Hollingsworth (Scarborough Southwest) Hollingsworth was 59 years old at the time of the election, and was a retired manager for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He had also served as a school trustee on the Scarborough Board of Education from 1994 to 1997, following unsuccessful campaigns in 1988 and 1991. In an interview with the Toronto Star, he indicated that homelessness, the Young Offenders Act and taxes were his three primary issues (Toronto Star, 19 November 2000). In 1988, he led a movement to save R.H. King Academy. He received 5,251 votes (14.68%), finishing second against Liberal incumbent Tom Wappel. Alex McGregor (Sudbury) Alex McGregor is a retired professor at Laurentian University. He chaired the Classics department for 22 years, and worked as an occasional newspaper columnist. During the 2000 election, he called for increased spending in health and education as well as tax cuts and the elimination of the Canadian gun registry. He received 2,642 votes (7.62%), finishing fourth against Liberal incumbent Diane Marleau. McGregor did not express any bitterness toward Marleau after the campaign, but lamented that many Progressive Conservative supporters had crossed over to the more right-wing Canadian Alliance. "It boggles the mind how moderate Conservatives could go over to the dark side the way they did", he was quoted as saying. McGregor supported Jim Prentice's bid for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party in June 2003. Later in the year, he supported the Progressive Conservative Party's merger with the Canadian Alliance to create the Conservative Party of Canada. Rob Chopowick (Whitby—Ajax) Chopowick was 37 years old at the time of the election, and worked as a research manager at Toronto Dominion Evergreen (Reuters News, 6 April 2000). He had previously been involved with the Liberal Party for a short period of time (Toronto Star, 23 November 2000). He received 7,563 votes (15.51%), finishing third against Liberal incumbent Judi Longfield. Ian West (Windsor West) West received 2,116 votes, finishing fourth in a field of six candidates. Jason Daniel Baker (York South—Weston) Baker was a 26-year-old University of Toronto student at the time of the election. He had previously written a series of op-ed letters to Toronto-area newspapers, criticizing both the Liberal and Reform parties. He received 986 votes, finishing fifth against Liberal candidate Alan Tonks. At the same time as the 2000 federal election, a candidate named "Jason Baker" ran for Ward 15 on Toronto's city council