create the Conservative Party of Canada. He originally sought the Conservative nomination for the Sudbury riding in the 2004 election, but lost to Stephen L. Butcher. He later won the party nomination in Nickel Belt. He finished third against Ray Bonin, and commented that the riding's labour base made it impossible for the Conservatives to win. Dupont won a community enhancement award later in 2004. He ran for the Greater Sudbury Municipal Council in the 2006 election, but was defeated. Parry Sound—Muskoka: Keith Montgomery Keith C. Montgomery was born in Gravenhurst. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics (1978), worked as a real-estate broker in Muskoka for fourteen years, and became a financial consultant with the Investors Group in 1996. He is a member of the United Church of Canada. A longtime member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, Montgomery was Premier Frank Miller's campaign manager in the 1985 provincial election. He first ran for public office in the 2000 federal election as a candidate of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. When the federal Progressive Conservatives later merged with the more right-wing Canadian Alliance in 2003, Montgomery joined the resultant Conservative Party of Canada. Montgomergy finished second against federal cabinet minister Andy Mitchell in 2004. He sought the Conservative Party nomination again for the 2006 federal election, but lost to Tony Clement. He was appointed to a seven-year term on the Competition Tribunal of Canada on November 5, 2009. Peterborough: James Jackson James Jackson worked in real estate and real estate development, and owned a bed and breakfast in Peterborough. He served as director of the Greater Peterborough Area Economic Development Corporation and Peterborough and the Kawarthas Tourism. He supported Sylvia Sutherland's 2003 campaign for re-election as mayor of Peterborough. Jackson planned to run for the Canadian Alliance nomination in the buildup to the 2004 election before that party merged with the Progressive Conservatives to create the Conservative Party. He supported the merger and eventually defeated two other candidates to win the Conservative nomination. He expressed some socially conservative views in this period, saying that he was anti-abortion and opposed same-sex marriage. He supported Stephen Harper in the 2004 Conservative leadership contest. He was fifty-six years old at the time of the 2004 election. He received 18,393 votes (31.92%) on election day, finishing second against Liberal incumbent Peter Adams. Jackson sought the Conservative nomination again in