The following article is a list of people who have contested several elections for the Christian Heritage Party of Canada, but whose personal biography is otherwise too short to merit a separate article. It eliminates redundant references under each year's list of party candidates.
Colin George Atkins
Colin George Atkins is a political activist in Manitoba, Canada. He is a leading figure in the province's Christian Heritage Party organization, having run for the party on four occasions. He has also campaigned for provincial office in Manitoba as an independent candidate.
Atkins was born in Leeds, England on June 24, 1931, and moved to Canada in 1952."Colin Atkins: No Affiliation", "Election 2000", Globe and Mail, accessed 15 October 2007. He now lives in Souris, Manitoba. Now retired, he has been involved with the CHP since 1987, and was the President of its Manitoba organization for three years.
|- style="background-color:#fcfcfc;" | style="text-align:center;" | Election | style="text-align:center;" |Division | style="text-align:center;" |Party | style="text-align:center;" |Votes | style="text-align:center;" |% | style="text-align:center;" |Place | style="text-align:center;" |Winner |- | style="text-align:left;" |2007 Manitoba Provincial Election | style="text-align:left;" |Minnedosa | style="text-align:center;" |Independent | style="text-align:right;" |70 | style="text-align:right;" |1.00 | style="text-align:right;" |5/5 | style="text-align:left;" |Leanne Rowat, Progressive Conservative |- | style="text-align:left;" |2006 Federal Election | style="text-align:left;" |Brandon—Souris | style="text-align:center;" |CHP | style="text-align:right;" |290 | style="text-align:right;" |0.78 | style="text-align:right;" |6/7 | style="text-align:left;" |Merv Tweed, Conservative |- | style="text-align:left;" |2004 Federal Election | style="text-align:left;" |Brandon—Souris | style="text-align:center;" | CHP | style="text-align:right;" |351 | style="text-align:right;" |1.00 | style="text-align:right;" |5/6 | style="text-align:left;" |Merv Tweed, Conservative |- | style="text-align:left;" |2003 Manitoba Provincial Election | style="text-align:left;" |Minnedosa | style="text-align:center;" | Independent | style="text-align:right;" |106 | style="text-align:right;" |1.54 | style="text-align:right;" |4/4 | style="text-align:left;" |Leanne Rowat, Progressive Conservative |- | style="text-align:left;" |2000 Federal Election | style="text-align:left;" |Brandon—Souris | style="text-align:center;" | Independent | style="text-align:right;" |94 | style="text-align:right;" |0.26 | style="text-align:right;" |6/6 | style="text-align:left;" |Rick Borotsik, Progressive Conservative |- | style="text-align:left;" |1997 Federal Election | style="text-align:left;" |Brandon—Souris | style="text-align:center;" |CHP | style="text-align:right;" |229 | style="text-align:right;" |0.62 | style="text-align:right;" |6/6 | style="text-align:left;" |Rick Borotsik, Progressive Conservative
Jean Blaquière
(Party Leader, 1994–1995)
Jean Blaquière was a candidate twice for the CHP. He ran in the 1993 general election, was elected as the party's leader in March 1994, ran in the February 1995 byelection in Brome—Missisquoi, described as Quebec's closest analogue to a "Bible belt", and stepped down from the leadership in November 1995.
Durk Bruinsma
Durk Bruinsma is a Canadian politician. He was a candidate for the Christian Heritage Party of Canada in four elections.
