Donald Alex Blenkarn was a Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....

 Member of Parliament

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. A lawyer and businessman by profession, Blenkarn was elected in 1972 to represent the riding of Peel South

Peel South

Peel South was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1974. It was located in the province of Ontario...

. He held on the riding until the 1974 election

Canadian federal election, 1974

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 when he was defeated by Liberal Tony Abbott

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. He was re-elected to the House of Commons as the Member of Parliament

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 for Mississauga South

Mississauga South

Mississauga South is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979....

 in 1979 and served as the Chairman of the House of Commons Finance Committee during the Mulroney years. He was defeated by Liberal Paul Szabo

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 in the 1993 election.

Canadian federal election, 1993

The Canadian federal election of 1993 was held on October 25 of that year to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 35th Parliament of Canada. Fourteen parties competed for the 295 seats in the House at that time...