Garnet McCallum Bloomfield (8 April 1929 – 1 August 2018) was Canadian politician who was a member of the

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and the

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. He was a farmer by career. He represented the

London—Middlesex London—Middlesex (also known as Middlesex East riding) was a federal electoral district that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1997. It was located in the province of Ontario. Middlesex East riding was created in ...

electoral district after winning that riding in the 1980 federal election. His previous attempt to win the riding in

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was unsuccessful. Bloomfield served only in the

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before his defeat in 1984 federal election by

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of the Progressive Conservative party. He also campaigned at the riding in the 1988 federal election but was again unsuccessful against Clifford, losing by only 8 votes. After switching membership to the Reform Party, he contested the 1997 federal election in the

Perth—Middlesex Perth—Middlesex was an electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2003 and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2007. This riding was created in 1996 from parts of ...

electoral district but lost to the

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and Progressive Conservative candidates there. The same result occurred when he campaigned again in Perth—Middlesex in the 2000 federal election as a candidate for the

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* 1929 births 2018 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Liberal Party of Canada MPs People from Middlesex County, Ontario {{Liberal-Ontario-MP-stub