The Accidental Citizen?

Participating MPs

Thank you to the following former Members of Parliament who were interviewed for this project:
  1. The Honourable Peter Adams
  2. The Honourable Reginald Alcock
  3. Omar Alghabra
  4. The Honourable David Anderson
  5. The Honourable Jean Augustine
  6. The Honourable Eleni Bakopanos
  7. The Honourable Susan Barnes
  8. Colleen Beaumier
  9. Catherine Bell
  10. Stéphane Bergeron
  11. The Honourable Reverend William Blaikie
  12. Alain Boire
  13. Ken Boshcoff
  14. The Honourable Don Boudria
  15. The Honourable Claudette Bradshaw
  16. The Honourable Edward Broadbent
  17. Bonnie Brown
  18. The Honourable Sarmite Bulte
  19. Marlene Catterall
  20. Roger Clavet
  21. The Honourable Joseph Comuzzi
  22. Guy Côté
  23. The Honourable Roy Cullen
  24. Odina Desrochers
  25. The Honourable Paul DeVillers
  26. The Honourable Claude Drouin
  27. The Honourable John Efford
  28. Ken Epp
  29. Brian Fitzpatrick
  30. Paul Forseth
  31. Sébastien Gagnon
  32. The Honourable Roger Gallaway
  33. The Honourable John Godfrey
  34. James Gouk
  35. The Honourable Bill Graham
  36. Raymond Gravel
  37. Art Hanger
  38. Jeremy Harrison
  39. Luc Harvey
  40. The Honourable Loyola Hearn
  41. The Honourable Charles Hubbard
  42. Dale Johnston
  43. The Honourable Walt Lastewka
  44. Marcel Lussier
  45. The Honourable Paul Macklin
  46. The Right Honourable Paul Martin
  47. Bill Matthews
  48. Alexa McDonough
  49. The Honourable Anne McLellan
  50. Gary Merasty
  51. The Honourable Andrew Mitchell
  52. Pat O’Brien
  53. The Honourable Denis Paradis
  54. The Honourable Pierre Pettigrew
  55. Russ Powers
  56. Penny Priddy
  57. Werner Schmidt
  58. The Honourable Andy Scott
  59. The Honourable Carol Skelton
  60. The Honourable Monte Solberg
  61. The Honourable Andrew Telegdi
  62. Myron Thompson
  63. The Honourable Paddy Torsney
  64. Randy White
  65. Blair Wilson

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Table of Contents

The Accidental Citizen? Executive SummaryIntroductionOverviewSummary of findingsWhy the title?MP statsLife Before ParliamentOverviewThe latent sparkCareers before ParliamentDeciding to RunOverviewGetting to yesMotivationsThe outsider paradoxMaking sense of the paradoxThe Nomination - A Black BoxOverviewWho's in charge?What are the rules?How did it feel?ConclusionAnyone can run for officeWhat's next?AcknowledgementsParticipating MPsResearch MethodologyMore MP StoriesMPs' motivationsExperience in the "public square"