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Bob Morrow

In 1981, he unsuccessfully ran as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the 1981 provincial election in Hamilton West, losing to provincial Liberal leader Stuart Smith.

Bonnie Hickey

Bonnie Hickey served in the 35th Canadian Parliament after which she was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Norman Doyle in the 1997 federal election.

Brad Nixon

He was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1987 provincial election, defeating Progressive Conservative Gordon Chong by over 3,000 votes in the Toronto riding of York Mills.

Canadian federal election results in Eastern Montreal

Prior to the rise of the Bloc, the region was swept up in the Brian Mulroney tide, electing Quebec nationalists under the Progressive Conservative banner.

Canadian federal election results in the Côte-Nord and Saguenay

This is true except for the Chicoutimi area which has voted federalist with André Harvey running as a Progressive Conservative and winning in 1997, and running as a Liberal and winning in 2000.

Dan Waters

He defeated Progressive Conservative Marilyn Rowe by just under 3,000 votes; Black finished third.

Douglas Wiseman

He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Progressive Conservative from 1971 to 1990, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Bill Davis.

Ed Gibbons

In the 2001 provincial election, the runner-up from the previous election, Progressive Conservative Tony Vandermeer, defeated Gibbons.

Ernie Parsons

His victory in the 1999 provincial election was unexpected, as he defeated incumbent Progressive Conservative Gary Fox by 56 votes in Prince Edward—Hastings, which most considered to be a safe Tory seat.

Glen McKinnon

He left Canadian politics after his defeat to Progressive Conservative candidate Rick Borotsik in the 1997 federal election.

Gomery Commission

Other allegations of bias concern the commission's chief counsel, Bernard Roy, a former chief of staff to former Progressive Conservative Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.

Gord Mills

Mills was personally defeated in Durham East, finishing a poor second against Progressive Conservative John O'Toole.

Graham Letto

During the Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2003, he ran in the provincial riding of Labrador West as the Progressive Conservative candidate, but was defeated by Randy Collins of the NDP.

Greg Joy

In 1995, he ran as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the riding of Ottawa West, in the 1995 provincial election, finishing second to Bob Chiarelli by 1,618 votes.

Harvey Locke

Locke was the Liberal candidate in the provincial district of Calgary-Foothills in the 1989 Alberta provincial election, narrowly losing to Progressive Conservative Pat Black.

Howard Pawley

No longer in provincial politics, Pawley again ran as a candidate for the federal NDP in the 1988 federal election, but was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate David Bjornson.

Independent candidates, 1953 Manitoba provincial election

On May 30, 1953, the Winnipeg Free Press reported that Mabon had allegedly sought support for his candidacy from the local Progressive Conservative association, and received a strongly worded letter in response indicating that no support would be forthcoming.

Isabel Bassett

She served as the Progressive Conservative Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for St. Andrew—St. Patrick for the next four years.

Jean Payne

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Jim Silye

He ran as a Progressive Conservative in the 2000 election in the riding of Calgary West and was defeated.

Jimmy Creighton

He received 8,456 votes, and finished second to Progressive Conservative Walter Dinsdale.

John Snobelen

He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2003, and served as a cabinet minister in the government of Mike Harris.

Joseph McNamara

A quarter-century later, he attempted to return to politics by contesting Riverdale in the 1948 provincial election as a Liberal but placed third behind the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and Progressive Conservative candidates.

Leona Dombrowsky

Her victory was regarded by many as an upset; she defeated incumbent Progressive Conservative Harry Danford by about 2000 votes.

Margaret Harrington

The NDP were defeated in the 1995 provincial election, and Harrington finished third against Progressive Conservative Bart Maves in her bid for re-election.

Marie Bountrogianni

She finished ahead of incumbent New Democrat Brian Charlton, but 1028 votes behind the winner, Progressive Conservative Trevor Pettit.

