Progressive Conservative Party candidates, 1980 Canadian federal election
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The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada fielded a full slate of candidates in the 1980 federal election, and won 103 seats to form the Official Opposition in the Canadian House of Commons. The party had previously formed a minority government after winning a plurality of seats in the 1979 election.
Many of the party's candidates have their own biography pages. Information about others may be found here.
[edit] Ontario
[edit] Michael Clarke (Broadview—Greenwood)
Clarke has a degree in Economics and Political Science from the University of Guelph. was a real estate agent, and was president of the York East Progressive Conservative Riding Association in the 1970s. He sought the Progressive Conservative nomination for Broadview in a 1978 by-election, but lost to Tom Clifford.[1] He first ran for the Progressive Conservatives in 1979 for Broadview—Greenwood, after losing the Scarborough Centre nomination to Diane Stratas.[2] He was thirty-three years old in 1980.[3]
Clarke later managed Michael Hordo's abortive campaign for the Progressive Conservative nomination in a 1982 by-election.[4]
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 federal | Broadview—Greenwood | Progressive Conservative | 9,987 | 30.08 | 2/7 | Bob Rae, New Democratic Party |
| 1980 federal | Broadview—Greenwood | Progressive Conservative | 7,677 | 23.92 | 3/9 | Bob Rae, New Democratic Party |
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ "Candidates for Tories lining up to run in Broadview-Greenwood", Globe and Mail, 29 December 1978, P5; "Clarke named again ...", Globe and Mail, 18 December 1979, P10.
- ^ "Broadview-Greenwood", Toronto Star, 19 May 1979, A12.
- ^ Bill Dampier, "Broadview-Greenwood: Inflation, jobs major worries for residents", Toronto Star, 25 January 1980, A13.
- ^ Joe O'Donnell, "Folly of Greenwood's Tories", Toronto Star, 21 August 1982, B5.
