Progressive Conservative Party candidates, 1980 Canadian federal election

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.

Ontario

Michael Clarke (Broadview—Greenwood)

Clarke has a degree in Economics and Political Science from the University of Guelph. He 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. ["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.] He first ran for the Progressive Conservatives in 1979 for Broadview—Greenwood, after losing the Scarborough Centre nomination to Diane Stratas. ["Broadview-Greenwood", "Toronto Star", 19 May 1979, A12.] He was thirty-three years old in 1980. [Bill Dampier, "Broadview-Greenwood: Inflation, jobs major worries for residents", "Toronto Star", 25 January 1980, A13.]

Clarke later managed Michael Hordo's campaign for the Broadview—Greenwood Progressive Conservative nomination in a 1982 by-election. [Joe O'Donnell, "Folly of Greenwood's Tories", "Toronto Star", 21 August 1982, B5.]

Manitoba

John Froese (Winnipeg—Birds Hill)

Froese was a real estate broker at the time of the election. [ [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Cresdetail&Election=2465 History of Federal Ridings since 1867: Winnipeg—Birds Hill] , Parliament of Canada, accessed 30 March 2007.] He received 13,385 votes (29.44%), finishing second against New Democratic Party incumbent Bill Blaikie.

A Winnipeg realtor named John Froese later became president of the Manitoba Real Estate Association, [Martin Cash, "Rates, sales look rosy", "Winnipeg Free Press", 21 January 1994.] was appointed as a Manitoba representative on the Canadian Real Estate Association in November 2000, ["Manitoba movers", "Winnipeg Free Press", 6 November 2000, B8.] and became chair of the Manitoba Securities Commission's Real Estate Advisory Committee. [ [http://www.msc.gov.mb.ca/real_estate/ra_committee.html Real Estate Advisory Committee] , Manitoba Security Commission, accessed 30 March 2007.] It is assumed that this is the same person.

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