Derek Blackburn

Derek Nigel Ernest Blackburn (born June 16, 1934 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada) was a Canadian Member of Parliament from 1972 to 1993. He was elected as a candidate of the New Democratic Party in the riding of Brant in Ontario. Blackburn won the Brant seat in the Canadian parliament seven times: firstly in a by-election part way through the 28th Canadian parliament, and then in the general elections from the 29th to the 34th parliaments.

See also

• 34th Canadian parliament
• 33rd Canadian parliament
• 32nd Canadian parliament
• 31st Canadian parliament
• 30th Canadian parliament
• 29th Canadian parliament
• 28th Canadian parliament

Electoral record (partial)

Canadian federal election, 1988: Brant
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Derek Blackburn	19,633	41.46	$41,490
	Progressive Conservative	Steve Bosanac	14,084	29.74	$45,061
	Liberal	David J. Carll	11,461	24.20	$40,772
	Christian Heritage	Geraldine de Vries	1,786	3.77	$10,857
	Green	Jamie Legacey	258	0.54	$0
	Libertarian	Helmut Kurmis	95	0.20	$299
	Commonwealth of Canada	Barnabas Simon	34	0.07	$0
Total valid votes			47,351	100.00
Total rejected ballots			287
Turnout			47,638	71.53
Electors on the lists			66,603

Canadian federal election, 1984: Brant
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Derek Blackburn	23,103	44.20
	Progressive Conservative	Rick Sterne	21,679	41.47
	Liberal	Peter Hexamer	7,286	13.94
	Social Credit	Charley Harris	207	0.40
Total valid votes			52,275	100.00
Total rejected ballots			266
Turnout			52,541	73.16
Electors on the lists			71,821

External links

• Derek Blackburn – Parliament of Canada biography