John Henry Reimer was born on July 16,1936 and is a Canadian politician.
12 Facts About John Reimer
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John Reimer served in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1980, and again from 1984 to 1993, as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.
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John Reimer was educated at the University of Toronto, the Ontario College of Education and the University of Waterloo, and holds Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts and Bachelor of Education degrees.
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John Reimer worked as an educator before entering political life, and served on the board of governors of Wilfrid Laurier University for four years.
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John Reimer was first elected to the House of Commons in the 1979 election, defeating Liberal candidate David Cooke by over 6,000 votes in Kitchener.
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John Reimer served as a backbench supporter of Joe Clark's minority government, and lost to Liberal Peter Lang by 1,512 votes in the 1980 election which was called after Clark's government lost a motion of no confidence.
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John Reimer was returned to the Commons in the 1984 election, defeating Lang by over 10,000 votes as the Progressive Conservatives won a landslide majority government under Brian Mulroney.
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John Reimer was re-elected by a narrower margin in 1988, and served for nine years as a backbench supporter of the Mulroney and Kim Campbell governments.
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John Reimer sought a return to Parliament in the newly constituted riding of Kitchener Centre during the 1997 election, but finished a distant second against new Liberal candidate Karen Redman.
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John Reimer was on the right-wing of the Progressive Conservative Party, and left the party to join the newly formed Canadian Alliance in 2000.
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John Reimer campaigned under the Alliance's banner in the 2000 federal election.
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John Reimer is a social conservative, and in 2000 called for a law making abortion illegal in Canada.