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'''Dean Waldon Whiteway''' (born July 20, 1944) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] politician.  He served in the [[House of Commons of Canada]] from 1974 to 1979, as a member of the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative Party]].

==Early life and career==

Whiteway was born in [[Shelburne, Nova Scotia|Shelburne]], [[Nova Scotia]], and has a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree from [[Brandon University]] in [[Manitoba]] and a Master's degree from Harvard. He has taught at Providence Bible College and Seminary near [[Winnipeg]].<ref name="Jeffrey Simpson 1992">Jeffrey Simpson, "Reform Party invades Epp country and takes the moral high ground", ''Globe and Mail'', 19 June 1992, A18.</ref> Whiteway is a [[Mennonite Brethren]], and a member of the [[Evangelical Fellowship of Canada]].

==Member of Parliament==

Whiteway first ran for the House of Commons in the [[1968 Canadian federal election|1968 election]] as a [[Social Credit Party of Canada|Social Credit]] candidate in [[Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette|Dauphin]], and finished fourth against Progressive Conservative [[Gordon Ritchie]]. He joined the Progressive Conservative Party after the election, and ran under its banner in [[Selkirk (federal electoral district)|Selkirk]] in the [[1972 Canadian federal election|1972 election]]. He narrowly lost to incumbent [[New Democratic Party|New Democrat]] [[Doug Rowland]].

He was elected on his third attempt, defeating Rowland in a [[1974 Canadian federal election|1974 election]] rematch. The [[Liberal Party of Canada]] won a majority government in the 1974 election, and Whiteway entered parliament as a member of the [[official opposition]]. He was on the right wing of his party, and opposed [[abortion]], supported [[capital punishment]], and spoke against federal funding for [[Planned Parenthood]]. On one occasion, he suggested that danger to a woman's health should be removed as permissible grounds for abortion.<ref name="Jeffrey Simpson 1992"/> He also gained some notoriety for pitching a tent on [[Parliament Hill]] to protest a post office closing in his riding.<ref>David Roberts, "Reform's prospects brighten", ''Globe and Mail'', 12 January 1993, A4.</ref>

The Selkirk riding was eliminated by redistribution for the [[1979 Canadian federal election|1979 federal election]]. Whiteway was forced to seek reelection in the more challenging riding of [[Winnipeg—Birds Hill]]. He lost to New Democratic Party candidate [[Bill Blaikie]], even though the Progressive Conservatives won a minority government.

==Reform Party activist==

Whiteway campaigned for the No side in the 1992 [[Charlottetown Accord]] referendum.<ref>George Oake, "Skeptical Manitobans lean towards No again", ''Toronto Star'', 15 October 1992, A16.</ref>  He sought a return to the House of Commons in the [[1993 Canadian federal election|1993 election]], after winning a four-person contest for the [[Reform Party of Canada|Reform Party]] nomination in [[Provencher]].<ref>Jeffrey Simpson, "Reform Party invades Epp country and takes the moral high ground", ''Globe and Mail'', 19 June 1992, A18.  One of his opponents was J.D. Lees, who was said to have suffered damage through rumours that he belonged to a [[New Age]] religious group.  Lees denied these rumours.  See David Roberts, "Politician's faith fundamental issue", ''Globe and Mail'', 28 December 1992, A4.</ref>  Whiteway argued that the Reform Party was a natural home for evangelical Christians, and spoke of bringing "some moral fibre to Parliament".<ref>David Roberts, "Fundamentalists find home in Reform", ''Globe and Mail'', 28 December 1992, A1.</ref>  He lost to Liberal [[David Iftody]], and told reporters that he would probably not run for public office again.<ref>Maureen Houston, "Provencher", ''Winnipeg Free Press'', 26 October 1993.</ref>

Whiteway was involved in abortive plans to create a provincial branch of the Reform Party in 1994.  He indicated that he had no interest in becoming a candidate himself.<ref>Paul Samyn, "Reform staying out of provincial race, national party says", ''Winnipeg Free Press'', 14 April 1994.</ref>

==Headmaster==

After the election of 1993, Whiteway worked for Kitchen Craft Cabinetry, and relocated to Edmonton, Alberta. He then moved to [[British Columbia]], where he served as the Headmaster of Kamloops Christian School. In 1998, he accepted a position as headmaster of Faith Heritage, a private and non-denominational Christian school in [[Syracuse, New York|Syracuse]], [[New York (state)|New York]].<ref>Whiteway initially had some difficulties with immigration.  See Andrena Irvin, "Headmaster entangled in immigration red tape", ''Post-Standard Syracuse, NY'', 14 April 1998, B1.</ref>  In 2007, he became headmaster of Plumstead Christian School in [[Plumsteadville, Pennsylvania|Plumsteadville]], [[Pennsylvania]], where, as of July 2010 he served as Chancellor.<ref>[http://www.plumsteadchristian.org/pdfs/hs-studenthandbook.pdf Plumsteadville Christian School Family Handbook 2006-07]{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Plumsteadville Christian School, accessed 31 March 2007.</ref> In September 2011, Whiteway served as Headmaster of Concord Christian Academy in Concord, New Hampshire.

==Retirement==
After leaving his position in New Hampshire, Whiteway moved to Savannah, GA. After teaching American Government, and, History, at the college and high school level, Whiteway retired. Whiteway now focuses on spending time with his grandchildren and painting.

==Electoral record==
{{1993 Canadian federal election/Provencher}}

==Footnotes==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=5952}}

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