The
Liberal Party of Canada fielded a full slate of candidates in the
1974 federal election, and won 141 out of 264 seats to form a
majority government under
Prime Minister
A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau ( , ; October 18, 1919 – September 28, 2000), also referred to by his initials PET, was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 15th prime minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and ...
. Many of the party's candidates have their own biography pages; information about others may be found here.
Ontario
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Nickel Belt
Nickel Belt is one of two federal electoral districts serving the city of Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. It has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1953.
Geography
It consists of:
* the part of the Territorial District ...
: Gil Mayer
Gil Mayer was a 44-year-old television personality and account executive with Cambrian Broadcasting at the time of the election. He is known locally for playing the character of "Marcel Mucker", a down-to-earth
French Canadian miner, on
CKSO-TV's local variety show ''Inco Presents'' and in comedic editorials. ''
The Globe and Mail
''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it ...
'' described his 1974 campaign against
New Democratic Party (NDP) incumbent
John Rodriguez
John R. Rodriguez (February 12, 1937 – July 5, 2017) was a Canadian politician. He served as the mayor of Greater Sudbury, Ontario from 2006 to 2010 and previously represented the electoral district of Nickel Belt in the House of Commons of ...
as one of the most bitter in Ontario. The two candidates held differing views on
Inco
Vale Canada Limited (formerly Vale Inco, CVRD Inco and Inco Limited; for corporate branding purposes simply known as "Vale" and pronounced in English) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Brazilian mining company Vale. Vale's nickel mining and ...
: Rodriguez called for its nationalization, while Mayer argued that the company had been scapegoated by the NDP.
["Tory candidate in Nickel Belt is Mr. Clean", ''Globe and Mail'', 24 June 1974, 9.] Mayer ultimately received 13,451 votes (37.90%) for a second-place finish against Rodriguez.
His son,
Marc Mayer
Marc Daniel Mayer (born 1956) is a Canadian arts manager and curator. He was formerly the strategic adviser at the Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto.
Early life
Mayer was born and raised in a Franco-Ontarian , was appointed as the director of the
National Gallery of Canada
The National Gallery of Canada (french: Musée des beaux-arts du Canada), located in the capital city of Ottawa, Ontario, is Canada's national art museum. The museum's building takes up , with of space used for exhibiting art. It is one of the ...
in December 2008.
["Mayer confirmed as gallery director"](_blank)
''The Globe and Mail
''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it ...
'', December 8, 2008.
References
{{Liberal Party of Canada
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