Mary Anne Chambers

Chambers was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the provincial election of 2003, as a Liberal in the riding of Scarborough East, defeating incumbent Progressive Conservative Steve Gilchrist by over 7000 votes.

Maurice Tougas

He was first elected in the 2004 election, when he defeated incumbent Progressive Conservative Bob Maskell, but did not seek re-election at the conclusion of his term.

Michelle Mungall

Mungall was not expected to win the race, which was expected to be close between the incumbent Progressive Conservative Mary O'Neill and the Liberal challenger Len Bracko.

Mo Elsalhy

He was defeated in the 2008 election by Progressive Conservative David Xiao.

Nexen

Founded by Saskatchewan New Democratic Party Premier Allan Blakeney in 1973, Saskoil was privatized in 1986 by Progressive Conservative Premier Grant Devine.

Norcanair

A tentative deal was struck, but before it could be finalized, the NDP government fell and its replacement, the Progressive Conservative party, resold the firm to Saskatoon businessman Albert Ethier, who combined the airline with his own charter firm, Hi-Line Airways.

Norm Jamison

The NDP were defeated in the 1995 provincial election, and Jamison finished third against Progressive Conservative Toby Barrett in his bid for re-election.

Nova Scotia parliamentary expenses scandal

On February 9, 2010, the first political casualty of the scandal occurred when Richard Hurlburt, Progressive Conservative MLA for Yarmouth, resigned days after the Auditor General's report had shown he had spent about $8,000 on a generator, for his home.

Nova Scotia provincial by-elections, 2010

The district of Cumberland South was vacated by Progressive Conservative MNA Murray Scott; Jamie Baillie won the election to replace him on October 26, 2010.

Ontario Provincial Confederation of Regions Party candidates, 1995 Ontario provincial election

He received 745 votes, finishing fourth against Progressive Conservative candidate Marilyn Mushinski.

Paul Bonwick

In the subsequent 2004 general election, Bonwick, having benefitted in the past by vote-splitting between the Progressive Conservatives and the Reform Party, fell victim to the new Conservative Party of Canada, losing his seat to Conservative candidate Helena Guergis by 100 votes.

Paul H. Robinson, Jr.

With the election of Progressive Conservative Brian Mulroney in the 1984 Canadian federal election, these talks were expanded to discussions about a comprehensive free trade agreement.

Paul Wessenger

He first ran for the Ontario legislature in the 1975 provincial election, coming a close second to Progressive Conservative incumbent Art Evans in the riding of Simcoe Centre.

Peter Sandhu

Parmjit Singh "Peter" Sandhu is a Canadian politician and current Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Edmonton-Manning and is currently sitting as an Independent MLA after withdrawing from the Progressive Conservative Caucus due to an ongoing investigation by Alberta's ethics commissioner over business dealings.

Reg Alcock

He won a convincing victory over incumbent Progressive Conservative incumbent Dorothy Dobbie in the 1993 federal election, and entered parliament as a government backbencher.

Roads to Resources Program

The Roads to Resources Program was initiated by the Progressive Conservative government of Prime Minister of Canada John Diefenbaker from 1957 to 1963.

Roger Simmons

Simmons was re-elected in the 1993 election, and defeated in the 1997 election by Progressive Conservative candidate Bill Matthews.

Safe Streets Act

The SSA was enacted by the Progressive Conservative government of Mike Harris and received royal assent on December 14, 1999.

Saskatchewan general election, 1952

The Social Credit and Progressive Conservative parties continued to lose support.

Saskatchewan general election, 1991

The Progressive Conservative government of Premier Grant Devine was defeated by the New Democratic Party, led by former provincial NDP Attorney General Roy Romanow.

Stuart Lyon Smith

Smith was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for the Ontario Liberal Party in the 1975 provincial election, defeating Progressive Conservative candidate and future mayor Bob Morrow by 542 votes in Hamilton West.

Ted W. Kulp

He campaigned for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 1971 election as a candidate of the New Democratic Party in York West and finished third against Progressive Conservative John MacBeth.

