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Conservatives nominate CAS opponent
March 11, 2004 permalink
Michael Menear, the lawyer successfully opposing the Children's Aid Society on behalf of a family in the Church of God congregation in Aylmer Ontario, is the Conservative candidate for federal parliament in the riding of London West. Following are excepts from the article announcing the results from the London Free Press:
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Conservatives acclaim candidates in two ridings
CHIP MARTIN, Free Press Politics Reporter
2004-03-11 03:55:15Conservative candidates have been acclaimed in the London West and Sarnia-Lambton ridings. One's a rookie, the other's a seasoned political veteran. Nomination meetings set for tonight are now "meet the candidate" nights, as London lawyer Michael Menear and former Petrolia mayor and two-term MPP Marcel Beaubien were acclaimed in London West and Sarnia-Lambton, respectively.
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Menear, 51, is a former law partner of past London mayor Dianne Haskett. He has set his sights on toppling Liberal incumbent Sue Barnes, also a lawyer.
He couldn't be reached for comment yesterday, but said earlier that, if elected, he plans to bring "a principled conservative approach" to government.
He has attracted national headlines for his legal defence of an American tourist charged in London for spanking his child, and for representing Church of God parents in Aylmer, whose seven children were seized by the Children's Aid Society because the parents struck their children.
Menear is a founding member of the Christian Legal Fellowship of Canada.
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