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He ran for the leadership of the CPC. He lost. He jumped ship and got a cabinet posting with the Liberals. He was elected on the conservative platform.
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No, he ran for the leadership of the PC Party prior to its merger with the Alliance. He didn't join the Liberals until after the merger, because he felt the new party was too far right-wing for him. He wasn't made a cabinet minister until after the 2004 election when he ran as a Liberal candidate.