John A. Gamble

1983 Leadership Campaign

DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: 1933.11.24 - Perth, Ontario, Canada.

OCCUPATION: Lawyer.

POLITICAL PARTY:
Progressive Conservative: 1979-1988.
Independent: 1988 - 1989.
Reform: 1989-2003.

HOUSE OF COMMONS:
2004 - Don Valley West, Ontario - Won Reform Party nomination in 2003, but was expelled by the party prior to the election due to purported links to neo-nazi extremist groups.
1988.11.21 - Markham, Ontario - Defeated.
1988 - Markham, Ontario - Defeated for Progressive Conservative nomination (but continued his campaign as an Independent).
1984.09.04 - York North, Ontario Defeated.
1980.02.18 -York North, Ontario - Re-Elected.
1979.05.22 -York North, Ontario - Elected.

PARTY LEADERSHIP:
Candidate for Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, June 1983. First ballot: 7th place (out of eight candidates) with 17 votes - 0.6%. Gamble withdrew from the contest after the first ballot.

MISCELLANEOUS: In the 1980s, Gamble was leader of the Canadian Freedom Foundation, an affiliate of the neo-nazi World Anti-Communist League.