 Following his retirement, Collins joined the Prince Edward Island Progressive Conservative Party and was nominated as the party's candidate for the electoral district of Winsloe-West Royalty in the summer of 2003.He was elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in the 2003 general election held on September 29 and served until his defeat in 2007.The Heart of the Andes

The Heart of the Andes is a large oil-on-canvas landscape painting by the American artist Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900).