The Christian Heritage Party is a minor political party in Canada. It fielded forty-five candidates in the 2006 federal election. Information about some of these candidates may be found here. The leader of the party at the time of the election was Ron Gray. Alberta Larry R. Heather (Calgary Southwest) Heather received 279 votes (0.49%), placing fifth against Conservative Party leader Stephen Harper. Manitoba Colin George Atkins (Brandon—Souris) See here for a complete profile. He has been a candidate for the CHP in four elections, including the 2006 election. Robert Scott (Elmwood—Transcona) See here for more information. Robert Scott has been candidate for the CHP in six elections. David J. Reimer (Portage—Lisgar) See here for more information. In 1988, Reimer received 3,087 votes for a fifth-place finish. This result remains one of the best in CHP history. Reimer has been the interim deputy leader of the CHP. He spent over $10,000 in the 2004 campaign, a large sum for a minor-party candidate. His wife, Katharine Reimer, has also campaigned for the party. Anthony Barendregt (Selkirk—Interlake) Anthony Barendregt (born 1961 in British Columbia) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He has campaigned for the House of Commons of Canada on two occasions—once as an independent, and once for the Christian Heritage Party. Barendregt moved to Manitoba in 1984, and obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Political Science from the University of Manitoba. He now works in the construction industry, and has been a supervisor, foreman and contractor on a number of projects. He has also been involved in youth outreach programs with aboriginal children, and spent many of his past summers working with the disabled in New Westminster, British Columbia. He first ran for the House of Commons in the Canadian federal election of 2000, at a time when the CHP had been officially de-registered. Campaigning as an independent, he received 178 votes in Selkirk-Interlake. The CHP were re-established by the 2004 election, and Barendregt again ran in the Selkirk—Interlake riding. He received 353 votes, or less than 1% of the total. On one occasion in this campaign, he claimed that the CHP would not increase funding to Canadian universities because they only consider postmodern views to be relevant. Jane MacDiarmid (St. Boniface) MacDiarmid was raised in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, and holds Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Education degrees from the University of Manitoba. She began