Chris Speyer (politician)
Chris Speyer (born 24 March 1941) is a former Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a criminal lawyer by career.
Christoperh Speyer | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Canada Parliament for Cambridge | |
| In office 1979 – 21 November 1988 | |
| Preceded by | Ernie Roberts |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 March 1941 |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Residence(s) | Toronto, Canada |
| Occupation | Lawyer, Judge |
Speyer was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He represented the Ontario riding of Cambridge where he was first elected in 1979. Speyer was re-elected in 1980 and 1984, serving successive terms from the 31st to the 33rd Canadian Parliaments.
Speyer left national politics in 1988 and did not campaign in that year's federal election. He served as a judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Toronto until 2017.[1]
Electoral record
| 1984 Canadian federal election: Cambridge | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Chris Speyer | 22,963 | 60.6 | +21.2 | ||||
| New Democratic | Bill McBain | 9,171 | 24.2 | -7.0 | ||||
| Liberal | Lyn Johnston | 5,545 | 14.6 | -14.3 | ||||
| Rhinoceros | John Jagiellowicz | 103 | 0.3 | |||||
| Commonwealth of Canada | Peter Harz | 112 | 0.3 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 37,894 | 100.0 | ||||||
| 1980 Canadian federal election: Cambridge | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Chris Speyer | 14,314 | 39.4 | -4.2 | ||||
| New Democratic | Mike Farnan | 11,346 | 31.2 | +1.7 | ||||
| Liberal | David Charlton | 10,531 | 29.0 | +2.6 | ||||
| Social Credit | Regent Gervais | 103 | 0.3 | -0.1 | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Anna Di Carlo | 82 | 0.2 | 0.0 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 36,376 | 100.0 | ||||||
| 1979 Canadian federal election: Cambridge | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Chris Speyer | 16,337 | 43.5 | |||||
| New Democratic | Marc Sommerville | 11,085 | 29.5 | |||||
| Liberal | Lee Palvetzian | 9,903 | 26.4 | |||||
| Social Credit | Regent Gervais | 150 | 0.4 | |||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Anna Di Carlo | 78 | 0.2 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 37,553 | 100.0 | ||||||
References
- "Courage under fire — five years at Supreme Court for Justice Moldaver - The Lawyer's Daily". www.thelawyersdaily.ca. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
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