|- style="background-color:#fcfcfc;" | style="text-align:center;" | Election | style="text-align:center;" |Division | style="text-align:center;" |Party | style="text-align:center;" |Votes | style="text-align:center;" |% | style="text-align:center;" |Place | style="text-align:center;" |Winner |- | style="text-align:left;" |2004 Federal Election | style="text-align:left;" |Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge | style="text-align:center;" |CHP | style="text-align:right;" |915 | style="text-align:right;" |1.8% | style="text-align:right;" |5/5 | style="text-align:left;" |Bev Oda, Conservative |- | style="text-align:left;" |2000 Federal Election | style="text-align:left;" |Durham | style="text-align:center;" |Independent | style="text-align:right;" |326 | style="text-align:right;" |0.7% | style="text-align:right;" |5/5 | style="text-align:left;" |Alex Shepherd, Liberal |- | style="text-align:left;" |1997 Federal Election | style="text-align:left;" |Durham | style="text-align:center;" |CHP | style="text-align:right;" |682 | style="text-align:right;" |1.5% | style="text-align:right;" |5/5 | style="text-align:left;" |Alex Shepherd, Liberal |- | style="text-align:left;" |1993 Federal Election | style="text-align:left;" |Durham | style="text-align:center;" |CHP | style="text-align:right;" |705 | style="text-align:right;" |1.2% | style="text-align:right;" |6/8 | style="text-align:left;" |Alex Shepherd, Liberal
David W. Bylsma
David W. Bylsma was born in St. Catharines, Ontario in 1970. He graduated from McMaster University with a degree in civil engineering, and operates a business manufacturing custom cabinet doors. He is a member and full-time organist with the Living Hope Orthodox Presbyterian Church. Bylsma has previously stated an opposition to abortion and support for restoring the death penalty. His father Bill Bylsma stood as a candidate for the party, while his mother, Tilly Bylsma stood as a CHP-affiliated independent candidate in 2000 when the party briefly lost its registration.
He is a perennial candidate for the Christian Heritage Party, having campaigned for the party in every federal election from 1993 to 2011. As of 2005, he has served as the national president of the CHP. Bylsma has also been involved with the Family Coalition Party at the provincial level, although he has not campaigned as a candidate.
In 2018, Bylsma won the West Lincoln mayoral election. His tenure as mayor was marred by controversy, as Bylsma made disparaging comments about LGBTQ, Black, and Indigenous people. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Bylsma attended anti-lockdown events and mocked public health measures such as wearing masks and engaging in social distancing. Bylsma ran for re-election in 2022 and placed a distant second behind Councillor Cheryl Ganann.
|- style="background-color:#fcfcfc;" | style="text-align:center;" | Election | style="text-align:center;" |Division | style="text-align:center;" |Party | style="text-align:center;" |Votes | style="text-align:center;" |% | style="text-align:center;" |Place | style="text-align:center;" |Winner |- | style="text-align:left;" |2022 West Lincoln, Ontario Municipal Election | style="text-align:left;" |Mayor | style="text-align:center;" |non-partisan election | style="text-align:right;" |1,484 | style="text-align:right;" |26.9% | style="text-align:right;" |2/3 | style="text-align:left;" |Cheryl Ganann |- | style="text-align:left;" |2018 West Lincoln, Ontario Municipal Election | style="text-align:left;" |Mayor | style="text-align:center;" |non-partisan election | style="text-align:right;" |2,115 | style="text-align:right;" |48.38% | style="text-align:right;" |1/4 | style="text-align:left;" |David W. Bylsma |- | style="text-align:left;" |2011 Federal Election | style="text-align:left;" |St. Catharines | style="text-align:center;" |CHP | style="text-align:right;" |357 | style="text-align:right;" |0.71% | style="text-align:right;" |5/6 | style="text-align:left;" |Rick Dykstra, Conservative |- | style="text-align:left;" |2008 Federal Election | style="text-align:left;" |Niagara West—Glanbrook | style="text-align:center;" |CHP | style="text-align:right;" |1,118 | style="text-align:right;" |2.07% | style="text-align:right;" |5/5 | style="text-align:left;" |Dean Allison, Conservative |- | style="text-align:left;" |2006 Federal Election | style="text-align:left;" |Niagara West—Glanbrook | style="text-align:center;" |CHP | style="text-align:right;" |1,132 | style="text-align:right;" |2.0% | style="text-align:right;" |5/5 | style="text-align:left;" |Dean Allison, Conservative |- | style="text-align:left;" |2004 Federal Election | style="text-align:left;" |Niagara West—Glanbrook | style="text-align:center;" |CHP | style="text-align:right;" |1,141 | style="text-align:right;" |2.2% | style="text-align:right;" |5/6 | style="text-align:left;" |Dean Allison, Conservative |- | style="text-align:left;" |2000 Federal Election | style="text-align:left;" |Erie-Lincoln | style="text-align:center;" |Independent | style="text-align:right;" |476 | style="text-align:right;" |1.2% | style="text-align:right;" |5/6 | style="text-align:left;" |John Maloney, Liberal |- | style="text-align:left;" |1997 Federal Election | style="text-align:left;" |Niagara Centre | style="text-align:center;" |CHP | style="text-align:right;" |515 | style="text-align:right;" |1.1% | style="text-align:right;" |5/7 | style="text-align:left;" |Gilbert Parent, Liberal |- | style="text-align:left;" |1993 Federal Election | style="text-align:left;" |St. Catharines | style="text-align:center;" |CHP | style="text-align:right;" |549 | style="text-align:right;" |1.2% | style="text-align:right;" |5/6 | style="text-align:left;" |Walt Lastewka, Liberal
Geoffrey Capp
Geoffrey Capp was born in 1959 in London, Ontario, Canada), he has run seven times for election in Canada, most of them federally in the Yukon for the Christian Heritage Party of Canada (CHP).
Capp had supported the Progressive Conservative Party from about 1977 to 1987, but abandoned it because of what he saw as scandals and financial incompetence of the Mulroney government. Capp ran for the CHP in the Yukon constituency in 1993, 1997, 2000, and 2004 and in the Lethbridge constituency in 2008, 2011, and 2015 elections. In 2000, the CHP was not a registered party and Capp was listed as having "no affiliation".
Capp also ran once for the Yukon Legislative Assembly. In the 2002 territorial election, Capp ran as one of two independent candidates in the McIntyre-Takhini riding, winning 15 votes (1.66% of the total) and losing to John Edzerza of the Yukon Party.
He is an Evangelical Christian and member of the Church of the Nazarene.
|- style="background-color:#fcfcfc;" | style="text-align:center;" | Election | style="text-align:center;" |Division | style="text-align:center;" |Party | style="text-align:center;" |Votes | style="text-align:center;" |% | style="text-align:center;" |Place | style="text-align:center;" |Winner |- | style="text-align:left;" |2011 Federal Election | style="text-align:left;" |Lethbridge | style="text-align:center;" |CHP | style="text-align:right;" | 1,716 | style="text-align:right;" |3.6% | style="text-align:right;" |5/5 | style="text-align:left;" |Jim Hillyer, Conservative |- | style="text-align:left;" |2008 Federal Election | style="text-align:left;" |Lethbridge | style="text-align:center;" |CHP | style="text-align:right;" |1,091 | style="text-align:right;" |2.3% | style="text-align:right;" |5/5 | style="text-align:left;" |Rick Casson, Conservative |- | style="text-align:left;" |2004 Federal Election | style="text-align:left;" |Yukon | style="text-align:center;" |CHP | style="text-align:right;" |100 | style="text-align:right;" |0.8% | style="text-align:right;" |6/6 | style="text-align:left;" |Larry Bagnell, Liberal |- | style="text-align:left;" |2002 Yukon Territorial Election | style="text-align:left;" |McIntyre-Takhini | style="text-align:center;" |Independent | style="text-align:right;" |15 | style="text-align:right;" |1.66% | style="text-align:right;" |5/5 | style="text-align:left;" |John Edzerza, Yukon Party |- | style="text-align:left;" |2000 Federal Election | style="text-align:left;" |Yukon | style="text-align:center;" |Independent | style="text-align:right;" |53 | style="text-align:right;" |0.4% | style="text-align:right;" |5/5 | style="text-align:left;" |Larry Bagnell, Liberal |- | style="text-align:left;" |1997 Federal Election | style="text-align:left;" |Yukon