He ran unsuccessfully in 2002 for the provincial party leadership. The former president of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba announced in May he was forming a committee to explore a possible leadership run. He went on to become a prominent cabinet minister under the man who beat him for the united party leadership: Stephen Harper. When a policy opposing same-sex marriage was dropped from the party handbook in May, he said he was going to start looking into a leadership run. OTTAWA — Conservative MP Tony Clement launched his bid for the leadership of his party Tuesday.

Source: National Post July 13, 2016 12:33 UTC