Democratic Party also supported full funding for Catholic schools, the governing Conservatives were more seriously affected because some of their religious supporters abstained from voting, depriving them of significant support. Garnsworthy's speech was credited with prolonging the controversy during the 1985 campaign. Rotenberg was unseated in 1985 campaign, losing to Liberal candidate Monte Kwinter by 2,188 votes. The Progressive Conservatives were reduced to a minority government and it was brought down by a Liberal-NDP accord shortly after the election. A decade later, Rotenberg attempted a return to politics and campaigned for the House of Commons of Canada in the 1997 federal election as a candidate of the Progressive Conservatives in the riding of Eglinton—Lawrence. He lost to incumbent Liberal Joe Volpe. The Canadian Alliance tried to recruit Rotenberg as a candidate in Willowdale for the 2000 federal election, but he was disqualified because he had not been a party member for long enough. Later life Rotenberg has been named as an honorary officer in the Canadian Jewish Congress. Electoral record Provincial Federal References External links 1930 births Jewish Canadian politicians Living people Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs Toronto city councillors Members of the Executive Council of Ontario Progressive Conservative Party of Canada candidates for the Canadian House of Commons Candidates in the 1997 Canadian federal election