Libertarian Party of Canada candidates in the 1980 Canadian federal election

The Libertarian Party of Canada fielded a number of candidates in the 1980 federal election, none of whom were elected. Information about these candidates may be found on this page.

Ontario

Walter Belej (Broadview)

Belej first campaigned for the House of Commons of Canada in the 1974 federal election. He identified himself as a twenty-seven-year-old unregistered architect. Although a member of the Libertarian Party, he ran as an independent.[1] Some months after the election, he wrote a Letter to the editor defending a dental technician who was fined for practicing without a licence. He described dentists as a "professional price-fixing gang" and argued in favour of a purely voluntary system.[2]

He campaigned as an independent again in the 1975 provincial election, and later ran as an official candidate of both the federal and provincial Libertarian parties.

Electoral record
Election Division Party Votes % Place Winner
1974 federal Broadview Ind. (Independent Libertarian) 137 4/6 John Gilbert, New Democratic Party
1975 provincial Riverdale Independent 60 5/7 Jim Renwick, Ontario New Democratic Party
1977 provincial Riverdale Ontario Libertarian Party 196 5/6 Jim Renwick, Ontario New Democratic Party
1979 federal Broadview—Greenwood Libertarian 474 1.43 4/7 Bob Rae, New Democratic Party
1980 federal Broadview—Greenwood Libertarian 352 1.10 4/9 Bob Rae, New Democratic Party

Alex Eaglesham (Etobicoke North)

Eaglesham received 153 votes (0.72%), finishing sixth against the Ontario New Democratic Party incumbent Tony Grande. He later become leader of the Libertarian Party of Canada.

References
  1. Gary Oakes, "Old parties shun Broadview riding", Toronto Star, 17 June 1974, C1.
  2. W. Belej, "I'll protect my own teeth" [Letter], Toronto Star, 31 December 1974, B4.
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