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Daniel Hollands

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Daniel Hollands
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Pembina
In office
1972–1974
Preceded byJack Bigg
Succeeded byPeter Elzinga
Personal details
BornJanuary 20, 1927
Clover Bar, Alberta, Canada
DiedJuly 7, 2006(2006-07-07) (aged 79)
Political partyProgressive Conservative
Occupationfarmer

Daniel Hollands (January 20, 1927 – July 7, 2006) was a Canadian federal politician from 1972 to 1974.

Hollands ran for a seat in the House of Commons of Canada in the 1972 federal election, winning the district of Pembina.

He left the Progressive Conservative caucus on May 9, 1974 and ran for re-election in the 1974 federal election without party affiliation, but was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Peter Elzinga. Hollands finished in third place in a field of eight candidates, losing approximately 16,000 votes from the previous election.

Electoral record

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1972 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Daniel Hollands 23,864
Liberal John Borger 9,879
New Democratic Thomas Hennessey 5,710
Social Credit Norman M. Wiwchar 1,184
Not affiliated Sam Davidson 421


1974 Canadian federal election: Pembina
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Peter Elzinga 19,172
Liberal John Borger 12,196
Not affiliated Daniel Hollands 7,017
New Democratic Thomas Hennessey 4,266
Social Credit Bill Pelech 973
Communist Neil Stenburg 151
Libertarian Chuck Nelson 131
Marxist–Leninist Peter Askin 123
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