Albert Fish (politician)

Albert Fish
Albert Fish
Member of the Canadian Parliament; for Guelph
	In office; May 22, 1979 – February 17, 1980
Preceded by	Riding created
Succeeded by	James Schroder
Personal details
Born	1922; Preston, Lancashire, England
Died	April 5, 2006 (aged 83–84)
Nationality	Canadian
Political party	Progressive Conservative

Albert Fish (1922 – April 5, 2006) was a Canadian realtor and Member of Parliament.

Born in Preston, England, he served in the Royal Air Force during World War II. In 1949, he emigrated to Canada and lived in Guelph, Ontario. He started working in real estate in 1954 and opened his own firm, Albert Fish Real Estate Limited, in 1957. After serving as President of the Ontario Real Estate Association, he became President of the Canadian Real Estate Association in 1973. In the 1979 federal election, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons representing Guelph's electoral district as a Progressive Conservative Party candidate. He was defeated in the 1980 election.

In 1986, he became President of the International Real Estate Federation.

He died in 2006 of complications following a heart attack. Fish had previously suffered a heart attack during the 1980 election campaign.

Electoral record

1979 Canadian federal election: Guelph
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Albert Fish	18,149	41.96
	Liberal	Frank W. Maine	16,203	37.46
	New Democratic	Jim Finamore	8,535	19.73
	Independent	Joe Barabas	190	0.44
	Libertarian	Brian Seymour	90	0.21
	Marxist–Leninist	Robert Cruise	45	0.10
	Communist	Alan G. Pickersgill	39	0.09
Total valid votes			43,251	100.00

Guelph Public Library Archives. "Albert Fish fonds". Archeion. Archives Association of Ontario. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
"Ontario realtor served in Joe Clark government". The Globe and Mail. 2006-04-10. p. S8.

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