Christoperh Speyer
Member of the Canada Parliament
for Cambridge
In office
1979  21 November 1988
Preceded byErnie Roberts
Personal details
Born (1941-03-24) 24 March 1941
Political partyProgressive Conservative
Residence(s)Toronto, Canada
OccupationLawyer, Judge

Chris Speyer (born 24 March 1941) is a former Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a criminal lawyer by career.

Speyer was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He represented the Ontario riding of Cambridge where he was first elected in 1979. Speyer was re-elected in 1980 and 1984, serving successive terms from the 31st to the 33rd Canadian Parliaments.

Speyer left national politics in 1988 and did not campaign in that year's federal election. He served as a judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Toronto until 2017.[1]

Electoral record

1984 Canadian federal election: Cambridge
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeChris Speyer22,96360.6+21.2
New DemocraticBill McBain9,17124.2-7.0
LiberalLyn Johnston5,54514.6-14.3
RhinocerosJohn Jagiellowicz1030.3
Commonwealth of CanadaPeter Harz1120.3
Total valid votes 37,894 100.0
1980 Canadian federal election: Cambridge
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeChris Speyer14,31439.4-4.2
New DemocraticMike Farnan11,34631.2+1.7
LiberalDavid Charlton10,53129.0+2.6
Social CreditRegent Gervais1030.3-0.1
Marxist–LeninistAnna Di Carlo820.20.0
Total valid votes 36,376100.0
1979 Canadian federal election: Cambridge
Party Candidate Votes%
Progressive ConservativeChris Speyer16,33743.5
New DemocraticMarc Sommerville11,08529.5
LiberalLee Palvetzian9,90326.4
Social CreditRegent Gervais1500.4
Marxist–LeninistAnna Di Carlo780.2
Total valid votes 37,553100.0

References

  1. "Courage under fire — five years at Supreme Court for Justice Moldaver - The Lawyer's Daily". www.thelawyersdaily.ca. Retrieved 12 August 2021.


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