Brian Huskins
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Brian Huskins was a Canadian political candidate for the Alberta Liberal Party in the 2001 Alberta provincial election. He ran in Calgary Fort, against backbencher Wayne Cao.
Although Huskins did not win that election, and has not run for political office since, he was notable as the first openly HIV-positive person to run for office as a major party candidate in Canada. In the 2000 federal election, he was also one of the key organizers behind "Liberals for Joe Clark", a group of Liberal Party members who campaigned on behalf of Clark in the riding of Calgary Centre, in the interest of helping to ensure that Clark defeated incumbent Canadian Alliance MP Eric Lowther.
