Liberal Party of Canada candidates, 1993 Canadian federal election

The Liberal Party of Canada fielded a full slate of 295 candidates in the 1993 Canadian federal election, and won 177 seats to form a majority government. Many of the party's candidates have their own biography pages; information about others may be found here.

Richards was born in Manitoba, and trained as a lawyer. He joined Dome Petroleum Ltd. in 1957, and eventually became its president. The company experienced record profits in the 1970s, and was Canada's largest petroleum firm by 1982. Subsequent debts threatened its viability, and the company required a bailout from Pierre Trudeau's federal government to remain solvent. Richards left the company in 1983, and later become president of the Canadian International Centre of Commerce, turning his attention to investment in apartment buildings and shopping malls. He remained a member of the Petroleum Club and the Ranchmen's Club, and continued to do consulting work in oil industry.

Richards' wife, Cathy Richards, was elected as president of the Liberal Party's Alberta wing in 1989. Richards purchased a Liberal Party membership card during this period, and became a prominent fundraiser in Jean Chrétien's bid for the party leadership in 1990. He was 67 years old when he campaigned for the Liberal Party in 1993, and described himself as being on the right-wing of the party. He received 11,087 votes (17.36%), finishing third against Reform Party leader Preston Manning.

He was later appointed as Alberta's honorary counsel for Bangladesh, and was extensively involved in Asian investment. He also served as president and CEO of Comprehensive Medical Intelligence Inc., which he made public on the Stock Exchange in 1998. He has also remained active in the Liberal Party, and attended a campaign dinner for federal leadership candidate Paul Martin in 2003.

Gainer is a lawyer, and is from a family with strong connections to the Liberal Party (Edmonton Journal, 25 May 1996). She practised criminal law from 1981 to 1996, and participated in several high-profile trials in Alberta. Active in aboriginal issues, she was the defence lawyer for activist Milton Born With A Tooth between 1990 and 1994 (Calgary Herald, 11 March 1994).

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