Progressive Conservative Party of Canada candidates, 1968 Canadian federal election

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada candidates, 1968 Canadian federal election

The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada fielded 262 candidates in the 1968 Canadian federal election, and elected seventy-two members to emerge as the Official Opposition in the Canadian House of Commons.

Many of the party's candidates have their own biography pages; information about others may be found here. This page also includes information about Progressive Conservative Party candidates in by-elections held between 1968 and 1972.

by-elections

Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands, 10 February 1969: Magdalenus Verbrugge

Magdalenus Verbrugge was a physician based in Vancouver, and was fifty years old at the time of the election. Many regarded him as an outsider candidate.[1] He received 1,966 votes (5.68%), finishing third against New Democratic Party leader Tommy Douglas.

References

  1. ^ Winnipeg Free Press, 8 February 1969, p. 34.

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