Murray Cardiff

Murray Cardiff (born 10 June 1934 in Grey Township, Ontario) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was a farmer by career.

He represented the Ontario riding of Huron—Bruce where he was first elected in the 1980 federal election. He won re-election in the 1984 and 1988 federal elections, therefore becoming a member in the 32nd, 33rd and 34th Canadian Parliaments.

Cardiff left federal politics after his defeat in the 1993 federal election to Paul Steckle of the Liberal party.

Electoral record (partial)

1993 federal election : Huron—Bruce edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-	Expenditures
	Liberal	Paul Steckle	21,845	44.11		$38,357
	Progressive Conservative	(x)Murray Cardiff	13,852	27.97		$43,681a
	Reform	Len Lobb	10,464	21.13		$35,469
	New Democratic Party	Tony McQuail	2,064	4.17		$16,652
	Christian Heritage	Henry Zekveld	782	1.58		$2,364
	Libertarian	Allan Dettweiler	272	0.55		$0
	Natural Law	Rick Alexander	243	0.49		$0
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,522	100.00		$57,202
Total rejected ballots			307
Turnout			49,829	72.52
Electors on the lists			68,712

a Does not include unpaid claims.
Source: Thirty-fifth General Election, 1993: Official Voting Results, Published by the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. Financial figures taken from official contributions and expenses provided by Elections Canada.

External links

• Murray Cardiff - Parliament of Canada biography

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Date of birth	10 June 1934
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