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Progressive Conservative Party of Canada candidates in the 1980 Canadian federal election
Summary
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 House of Commons of Canada. The party had previously formed a minority government after winning a plurality of seats in the 1979 election.
Jean Deschênes was the Progressive Conservative Party's candidate for Bellechasse in the 1979 and 1980 federal elections. He identified as a civil servant. He is not to be confused with another person of the same name who was a municipal politician in Gatineau.
Pierre Gauthier identified as a lawyer. He received 2,972 votes (5.71%), finishing third against Liberal incumbent Monique Bégin.
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. He first ran for the Progressive Conservatives in 1979 for Broadview—Greenwood, after losing the Scarborough Centre nomination to Diane Stratas. He was thirty-three years old in 1980.
Clarke later managed Michael Hordo's campaign for the Broadview—Greenwood Progressive Conservative nomination in a 1982 by-election.
Dennis Tappenden was an Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) corporal. In 1980, he was the force's community relations officer for the Sudbury district. He was the first provincial policeman to seek election to public office in Ontario, after changes to the Public Service Act. He received 4,250 votes (10.20%), finishing third against Liberal candidate Judy Erola.
Some local Progressive Conservatives later indicated that they deliberately ran a weak campaign in order to give Erola a victory over New Democratic Party incumbent John Rodriguez. In return, they said, the Liberals agreed to field weak candidates against Sudbury-area Progressive Conservatives in the 1981 provincial election.
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