Progressive Conservative Party of Canada 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.

Quebec

Bellechasse: Jean Deschênes

Jean Deschênes was the Progressive Conservative Party's candidate for Bellechasse in the 1979 and 1980 federal elections. He identified as a civil servant., Parliament of Canada, accessed 15 April 2011. In 1992, an individual named Jean Deschênes was appointed to the Canadian consulate in Seoul, South Korea. This might have been the same person. See Frank Howard, "Economic Council refugees finding asylum," Ottawa Citizen, 24 July 1992, A4. He is not to be confused with another person of the same name who was a municipal politician in Gatineau.

Saint-Léonard—Anjou: Pierre Gauthier

Pierre Gauthier identified as a lawyer. He received 2,972 votes (5.71%), finishing third against Liberal incumbent Monique Bégin., Parliament of Canada, accessed 23 April 2011.

Ontario

Broadview—Greenwood: Michael Clarke

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...
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