The Barrick group of companies are a good example of a strong effort to maximize political donations.

Here is the Ontario donation record for the Barrick companies from 1995 through 1997. First, their donations to the PCs:

 

 

25

1995 PC Riding Assn

BARRICK GOLD CORP

$ 750.00

4

1996 PC Ridings

BARRICK GOLD CORP

$ 750.00

25

1996 PC Ridings

BARRICK GOLD CORP

$ 105.40

63

1996 PC Ridings

BARRICK GOLD CORP

$ 750.00

128

1996 PC Ridings

BARRICK GOLD CORP

$ 750.00

128

1997 PC ridings

BARRICK GOLD CORP

$ 750.00

125

1997 PC ridings

BARRICK GOLD CORP

$ 750.00

25

1997 PC ridings

BARRICK GOLD CORP

$ 750.00

Central

1995 PC Central

BARRICK GOLD CORP

$ 4,000.00

Central

1995 PC Central Campaign

BARRICK GOLD CORP

$ 4,000.00

Central

1996 PC Central

BARRICK GOLD CORP

$ 4,000.00

Central

1996 PC Central

BARRICK GOLD CORP

$ 4,000.00

Central

1997 PC (byelxn)

BARRICK GOLD CORP

$ 3,247.70

Central

1997 PC (central)

Barrick Gold CORP

$ 4,000.00

4

1996 PC Ridings

BARRICK GOLD MINES LTD

$ 750.00

63

1996 PC Ridings

BARRICK GOLD MINES LTD

$ 750.00

65

1996 PC Ridings

BARRICK GOLD MINES LTD

$ 750.00

125

1996 PC Ridings

BARRICK GOLD MINES LTD

$ 750.00

205

1997 PC ridings

BARRICK GOLD MINES LTD

$ 750.00

249

1997 PC ridings

BARRICK GOLD MINES LTD

$ 750.00

292

1997 PC ridings

BARRICK GOLD MINES LTD

$ 750.00

245

1997 PC ridings

BARRICK GOLD MINES LTD

$ 750.00

Central

1996 PC Central

BARRICK GOLD MINES LTD.

$ 4,000.00

Central

1997 PC (byelxn)

BARRICK GOLD MINES LTD.

$ 4,000.00

Central

1997 PC (central)

Barrick Gold Mines Ltd.

$ 4,000.00

205

1997 PC ridings

BARRICK GOLD PATRICIA INC

$ 750.00

245

1997 PC ridings

BARRICK GOLD PATRICIA INC

$ 750.00

292

1997 PC ridings

BARRICK GOLD PATRICIA INC

$ 750.00

249

1997 PC ridings

BARRICK GOLD PATRICIA INC

$ 750.00

Central

1997 PC (byelxn)

BARRICK GOLDEN PATRICIA INC

$ 4,000.00

Central

1997 PC (central)

Barrick Golden Patricia Inc

$ 4,000.00

As we can see, Barrick is making a point of maximizing its donations to the PCs wherever possible: note the $ 750 donations to riding associations and $ 4,000 donations to the party. Barrick also gave to the Liberals:

127

1995 Liberal Riding

BARRICK GOLD CORP

$ 500.00

95

1995 Liberal riding/candidate

BARRICK GOLD CORP

$ 150.00

Central

1996 Liberal Central

BARRICK GOLD CORP

$ 4,000.00

Central

1996 Liberal Central

BARRICK GOLD CORP

$ 156.00

Central

1997 Liberal Ctl (w/byelxn)

BARRICK GOLD CORP

$ 4,000.00

There were no donations to the NDP.

If you know the names of directors of a company, like Barrick's Peter Munk, running them through the database can also be useful:

25

1995 PC Riding Assn

MUNK PETER

$ 750.00

95

1995 PC Riding/Candidate

MUNK PETER

$ 500.00

4

1996 PC Ridings

MUNK PETER

$ 750.00

63

1996 PC Ridings

MUNK PETER

$ 750.00

65

1996 PC Ridings

MUNK PETER

$ 750.00

125

1996 PC Ridings

MUNK PETER

$ 750.00

Central

1997 PC (Byelxn)

MUNK, MELANIE

$ 4,000.00

Central

1997 PC (Central)

Munk, Melanie

$ 3,000.00

Central

1995 PC Central

MUNK, PETER

$ 1,000.00

Central

1995 PC Central

MUNK, PETER

$ 3,000.00

Central

1996 PC Central

MUNK, PETER

$ 4,000.00

Central

1996 PC Central

MUNK, PETER

$ 2,000.00

Central

1996 PC Central

MUNK, PETER

$ 2,000.00

Central

1997 PC (Byelxn)

MUNK, PETER

$ 4,000.00

Central

1997 PC (Central)

Munk, Peter

$ 4,000.00

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