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Election Act Shifts Ballot to Show Party Affiliations
Canada moves to print party labels on ballots if a party fields 50 candidates or had 12 MPs last parliament. Liberal, Progressive Conservative, New Democratic and Social Credit appear poised to qualify. Nominations show Liberal defections to Conservative ranks in Quebec and Ontario, with notable switches involving Simone Baudin, Octave Vallee, Claude Wagner, Raymond Rockin, and Paul Hellyer. In Ontario the four former Liberals now running as Progressive Conservatives include Hellyer, Perry Ryan, and others, while western seats see Conservatives gain from former Social Credit figures.
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Ottawa
Canada
Liberals
Progressive Conservatives
Quebec
Ontario
British Columbia
Simone Baudin
Liberal Association
Vercheres
St. Denis
Marcel Prudhomme
Octave Vallee
Provincial
Pontiac
Claude Wagner
Wagner
Lesage
Union Nationale
Daniel Johnston
Mr. Lesage
St. Hyacinthe
Theogene Ricard
Diefenbaker
Lachine
Raymond Rockin
Trudeau
Andrew Lacroix
Hull
Gaston Isabelle
Lacroix
Lucien Bachand
Quebec Creditiste Group
Richmond
Social
Leonel Beaudoin
Paul Hellyer
Liberal Party
Hellyer
Liberal
Action Canada
Trinity
Toronto
Perry Ryan
Spadina
C. E. Rea
John Deffenbaker
Leeds
Tom Cossit
Brockville
Cossit
Cossitt
Smith’s Falls
West Coast
A. B. Patterson
Fraser Valley
Patterson
Social Credit
Jerry Pringle