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Toronto and threatened to challenge Leach as an independent candidate in the 1999 election. Sewell's participation was believed to help Leach be re-elected by splitting the vote. However, Leach had always stated that he intended to retire from
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Many consider Leach's victory to have been the result of a vote split between the
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In 2000 Leach joined the firm of SNC-Lavalin, Canada's largest engineering and construction company and was a member of the board of directors. He also represented SNC-Lavalin on the Hwy 407 Board of
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in 1987 and served in that position until he resigned in early 1995 to seek political office. Leach was named North
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Blackwell, Tom (September 10, 1999). "Former
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McGran, Kevin (April 9, 2004). "Miller to join GO panel".
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