Reform Party
Ramsay first ran as a Reform candidate in the staunchly conservative riding of Crowfoot in a 1987 by-election. He did surprisingly well in the riding, coming in second to Arnold Malone by 7,685 votes, which at that time had been the narrowest margin of victory by any winner in the history of the riding. It was also the best showing of any Reform Party candidate. In the 1993 federal election, Ramsay ran again for the Reform Party. He won in part because of the collapse in support for the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. He was re-elected in the 1997 election.
He served as the party's Justice Critic from 1996 until 1998, and as Citizenship and Immigration Critic from 1998 until 2000.
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