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David J. Reimer is a Canadian politician. He has contested three federal elections for the Christian Heritage Party, most recently in the election of 2004.
Reimer was born in Steinbach, Manitoba. He married his wife Katherine (who has also run for the CHP) in 1969. He attended Bible Collge from 1980 to 1985, when he received a ministry license.
In 1986, he was stationed as a associate pastor at Wetaskiwan in Alberta. In the 1988 federal election, he ran as a CHP candidate in the Wetaskiwan riding and received 3087 votes, nearly overtaking the riding's Liberal candidate for fourth place. (It may be noted that the CHP is a small organization, and that Reimer's 1988 showing was one of the most successful showings in the party's history.)
In 1991, he moved back to Steinbach and started the Shalom Family Worship Centre. He was elected to the Manitoba Provincial Council of the CHP in 1992, and later served three terms as its national Prayer, Ethics and Personnel Coordinator. In the 1997 federal election, he ran for the CHP in Winnipeg North--St. Paul and received 442 votes.
At the time of the 2004 election, Reimer was the CHP's interim Deputy Leader. He received 1458 votes in Portage--Lisgar, or 4.2% of the riding's total vote. Although not quite at the level of his 1988 showing, this was still one of the CHP's strongest results in the country.
Reimer is a social conservative, and has spoke against abortion and same-sex marriage at national meetings of the CHP. He is also a strong believer in Biblical literalism.
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