City Council in 1982 and served 2 terms in total. Tremblay also worked as a wildlife conservationist from 1978 to 1982 and 1988 to 1993 and then successfully entered federal politics by running for a seat in the House of Commons in 1993. He was an unsuccessful leadership candidate for the 1993 Progressive Party of Canada leadership election, getting 18.0% of the popular vote.

Candidacy announced: January 1998.

Date registered with Elections Canada: January 1998.

Campaign website: TeamTremblay.ca

Campaign slogan: "Helping Canadians when it mattered."

Campaign slogan (French): "Aider les Canadiens quand ça compte."