David Francis Herbert Marler (born October 3, 1941, died January 2, 2025) was a Canadianlawyer in Knowlton, Quebec who specialized in transportation and international law. He has been a candidate for the House of Commons of Canada on two occasions.
In December 2006, Marler was appointed as a commissioner on the Eastern Townships School Board to replace an incumbent who had resigned.[7] He did not seek re-election in late 2007.[8]
Marler left the Conservative Party in January 2008. He has said that he refused to accept thirty thousand dollars via the party's controversial "in-and-out" transfer scheme during the 2006 election,[9] and that party officials later informed him they did not want him as a candidate in 2008. The Conservative Party rejected the accusation.[10] (Under the "in-and-out" scheme, the Conservatives transferred national campaign money into individual ridings and before transferring it out again to pay for national advertising. In this way, the party was able to avoid national spending limits. Marler has said that he refused the transfer because he did not know what the money was for and could not get a clear explanation from party officials.[11])
In the 2008 election, Marler published a piece entitled, "Sixty-Six Said Yes; a Personal Account of a Campaign and a Scandal," covering his involvement with the Conservative Party. He ran as an independent, saying that a Conservative majority government would be dangerous for Canadian democracy.[12]
Marler died on January 2, 2025 in Thunder Bay, Ontario. [13]
↑Joshua Bleser, "Can Paradis eke out another victory in Brome-Missisquoi?: Federalist vote split four ways," Sherbrooke Record, 20 January 2006, p. 4; Norman Webster, "Bad stuff can happen on the election trail - just ask Harper," Montreal Gazette, 21 September 2008, A17; Canada Votes 2008: Brome—Missisquoi, candidates, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, accessed 18 November 2010.
↑Maurice Crossfield, "Denis Paradis ready for the campaign trail," Sherbrooke Record, 3 May 2005, p. 3; Maurice Crossfield, "Marler makes ready for campaign trail in B-M," Sherbrooke Record, 20 May 2005, p. 4.
↑Joshua Bleser, "Marler promises autonomy in Harper government," Sherbrooke Record, 19 December 2005, p. 4.
↑"New names, new faces: Marler appointed to school board," Sherbrooke Record, 1 December 2006, p. 8.
↑"Woo hoo! Elections!", Sherbrooke Record, 2 October 2007, p. 6.
↑Richard Brennan, "Tory party frowned on plan to attend hearing, MPs told," Toronto Star, 13 August 2008, A15.
↑Elizabeth Thompson, "Ex-Tory candidate refused money scheme; Marler wouldn't accept funding manoeuvre," Montreal Gazette, 23 April 2008, A8.
↑Tim Naumetz, "Tories should be held in contempt of Parliament, say Liberals," Canadian Press, 12 August 2008, 19:50.
↑Elizabeth Thompson, "Harper a threat to democracy: independent," Montreal Gazette, 19 September 2008, A15.