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6 unusual facts about Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario


Al Santing

Santing campaigned for the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario in the 1977 provincial election, and finished third against New Democratic Party candidate Dave Cooke in Windsor—Riverside.

Andrew Rosindell

In 2003 Rosindell stirred up controversy in Canada, having been invited to speak at a Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario election readiness organizing session near Toronto.

Jack Stokes

William Davis's Progressive Conservatives were reduced to a minority government in this election, and Stokes served as Deputy Speaker in the parliament that followed.

Joseph Octave Reaume

He represented Essex North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1902 to 1914 as a Conservative member.

Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario

The Tories played up Cold War tensions to win a landslide majority, though it emerged several years later that the Tory government had set up a secret department of the Ontario Provincial Police to spy on the opposition and the media.

Universal Energy Corporation

Klees also received the single biggest contribution to his campaign to run as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario from OPTUS Capital Corporation owned by Silver.


Alexander James Grant

In 1875, was elected by a large majority for the Ontario Legislature, and during the succeeding session supported Liberal Premier of Ontario Sir Oliver Mowat, but later supported the Conservative party.

Bill Ballinger

He was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1987 provincial election, defeating Progressive Conservative incumbent Ross Stevenson by 482 votes.

Bill Vrebosch

He was the provincial Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario candidate in the riding of Nipissing in the 2007 Ontario election, losing to incumbent MPP Monique Smith.

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.

Brad Duguid

Instead, the provincial trend overrode local factors—Duguid defeated incumbent Progressive Conservative Marilyn Mushinski by over 10,000 votes, while Manios finished fourth, behind Michael Laxer of the Ontario New Democratic Party.

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.

Charles Harnick

He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1999, and served as a senior cabinet minister in the government of Mike Harris.

Dan Newman

He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2003, and was a cabinet minister in the governments of Mike Harris and Ernie Eves.

Dan Waters

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

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.

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.

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.

Frank Faubert

He was elected as Mayor of Scarborough in 1994, succeeding Joyce Trimmer, who had retired, defeating future Progressive Conservative parliamentarian Marilyn Mushinski.

Frederick John French

He represented Grenville South and then Grenville in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative member from 1879 to 1890.

Gord Mills

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

Hearn Generating Station

In June 1987, Ontario Progressive Conservative Party (PC) energy critic Philip Andrewes pushed the governing Liberal government to have the Hearn re-opened as a "non-polluting" natural gas power plant.

Independent Renewal candidates, 2003 Ontario provincial election

Ontario general election, 1999, Mississauga East, 469 votes, fourth out of five candidates (winner: Carl DeFaria, Progressive Conservative)

Isabel Bassett

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

Jennifer Mossop

The original Liberal candidate for Stoney Creek was Tony Magnini, who was not generally regarded as a credible match for the Progressive Conservative incumbent, Brad Clark.

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.

Leona Dombrowsky

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

Lou Rinaldi

In the provincial election of 2003, Rinaldi defeated incumbent Progressive Conservative Doug Galt by about 2500 votes to become the new Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Northumberland.

Lyn McLeod

She was elected for the riding of Fort William in the provincial election of 1987, defeating incumbent Progressive Conservative Michael Hennessy by 1,463 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.

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.

Ontario prohibition referendum, 1924

The cities of Toronto, Hamilton, Ottawa and Windsor, areas where the ruling Conservative Party drew most of their support, voted overwhelmingly in favour of Question 2.

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

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

Orangeville, Ontario

Its current Member of Provincial Parliament is Sylvia Jones, former assistant to Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leader, John Tory.

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.

Pauline Browes

During the 1995 Ontario provincial election, she served as a special advisor to Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario election campaign won by Mike Harris, who became Premier of Ontario.

Peter Tabuns

In 1996, he supported a boycott of Harvey's restaurants because its parent company Cara Operations had donated money to the Progressive Conservative Party for the past three years.

Reginald Stackhouse

He campaigned for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 1967 provincial election as a candidate of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario in Scarborough West, and finished second against future New Democratic Party leader Stephen Lewis.

Ron Searle

He served as mayor of Mississauga from 1976–1978, and remains active in local Conservative politics, being highly critical of Tim Peterson's installation as the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario candidate in 2007 after crossing the floor, remarking that the process was "a violation of the democratic principles the Conservative Party has stood for over the years".

Russell Rowe

After leaving the military he worked as a teacher and businessman before being elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 1963 provincial election as the Progressive Conservative Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Northumberland riding.

Safe Streets Act

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

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.

Susan Fish

She ran for Bill Davis' Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario in the 1981 Ontario election and was elected as Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for the St. George constituency in downtown Toronto.

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.

Thomas Alfred Wardle

Thomas Alfred Wardle (December 13, 1913 – June 20, 2005) was a Canadian politician, who represented Beaches-Woodbine in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1971 to 1975 as a Progressive Conservative member in the majority government headed by Bill Davis.

Tony Lupusella

He was first elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1975 provincial election, defeating Progressive Conservative incumbent George Nixon by 1,465 votes in the west-Toronto riding of Dovercourt.

Zanana Akande

In 2003, Progressive Conservative cabinet minister Bob Runciman attributed some of Toronto's increasing black-on-black crime rate to poor leadership within the community.


see also

Plavnica

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

Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario candidates, 2003 Ontario provincial election

He ran in the newly formed riding of Richmond Hill for the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario in the October 2007 election and lost to Liberal Reza Moridi.