Wong Foon Sien

He supported the Liberal Party of Canada throughout his life, but supported Progressive Conservative candidate Douglas Jung in the Canadian federal elections of 1957 and 1958.


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Alberta Alliance Party

The party managed a narrow victory in the Progressive Conservative stronghold of Cardston-Taber-Warner, where Paul Hinman became the first MLA elected under the Alliance banner, defeating incumbent Broyce Jacobs.

Alex Kindy

Kindy, David Kilgour, and Pat Nowlan all opposed the GST and voted against it in the House of Commons resulting in their expulsion from the Progressive Conservative caucus on April 10, 1990.

Alfred Macyk

He was handily defeated by Social Credit candidate John Dubetz finishing second ahead of Progressive Conservative candidate Martha Bielish in the three way race.

Andrew Naismith Watson

Watson served as the Kent County OMAF representative for ten years before his election to the Ontario legislature in a by-election on October 19, 1978, held to replace former Progressive Conservative cabinet minister Darcy McKeough.

Barb Fisher

Fisher ran for the Progressive Conservative nomination in the new riding of Huron—Bruce, but lost to Helen Johns.

C. William Doody

Instead, he continued to sit in the Senate as a member of a five-person Progressive Conservative caucus consisting of himself, Norman Atkins, Lowell Murray, Elaine McCoy and Nancy Ruth.

Canadian Alliance

On October 15, 2003, the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party (under its new leader Peter MacKay) announced that they would merge to form a new party, called the Conservative Party of Canada.

The vast majority of CA supporters in most provinces supported, and continued to support their provincial Progressive Conservative parties, while most supporters in Saskatchewan remained loyal to the Saskatchewan Party and in BC supported the BC Liberals.

Dan Waters

For the 2003 provincial election, he won the Parry Sound–Muskoka Liberal nomination over Evelyn Brown and challenged Progressive Conservative incumbent Norm Miller, who had succeeded Eves in a by-election.

Darryl Kelly

Kelly stood as the Progressive Conservative candidate in a by-election in Humber Valley on February 13, 2007, losing by a margin of just seven votes to Liberal candidate Dwight Ball.

David William Warner

The NDP were defeated in the 1995 provincial election, and Warner lost his seat to Progressive Conservative Marilyn Mushinski by over 5,000 votes.

Denise Batters

She met her future husband Dave Batters in 1989 crossing a Saskatoon street while at a Progressive Conservative convention.

Diane Colley-Urquhart

Colley-Urquhart was the candidate of the province of Alberta's ruling Progressive Conservative party in a by-election called in the riding of Calgary-Glenmore for September 14, 2009, to become that riding's Member of the provincial Legislative Assembly.

Dianne Poole

She lost to Progressive Conservative fundraiser Bill Saunderson by about 4,500 votes, as the Progressive Conservatives won a majority government provincially.

Don Boudria

Boudria defeated Progressive Conservative incumbent Joseph Albert Bélanger by 5,172 votes in Prescott and Russell, and served in the legislature for three years as a member the Ontario Liberal Party, which was then the official opposition to the Progressive Conservative government of William Davis.

Dunvegan-Central Peace-Notley

The incumbent representative is Progressive Conservative MLA Hector Goudreau.

Erindale GO Station

Erindale acted as a terminus for the midday trains that GO Transit once operated on the Milton Line during the early to mid-1990s, but these trains no longer run because of budget cutbacks made by the Mike Harris Progressive Conservative government.

Frank Bruseker

Bruseker would be defeated in his bid for a third term by Progressive Conservative Greg Melchin.

Frank Hamilton

Frank Fletcher Hamilton (1921–2008), Canadian Progressive Conservative MP

Frank Oberle

Frank Oberle, Sr., Canadian politician, Progressive Conservative MP, 1972-1993

H. James Jones

Jones ultimately sought re-election in the 2000 campaign as a Canadian Alliance candidate, while David Scrymgeour was given the Progressive Conservative nomination.

