Peter Mac Kay James Moore and International Reputation

: Flaherty, who died last year, was a strong communicator, a troop-rallying campaigner and a politician whose international reputation was thought to have helped burnish the party ever-crucial economic record, according to The Chronicle Herald. He died suddenly in April 2014 only weeks after leaving his finance minister post. This marks Harper first election since winning power in 2006 without his loyal former finance minister at his side. While former high-profile ministers like John Baird, Peter Mac Kay and James Moore have decided not to seek re-election, Flaherty absence could be felt even more. Flaherty wrestled the Oshawa-Whitby riding from the Liberals in 2006, which gave the party a key Toronto-area foothold. He had long given the Conservatives a big name in the Greater Toronto Area, which is once again a critical battleground in the Oct. 19 election. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.