William Tupper

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For the Canadian politician, see William Johnston Tupper.

William Tupper (born 7 October 1933) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was a businessman, geologist and professor of geology by career.

He was elected at Nepean—Carleton electoral district in the 1984 federal election, thus he served in the 33rd Canadian Parliament. In the 1988 federal election, he ran in the Nepean riding but was defeated by Beryl Gaffney of the Liberal party.

Electoral record[edit]

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Beryl Gaffney 26,632
Progressive Conservative William Tupper 23,399
New Democratic Bea Murray 6,119
Commonwealth of Canada Debbie Brennan 292
Canadian federal election, 1984
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
Progressive Conservative William Tupper 41,663 55.9 +2.4
Liberal Gord Hunter 20,852 28.0 -5.1
New Democratic Bea Murray 11,035 14.8 +2.6
Green Gregory Vezina 737 1.0
Independent Ray Turmel 204 0.3
Total valid votes 74,491 100.0

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