Jones was the only Progressive Conservative candidate elected in Ontario in this election, and some credited his win to local dissatisfaction over the previous Member of Parliament (MP), Jag Bhaduria.

Harry Danford

Danford defeated fellow Tory MPP Bill Vankoughnet to win the Progressive Conservative nomination for the 1999 provincial election in Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington, but lost to Liberal Leona Dombrowsky by almost 2,000 votes.

Jean-Jacques Blais

He served as Minister of Supply and Services from 1980 to 1983, and Minister of National Defence from 1983 until the 1984 election, when he lost his seat to Moe Mantha in the Progressive Conservative sweep of Brian Mulroney.

Jim Wiseman

In the 1995 provincial election, Wiseman finished third in Durham West, falling almost 20,000 votes behind Progressive Conservative Janet Ecker.

Joan Fawcett

The Progressive Conservatives won a majority government in the 1995 provincial election, and Fawcett lost the Northumberland riding to Progressive Conservative candidate Doug Galt by over 6,000 votes.

Karen Kryczka

Karen was a supporter of Jim Dinning's campaign in the 2006 Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership election.

Ken Lemke

In 2012, with Stony Plain MLA Fred Lindsay retiring, Lemke ran for the Progressive Conservative (PC) nomination.

Ken Waddell

Waddell sought the Progressive Conservative nomination for Ste. Rose in the 2007 provincial election, but lost to Stu Briese.

Liberal Party of Canada candidates, 2004 Canadian federal election

After the 1995 provincial election resulted in a Progressive Conservative victory, Mahoney traveled the province on what he "wryly called the Hugh Grant apology tour'".

McLelland

Ronald McLelland (born 1926), Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons

Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services

Bob Runciman, Progressive Conservative, June 26, 1995 — April 27, 1998 June 17, 1999

Bob Runciman, Progressive Conservative, July 27, 1998 — June 17, 1999

Norman Brudy

He finished sixth place out of seven candidates in the electoral district of Scarborough East losing to Progressive Conservative candidate Bob Hicks.

Ontario's Drive Clean

In late 2004, Norm Sterling, who served as the Environment Minister in Progressive Conservative premier Mike Harris's cabinet, stated that Drive Clean had already had its greatest impact on air pollution and had served its purpose.

PC Party

Progressive Canadian Party, a minor party formed 2004 after the dissolution of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

Penny LaRocque

She lost to the Progressive Conservative candidate, Joel Matheson by 1500 votes, however.

Plavnica

Tim Hudak, Slovak-Canadian politician and leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.

Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta

The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta (often referred to colloquially as Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta) is a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta.

Randall Pearce

Pearce led party communications for Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney from 1991–1993 and was the last federal Progressive Conservative candidate in Toronto Centre-Rosedale in 2000.

Rex Barnes

In February 2011, he announced plans to challenge incumbent MHA Ray Hunter for the Progressive Conservative party nomination in Grand Falls-Windsor-Green Bay South for the 2011 provincial election.

Ronald Stewart

In 1988, Stewart and fellow Progressive Conservative member Jack Scowen openly disagreed with their party leader, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, when the government was supporting efforts to translate Saskatchewan provincial legislation into French in response to a Supreme Court of Canada ruling.

Sam Cureatz

He endorsed Dianne Cunningham's unsuccessful bid to lead the Progressive Conservative Party in 1990, and did not seek re-election in that year's provincial election (Toronto Star, 3 May 1990).

Toby Barrett

Barrett supported Jim Flaherty's unsuccessful bid to succeed Ernie Eves as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party in 2004.

William Knowles

William David Knowles (1908–2000), Canadian Progressive Conservative MP (1968–1979)

Wratten

Jack Wratten (1906–1996), Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons

Yvonne O'Neill

The Progressive Conservatives won a majority government in the 1995 provincial election, and O'Neill lost her riding to Progressive Conservative Garry Guzzo by 1,523 votes.