The Liberal Party of Canada ran a full slate of candidates in the 2000 federal election, and won a majority government by winning 172 out of 308 seats. Many of the party's candidates have their own biography pages; information about others may be found here. Quebec Roland Paradis (Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour) Roland Paradis was a building contractor living in Bécancour in 1993. He received 13,781 votes (31.04%), finishing second against Bloc Québécois incumbent Louis Plamondon. He initially planned to seek the Liberal nomination again for the 2004 federal election but did not present his candidacy at the nomination meeting. Normand Biron (Mercier) Normand Biron (1944 – 19 March 2008) was a chartered accountant. He ran for the Liberal nomination in Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies in the buildup to the 1988 federal election but withdrew before the vote, charging that the local party association's cultural divisions would make it impossible for a francophone to win. He won the same riding's nomination for the 1993 election and finished a very close second to Bloc Québécois candidate Roger Pomerleau. He was defeated by a wider margin in 2000. Manitoba Richard B. (Dick) Scott (Brandon—Souris) Scott was born on 3 March 1945, and received a Grade Twelve education. Scott served with the Winnipeg Police Service for 25 years before moving to Brandon, and became the latter city's police chief in 1995. During the 1990s, he indicated that his force supported the Canadian gun registry introduced by the government of Jean Chrétien. He later stated his disappointment that the Brandon force did not hire more women and aboriginal persons to fill a slate of vacancies in 1998. In 1999, he endorsed a decision by the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police to decriminalize simple possession of marijuana, arguing that it would free the judicial system to deal with more important cases. Scott also served as president of the Canada Games Society in 1997, and was appointed to a special Ministerial Millennium Advisory Committee the following year. He received 6,544 votes (17.86%) in 2000, finishing third against Progressive Conservative incumbent Rick Borotsik. As of 2006, he is the Director of Training for Office Box Office Ltd., and Director of Policing at the Opaskwayak Cree Nation in The Pas. He has also participated in an independent committee on reforming women's corrections, appointed by the provincial government. Gerry John Edward Gebler (Portage—Lisgar) Gebler was born on 16 July 1943, and was raised in