Master of Public Administration degree from Griffith University in Australia, specializing in electoral systems and administration. He worked as a Special Assistant to Elwin Hermanson, the House Leader of the Reform Party in Ottawa, and then as Executive Assistant to Hermanson, when the latter became the leader of the Saskatchewan Party and Leader of the Opposition in Saskatchewan. When Hermanson stepped down from the leadership in 2004, Farquhar became Executive Director of the Saskatchewan Party. He then worked as a consultant to political parties in Tajikistan. After returning, Farquhar won the Conservative Party nomination in Wascana. He is president of Farquhar & Associates Consulting, a business and public affairs consultancy based in Regina. He and his wife have three children. He received almost 12,000 votes, but placed second to Liberal Finance Minister Ralph Goodale. British Columbia Robin Baird (Victoria) Robin Baird (b. 1964, Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Crown prosecutor and private lawyer in Victoria, British Columbia. He is authorized to practice law in French. He has graduated from the University of British Columbia with a B.A. in 1986, Queen's University with an LL.B in 1989 and London School of Economics with an LL.M in 1999. He has served on the Glenlyon Norfolk School Alumni Board (B.C.), the Mayor of Victoria's Advisory Committee on Construction of A Multiplex Facility and the St. Michaels University School Alumni Association. Phil Eidsvik (Newton—North Delta) Eidsvik is a commercial fisher. He has served as an executive director of the B.C. Fisheries Survival Coalition. He is a fishing activist. David Matta (Surrey North) Matta is an instructor at Stenberg College. He was born in Egypt but earned a master's degree in psychology at Trinity Western University. He has lived in Surrey since 1995. Darrel Reid (Richmond) Reid is a 48-year-old vice-president of Current Corporation making night-vision systems for the maritime and security industry. He served as president of Focus on the Family Canada between 1998-2004. He has also worked as a political staffer for the Reform Party of Canada. References