Who I actually supported (since the first election I can remember in 1993)
*1993 - ok, so I was 7... I remember liking Kim Campbell because she was a woman... I guess I was a feminist from the early stages. I was disappointed to find out she wasn't a Liberal, and I knew the Liberals were the best, or that's how the general feeling in the country was. I don't think I ever did make a decision.
*1997 - I would have voted Liberal, I think. I can remember drawing maps and everything for this election, and liking the Liberals...
*2000 - I decided I didn't like my MP at the time (John Manley) because of something one of my teachers said in my elementary school's green team a few years prior. At this stage in my life, I was beginning to have political opinions, and I knew I wasn't "right wing", a term I had learned the year prior. This was my first year of high school, and I supported the NDP candidate. I saw but one of her signs on the way to school, and decided to make my own.
In the interim, I was not a committed New Democrat by any means, and was very much in favour of Dalton McGuinty, and was a big supporter of his during the 2003 provincial election. I was just happy to see Mike Harris go away. My love for him soon went away however. While I supported McGuinty, I still liked the federal NDP and its leader Alexa McDonough. I supported Bill Blaikie for the 2003 NDP leadership, and considered joining the party to vote, but it never came to fruition.
*2004: The last election before I became 18 (I turned 18 two months after the election). I was a big NDP supporter by then, but I read in the paper that our local candidate (Monia Mazigh) was against same-sex marriage the day before the election. I changed my support to the Greens at that point, but just in my riding.
*2006: My first election where I could vote. I voted for Henri Sader (NDP), and I worked on his campaign.
*2008: I had just moved to Ottawa Centre in the spring and got t vote for Paul Dewar (NDP), the incumbent
. One of the few people I've voted for in my life who have won! I worked on the Ottawa South campaign however.
*2011: Voting for Paul again. And working in Ottawa South still.
