to government in the 1995 provincial election with a large majority. Despite the Tories' sweep of much of the province, Conway's personal popularity allowed him a fairly easily re-election in Renfrew North. Conway supported Dwight Duncan's bid to succeed Lyn McLeod as party leader in 1996; Duncan finished fourth against Dalton McGuinty. Conway continued to serve as Deputy Opposition Leader until December 19, 1996, when he was replaced him with Joseph Cordiano. In the 1999 election, he defeated an incumbent MPP, Tory Leo Jordan, in the redistributed riding of Renfrew--Nipissing--Pembroke. With the retirement of Bud Wildman in 1999, Conway became the longest-serving member of the legislature. Having spent more than half his life as an MPP, Conway decided to retire before the 2003 provincial election. After politics He is currently a member of TV Ontario's political discussion panel, a public policy advisor with Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP, an instructor at St. Michael's College at the University of Toronto and a Distinguished Research Fellow in the Centre for Urban Energy at Ryerson University. On November 20, 2008, Conway was appointed as Acting Vice-Principal (Advancement) at Queen's. In November 2007, Conway was honoured with the prestigious Churchill Society Award for Excellence in the Cause of Parliamentary Democracy. Previous recipients include former Prime Ministers, Cabinet Ministers, Premiers and Lieutenant Governors. Conway offered significant assistance to former Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin, in the project to publish Martin's memoirs, Hell Or High Water: My Life In And Out of Politics, which appeared in late 2008. Conway performed many interviews for the National Archives of Canada, which were also utilized for the book. Conway endorsed Sandra Pupatello in the 2013 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election. References Notes Citations External links 1951 births Living people Ontario Liberal Party MPPs Queen's University at Kingston alumni Queen's University at Kingston faculty Wilfrid Laurier University alumni People from Pembroke, Ontario Members of the Executive Council of Ontario 21st-century Canadian politicians