Murray Cardiff

Murray Cardiff
Member of Parliament for Huron—Bruce
In office 1980–1993
Preceded by	Robert McKinley
Succeeded by	Paul Steckle
Personal details
Born	(1934-06-10)10 June 1934 Grey Township, Ontario, Canada
Died	31 October 2013(2013-10-31) (aged 79) Listowel, Ontario, Canada
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Profession	Farmer

Murray Cardiff (10 June 1934 – 31 October 2013) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Grey Township, Ontario and was a farmer by career.

He represented the Ontario riding of Huron—Bruce where he was first elected in the 1980 federal election. He won re-election in the 1984 and 1988 federal elections, therefore becoming a member in the 32nd, 33rd and 34th Canadian Parliaments.

Cardiff left federal politics after his defeat in the 1993 federal election to Paul Steckle of the Liberal party. He died in hospital at Listowel, Ontario on 31 October 2013.

He is the grandson of former member of parliament Elston Cardiff, who represented Huron-North and later Huron.

Electoral record (partial)

1993 Canadian federal election: Huron—Bruce
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Paul Steckle	21,845	44.11	–	$38,357
	Progressive Conservative	Murray Cardiff	13,852	27.97		$43,681a
	Reform	Len Lobb	10,464	21.13		$35,469
	New Democratic	Tony McQuail	2,064	4.17		$16,652
	Christian Heritage	Henry Zekveld	782	1.58		$2,364
	Libertarian	Allan Dettweiler	272	0.55		$0
	Natural Law	Rick Alexander	243	0.49		$0
Total valid votes/expense limit			49,522	100.00	–	$57,202
Total rejected ballots			307
Turnout			49,829	72.52
Electors on the lists			68,712
a Does not include unpaid claims.
Source: Thirty-fifth General Election, 1993: official voting results, published by the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. Financial figures taken from official contributions and expenses provided by Elections Canada.

External links

• Murray Cardiff – Parliament of Canada biography