The Liberal Party of Canada ran a full slate of 308 candidates in the 2006 federal election, and won 103 seats to form the Official Opposition against a Conservative minority government. The party had previously been in power since 1993. Many of the party's candidates have their own biography pages. Information about others may be found here. Newfoundland and Labrador Bill Morrow (Avalon) William G. "Bill" Morrow is a lawyer. For 17 years, he and his wife Judy Morrow have their own practice, Morrow and Morrow in Bay Roberts with his 2 sons Neil and Aaron. He also practised as in-house legal counsel for the Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro Group of Companies. He served as board chair of the Avalon Health Care Institutions Board from 1994 to 2003, and as a volunteer board member with the Provincial Health Care Association. He was defeated in the 2006 election, winning 14,318 votes to Fabian Manning's 19,132. Gerry Byrne (Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte) Gerry Byrne has been the incumbent Member of Parliament since a 1996 by-election to succeed Brian Tobin. Quebec (incomplete) Ontario Hamilton Centre: Javid Mirza Mirza received 11,224 votes (23.49%), finishing second against New Democratic Party incumbent David Christopherson. Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington: Geoff Turner Turner (born in Perth, Ontario) has a degree in political science from Wilfrid Laurier University, and has worked on development projects in India and Southeast Asia. He joined the Liberal Party in 1997,, and was twenty-four years old during the election. Several media reports from the campaign highlighted his energy as a candidate (Kingston Whig-Standard, 2 January 2006). He received 14,709 votes (24.74%), finishing second against Conservative incumbent Scott Reid. Peterborough: Diane Lloyd Diane Lloyd was born in Peterborough and moved to the nearby rural community of Lakefield as a child. She has a social work certificate from Renison College through the University of Waterloo. She is best known for serving as chair of the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board and is a longtime activist with the Liberal Party. In private life, she has been a real estate agent and accounts receivable manager. Lloyd criticized the policies of Mike Harris's provincial government in 2000, arguing that health and education were more important than tax cuts. She was first elected to the Kawartha-Pine Ridge school board in the 2000 municipal election, defeating three other candidates in a rural division. In 2001, she joined a minority of councillors in