I think you are insistent on including Maddins support of gay rights because you have described yourself as gay and its an important issue to you personally Does it deserve a mention in an information piece on Jim Maddin though No He contributed  to a gay rights groupthis is insignifigant compared to his other accomplishments and other facts about his life such as winning the mayoralty race in Saskatoon Lets face it hes not known specifically for this You include it only because its a cause of your own and arent objectively viewing this piece on Maddin If he gave  to the Heart and Stroke foundation I highly doubt you would include that in the article on him correct  As for Maddin being disappointed he most certainly was especially the first time CJCurrie you need to face the fact that not only did he lose but he lost even Jim Pankiw a very controversial politician as you very well know Finishing third in his first reelection bid was described by himself as very disappointing to say the least and here is an article describing his latest effort at getting elected civically if you care to read it  httpwwwcanadacomsaskatoonstarphoenixnewsstoryhtmlidbcdbaeeceeca