for service in the naval reserve, and graduated from Queen's University in 1985 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology. Walker worked for a development company in Toronto for four years, and returned to Kingston in 1993 to work as a home renovator and renewable energy consultant (Kingston Whig-Standard, 10 May 1997). He was 42 years old in 2004. Walker is a frequent candidate for the GPC and the provincial Green Party of Ontario. He ran an entirely solo campaign in the 1997 federal election, working without a riding association or election scrutineers. After the election, he helped to build a Green Party association in Kingston (KWS, 3 June 1997). He was not a candidate in the 2006 election, but is the nominated candidate for the 40th Canadian federal election in the nearby riding of Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington. Niagara West—Glanbrook: Tom Ferguson Born in the Niagara region. Was educated at Brock University, the University of Guelph and York University. Has a Master of Arts degree in political science. 53 years old at the time of the election. Owner of Niagara Custom Homes. A member of the Town of Lincoln's Municipal Heritage Committee. Was a Progressive Conservative in the 1970s, and became a founding member of the Green Party in 1983. Was a policy advisor to the Green Party of Ontario in the late 1980s. Received 1,761 votes, finishing fourth in a field of six candidates. The winner was Dean Allison of the Conservative Party of Canada. Previous candidacies: 1984 federal election, received 365 votes in St. Catharines (winning candidate: Joe Reid, finishing fourth of seven candidates Progressive Conservative) 2003 Ontario provincial election, received 713 votes in Erie—Lincoln as a candidate of the Green Party of Ontario, finishing fourth out of five candidates (winning candidate: Tim Hudak, Progressive Conservative) Ottawa Centre: David Chernushenko Chernushenko received an endorsement from the Ottawa Citizen, and won 4,730 votes for a strong fourth-place finish. The winning candidate was Ed Broadbent of the New Democratic Party. Chernushenko later became deputy leader of the GPC. See his biography page for more details. Ottawa—Vanier: Raphael Thierrin Thierrin has two master's degrees: one in environmental science from the University of Calgary, the other in library and information science from the University of Western Ontario. He has worked as records manager for the Alberta Ministry of the Environment. During the 1990s, he worked as a sustainable agriculture consultant. Thierrin