Alex Eaglesham

Alex W. Eaglesham is a former Canadian politician. He was the leader of the Libertarian Party of Canada in 1978 and 1979, and officially led the party in the 1979 federal election.^[1]

Eaglesham worked as an accountant in private life, and was listed as thirty years old in 1977.^[2] In December 1978, he wrote a letter to the Toronto Star newspaper blaming deficit spending for Canada's inflation problems.^[3]

**Electoral record**
Election	Division	Party	Votes	%	Place	Winner
1977 provincial	Oakwood	Libertarian	153	0.72	6/6	Tony Grande, New Democratic Party
1979 federal	Rosedale	Libertarian	305		4/10	David Crombie, Progressive Conservative
1980 federal	Etobicoke North	Libertarian	524		4/6	Roy MacLaren, Liberal

Footnotes

^ Virginia Comer, "Etobicoke North", Toronto Star, 1 February 1980, A15.
^ Parliament of Canada, Results for the 1980 Canadian Election, Etobicoke North; 160 candidates seeking 34 Metro-area seats", Toronto Star, 6 June 1977, A6.
^ A.W. Eaglesham, "Government spedning is blamed for inflation", Toronto Star, 8 December 1978, A9.

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