Chris Speyer (politician)

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Christoperh Speyer
Member of the Canada Parliament
for Cambridge
In office
1979 – 21 November 1988
Preceded byErnie Roberts
Personal details
Born (1941-03-24) 24 March 1941 (age 80)
Political partyProgressive Conservative
ResidenceToronto, Canada
OccupationLawyer, Judge

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.

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[]

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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
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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
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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[]

  1. ^ "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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