Researching Christopher Porter

He was the leader of the small Canadian Action Party between 2010 and 2012 and was a candidate in the federal by-election in Toronto—Danforth. He lost the election to New Democratic Party candidate Craig Scott. Porter received 75 votes.

From 2003 to 2009 he sold 83 dolphins around the world. In late 2009, he stated that he was leaving the dolphin-export business to become an environmental activist. In March 2010, Porter said that he had decided to release his last 17 dolphins back into the wild however the majority were not released, and died in captivity.

He designed:

* Bell & Son Bakery in Geelong* Geelong Chamber of Commerce building in Moorabool Street in 1858* Ballarat Chamber of Commerce in 1859 * Kedron Lodge in Brisbane 1860* Normal School in Brisbane in 1860, becoming the Queensland Board of Education's first general architect* Ballarat Benevolent Society in 1866

The Geelong Chamber of Commerce was built by Boynton and Conway, demolished 1955), described as ...a Barrabool freestone building of two storeys with an elaborate facade which included giant Corinthian order columns.

The design of the Normal School was later thought to have included a subtle joke with [A]ll doorways and windows had wide key stones and copings forming the shape of the dreaded broad arrow of convict days.

Porter also had an interest in a pottery and brickworks for the manufacture of tiles and hollow bricks at Mopoke Gully near Ballarat in the 1860s, which may have been connected to his contracting works.He lived in his final years at Doughboy Creek (now in Hemmant), and died in 1874, and was buried in Tingalpa Church Cemetery. He lived in his final years at Doughboy Creek, and died in 1874, and was buried in Tingalpa Church Cemetery.