the Progressive Conservative Party's 2002 leadership contest, and was himself mentioned as a possible candidate when Lord declined to run (CanWest News, 23 October 2002). Brulotte is now a supporter of the Conservative Party of Canada. Derrall Bellaire (London-Fanshawe) Bellaire later ran for the Progressive Canadian Party in the 2004 Canadian federal election. Stephen Woollcombe (Ottawa—Vanier) Woollcombe was raised in the Sandy Hill and New Edinburgh areas of Ottawa, and attended Ashbury College (founded by his grandfather). He holds a Master of Arts degree, taught English and Geography in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India from 1961 to 1963, and was a Canadian diplomat from 1965 to 1995 (Ottawa Citizen, 18 November 2000). He supported affordable housing and official bilingualism for Ottawa (Citizen, 24 November 2000). He received 7,400 votes (15.37%), finishing third against Liberal incumbent Mauril Belanger. Woollcombe joined the Conservative Party of Canada after the Progressive Conservative Party's merger with the Canadian Alliance, and campaigned for the party's Ottawa—Vanier nomination for the 2004 election. He lost to Kevin Friday, by a vote of 90 to 53. , he sits on Ottawa's advisory committee on French language services. Darrin Langen (Peterborough) Darrin Langen is a graduate of the Royal Military College of Canada and served with Special Services at CFB Petawawa from 1979 to 1988. He has military experience in North America, Germany, and Cyprus. He later became president of Dare Technology Consulting and president of the federal Progressive Conservative Association of Peterborough. He ran for the Peterborough city council in 1997, but was defeated. Thirty-eight years old in 2000, Langen was nominated as his party's candidate when the anticipated nominee unexpectedly dropped out of the contest. He anti-abortion but has said that he would vote against any attempt to re-criminalize abortion. He also opposed both the Canadian Firearms Registry and the death penalty. He received 7,034 votes (13.45%), finishing third against Liberal candidate Peter Adams. Langen was appointed to Peterborough's Culture and Heritage Management Board in 2002. The following year, he supported the Progressive Conservative Party's merger with the more right-wing Canadian Alliance to create the Conservative Party of Canada. He originally planned to seek the new party's nomination for the 2004 federal election, but later declined to stand. He was the first candidate to declare for the Conservative nomination in the buildup to the 2006 election, focusing on health and environmental issues. He was defeated by Dean Del Mastro. Ellery