Mel Doig

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Mel Doig
Leader of the Communist Party of Canada (Ontario)
	Progressive Conservative	Joe Reid	26,621	49.7	+11.8
	New Democratic	Gerry Michaud	16,397	30.6	+4.2
	Liberal	Linus Hand	9,890	18.5	-16.5
	Green	Tom Ferguson	365	0.7
	Social Credit	Glen Hodgins	108	0.2
	Communist	Mel Doig	93	0.2	0.0
	Commonwealth of Canada	Lancelot Mottley	56	0.1
Total valid votes			53,530	100.0

1981 Ontario general election : Dovercourt
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Tony Lupusella	5,309	37.4
	Liberal	Gil Gillespie	5,088	35.8
	Progressive Conservative	Joe Burgana	3,386	23.8
	Independent	Vince Comero	258	1.8
	Communist	Mel Doig	164	1.2
Total valid votes			14,205	100.0

1980 Canadian federal election : St. Paul's
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Roberts	17,905	45.3	+4.0
	Progressive Conservative	Ron Atkey	15,643	39.5	-4.6
	New Democratic	James Lockyer	5,301	13.4	+0.1
	Rhinoceros	Liza Armour	311	0.8	+0.5
	Libertarian	Dan A. Kornitzer	162	0.4	-0.3
	Independent	Robert Smith	108	0.3
	Communist	Mel Doig	76	0.2	0.0
	Independent	Naomi Jolliffe	37	0.1
	Marxist–Leninist	Keith Ramdeen	22	0.1	0.0
Total valid votes			39,565	100.0

1979 Canadian federal election : St. Catharines
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Joe Reid	23,444	46.3	+12.6
	Liberal	William Andres	14,990	29.6	-16.7
	New Democratic	Peter J. Elliott	11,897	23.5	+4.7
	Libertarian	Kenneth F. MacKay	186	0.4
	Communist	Melbourne Doig	111	0.2	0.0
	Marxist–Leninist	Victoria A. Wiwcharyk	40	0.1	-0.1
Total valid votes			50,668	100.0

Canadian federal by-election, 16 October 1950: Welland Death of Humphrey Mitchell
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Hector McMillan	19,553	48.7	+1.4
	Progressive Conservative	Sam Hughes	13,031	32.4	+6.0
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Melvin L. Swart	5,972	14.9	-8.0
	Labor–Progressive	Melbourne A. Doig	1,616	4.0	+0.6
Total valid votes			40,172	100.0

v t e 1949 Canadian federal election : Welland
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Humphrey Mitchell	23,734	47.3	+3.7
	Progressive Conservative	Sam Hughes	13,259	26.4	-6.3
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Armour McCrae	11,493	22.9	+6.4
	Labor–Progressive	Melbourne A. Doig	1,711	3.4
Total valid votes			50,197	100.0

Notes

1. ^ John Fraser, "Commitment to a cause, not votes, prompts these candidates to run", The Globe and Mail, 25 January 1980.
2. ^ Stan Oziewicz, "Communists call for 'new majority' to break hold of U.S. companies", The Globe and Mail, 27 February 1981.