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Backbench MPP Earl McEwen today quit the Liberal party to sit as a Progressive Conservative in the Ontario Legislature
Backbench MPP Earl McEwen today quit the Liberal party to sit as a Progressive Conservative in the Ontario Legislature

Backbench MPP Earl McEwen today quit the Liberal party to sit as a Progressive Conservative in the Ontario Legislature

Date5/21/1984
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The two women MPPs in the Ontario Conservative government, Margaret Scrivener (left) and Margaret Birch, stand side by side yesterday at backbench at (...)
The two women MPPs in the Ontario Conservative government, Margaret Scrivener (left) and Margaret Birch, stand side by side yesterday at backbench at (...)
12/13/1971
He's had it: Brian Mulroney of Toronto sits in his law office and wonders how many more calls he will have to field for his distant cousi, the new Progressive Conservative leader
He's had it: Brian Mulroney of Toronto sits in his law office and wonders how many more calls he will have to field for his distant cousi, the new Progressive Conservative leader
6/13/1983
Leadership support: MPPs J. Earl McEwen, left, and Ed Havrot have picked candidates
Leadership support: MPPs J. Earl McEwen, left, and Ed Havrot have picked candidates
1/19/1981
A newcomer to politics, Liberal Dr. F braces his wife, Midge, at the party last night cevote victory over Conservative incumbent Terry riding. The win was sweet revenge for Halton Liberals, still smarting from the more-than-2,000-vote trouncing O'Connor gave their incumbent candidate, Rud Whiting, in the general election two years ago. [Incomplete]
A newcomer to politics, Liberal Dr. F braces his wife, Midge, at the party last night cevote victory over Conservative incumbent Terry riding. The win was sweet revenge for Halton Liberals, still smarting from the more-than-2,000-vote trouncing O'Connor gave their incumbent candidate, Rud Whiting, in the general election two years ago. [Incomplete]
7/8/1974
Insurance: Don McEwen, chairman of McEwen Easson Ltd
Insurance: Don McEwen, chairman of McEwen Easson Ltd
1/2/1980
Blow to Liberals: Patrick Reid is the fifth high-profile MPP to quit the party this year
Blow to Liberals: Patrick Reid is the fifth high-profile MPP to quit the party this year
8/28/1982
Financial Consultant Robin Richardson, 35, and his wife, Jacqu, learn he was chosen Progressive Conservative candidate for the Beaches riding in the next federal election
Financial Consultant Robin Richardson, 35, and his wife, Jacqu, learn he was chosen Progressive Conservative candidate for the Beaches riding in the next federal election
10/11/1976
Hidden agenda: Raghbir Singh Samagh, Canadian secretary of the International Sikh Organization, says the federal Progressive Conservatives are trying to repair their sagging popularity by making a whole lot of noise about tougher refugee legislation
Hidden agenda: Raghbir Singh Samagh, Canadian secretary of the International Sikh Organization, says the federal Progressive Conservatives are trying to repair their sagging popularity by making a whole lot of noise about tougher refugee legislation
7/21/1987
Larger than life-While the speeches were going on at an election rally in Nathan Phillips Square last night this little girl just stood entranced by a huge picture of Rosedale Progressive Conservative candidate Warren Beamish. Beamish is running against cabinet minister Donald S. Macdonald.
Larger than life-While the speeches were going on at an election rally in Nathan Phillips Square last night this little girl just stood entranced by a huge picture of Rosedale Progressive Conservative candidate Warren Beamish. Beamish is running against cabinet minister Donald S. Macdonald.
10/27/1972
Forty-year-old Michael O'Brien, a publisher from Aurora, was acclaimed Oct. 30 as the Progressive Conservative standard bearer.
Forty-year-old Michael O'Brien, a publisher from Aurora, was acclaimed Oct. 30 as the Progressive Conservative standard bearer.
10/30/1990
School trustee in York township 42 years, Frank Oke, 75, was feted last night at dinner at the York South Progressive Conservative Association.
School trustee in York township 42 years, Frank Oke, 75, was feted last night at dinner at the York South Progressive Conservative Association.
11/3/1970
Gary Dawkins, 36, an Acton school principal, last night won the Progressive Conservative nomination in the new provincial riding of Halton-Burlington. It was a threey-way contest.
Gary Dawkins, 36, an Acton school principal, last night won the Progressive Conservative nomination in the new provincial riding of Halton-Burlington. It was a threey-way contest.
6/5/1975