 Spadzinski received 10,909 votes (25.56%) in 1997, finishing third against Liberal incumbent Andy Mitchell.Hesp was born on April 3, 1962.He graduated from Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, USA in 1985, served as an officer with The Royal Canadian Regiment in the Canadian Regular Force and the Lincoln & Welland Regiment, and completed a Canadian Securities Course at the Canadian Securities Institute in 1993.