Murray Cardiff (10 June 1934 – 31 October 2013) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Grey Township, Ontario and was a farmer by career.

Murray Cardiff
Member of Parliament
for Huron—Bruce
In office
1980–1993
Preceded byRobert McKinley
Succeeded byPaul Steckle
Personal details
Born(1934-06-10)10 June 1934
Grey Township, Ontario, Canada
Died31 October 2013(2013-10-31) (aged 79)
Listowel, Ontario, Canada
Political partyProgressive Conservative
ProfessionFarmer

He represented the Ontario riding of Huron—Bruce where he was first elected in the 1980 federal election. He won re-election in the 1984 and 1988 federal elections, therefore becoming a member in the 32nd, 33rd and 34th Canadian Parliaments.

Cardiff left federal politics after his defeat in the 1993 federal election to Paul Steckle of the Liberal party. He died in hospital at Listowel, Ontario on 31 October 2013.[1]

He is the grandson of former member of parliament Elston Cardiff, who represented Huron-North and later Huron.

Electoral record (partial)

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1993 Canadian federal election: Huron—Bruce
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Paul Steckle 21,845 44.11 $38,357
Progressive Conservative Murray Cardiff 13,852 27.97 $43,681a
Reform Len Lobb 10,464 21.13 $35,469
New Democratic Tony McQuail 2,064 4.17 $16,652
Christian Heritage Henry Zekveld 782 1.58 $2,364
Libertarian Allan Dettweiler 272 0.55 $0
Natural Law Rick Alexander 243 0.49 $0
Total valid votes/expense limit 49,522 100.00 $57,202
Total rejected ballots 307
Turnout 49,829 72.52
Electors on the lists 68,712
a Does not include unpaid claims.
Source: Thirty-fifth General Election, 1993: official voting results, published by the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. Financial figures taken from official contributions and expenses provided by Elections Canada.

References

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  1. ^ "Cardiff, Murray (age 79, Ethel)". CKNX (AM). 1 November 2013. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
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