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John H. Long is a Canadian political figure. He has sought election to the Canadian House of Commons and the Legislative Assembly of Ontario on five occasions and has run for the leadership of the Social Credit Party of Canada, the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, and the Canadian Alliance. He is strongly influenced by social credit economic theories and has often called for reform of the Bank of Canada. ==Early candidacies== Long first sought election to the Canadian House of Commons in 1974, when he ran as a Social Credit candidate in Waterloo—Cambridge. He sought the party's leadership two years later, following the resignation of Réal Caouette. Long received thirty-one votes out of 1,143 on the first ballot and withdrew from the contest before the second round. A ''Montreal Gazette'' article from this period described him as manufacturer based in Cambridge, Ontario.〔Mary Trueman, "Socreds to pick leader at weekend convention," ''Globe and Mail'', 5 November 1976, p. 3.〕 He ran for Cambridge in the 1977 Ontario provincial election, appearing on the ballot as an independent candidate. He was presumably still aligned at this time with the federal Social Credit Party, which did not have a provincial affiliate in Ontario. (The official provincial wing of the party had previously been taken over by a group of neo-Nazis, to which Long had no connection.) Long joined the Liberal Party of Canada in the 1980s and ran for delegate status at the party's 1984 leadership convention. The Cambridge branch of the party subsequently expelled him, saying that he had tried to recruit new members to support a "fusion" candidate who would be supported by both the Liberals and the New Democratic Party. (This initiative was undertaken without support from either party.)〔Ross Howard, "Liberal group ordered to reinstate member," ''Globe and Mail'', 27 June 1984, M3.〕 Long later sought the Progressive Conservative nomination in Cambridge for the 1988 federal election.〔"Tory contender," ''Globe and Mail'', 1 April 1993, A5.〕 Long also ran mayor of Cambridge in 1985.〔Gary Webb-Proctor, "Fancy footwork from Waterloo candidates," ''Globe and Mail'', 11 November 1985, A18.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John H. Long」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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