Daniel Hollands
Daniel Hollands (January 20, 1927 – July 7, 2006) was a Canadian federal politician from 1972 to 1974.
Daniel Hollands | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Pembina | |
| In office 1972–1974 | |
| Preceded by | Jack Bigg |
| Succeeded by | Peter Elzinga |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 20, 1927 Clover Bar, Alberta, Canada |
| Died | July 7, 2006 (aged 79) |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Occupation | farmer |
Hollands ran for a seat in the House of Commons of Canada in the 1972 federal election, winning the district of Pembina.
He left the Progressive Conservative caucus on May 9, 1974 and ran for re-election in the 1974 federal election without party affiliation, but was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Peter Elzinga. Hollands finished in third place in a field of eight candidates, losing approximately 16,000 votes from the previous election.
Electoral record
| 1972 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Daniel Hollands | 23,864 | ||||||
| Liberal | John Borger | 9,879 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Thomas Hennessey | 5,710 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Norman M. Wiwchar | 1,184 | ||||||
| Not affiliated | Sam Davidson | 421 | ||||||
| 1974 Canadian federal election: Pembina | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Peter Elzinga | 19,172 | ||||||
| Liberal | John Borger | 12,196 | ||||||
| Not affiliated | Daniel Hollands | 7,017 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Thomas Hennessey | 4,266 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Bill Pelech | 973 | ||||||
| Communist | Neil Stenburg | 151 | ||||||
| Libertarian | Chuck Nelson | 131 | ||||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Peter Askin | 123 | ||||||
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