Anne McBride

Anne C. McBride (born Nova Scotia) was a perennial candidate in Canadian federal and provincial elections and by-elections in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. McBride was an ordained minister in the Assemblies of God, a Pentecostal Christian denomination.

At various times, McBride ran for mayor of Toronto, was leader of the Social Credit Party of Ontario and sought the leadership of the federal Social Credit Party of Canada at the 1982 Social Credit leadership convention. She also tried to form her own United Party of Canada in the early 1980s.

Her last election bid may have been in the 1993 federal election, when she garnered 144 votes as an independent candidate in the Scarborough—Agincourt riding.

Election	Riding	Designation	Votes	% of total	Place	Winner
1978 by-election	York—Scarborough	Unknown	564	0.65%	4th of 5	Paul McCrossan, PC, 55,455 votes
1979 federal election	York—Scarborough	Independent	242	0.29%	5th of 6	Paul McCrossan, PC, 36,718 votes
1980 federal election	York—Scarborough	Independent	384	0.46%	4th of 6	Paul Cosgrove, Liberal, 39,208 votes
1981 by-election	Spadina	Independent	84	0.38%	6th of 8	Dan Heap, NDP, 7,586 votes
1983 by-election	Central Nova	Independent	287	0.91%	4th of 6	Brian Mulroney, PC, 18,882 votes
1984 federal election	York--Scarborough	Independent	70	0.70%	5th of 6	Paul McCrossan, PC, 48,809 votes
1988 federal election	Scarborough—Agincourt	No affiliation	442	1.01%	4th of 5	Jim Karygiannis, Liberal, 19,549 votes
1993 federal election	Scarborough—Agincourt	Independent	247	0.60%	6th of 9	Jim Karygiannis, Liberal, 24,739 votes