William (Bill) Tupper (born 7 October 1933) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a businessman, geologist and professor by career. He was a Municipal Councillor for North Gower in 1973, and the mayor of Rideau Township from 1974 to 1978. [1]
He was elected at Nepean—Carleton electoral district in the 1984 federal election, thus he served in the 33rd Canadian Parliament. In the 1988 federal election, he ran in the Nepean riding but was defeated by Beryl Gaffney of the Liberal party.
| 1988 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Beryl Gaffney | 26,632 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | William Tupper | 23,399 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Bea Murray | 6,119 | ||||||
| Commonwealth of Canada | Debbie Brennan | 292 | ||||||
| 1984 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | William Tupper | 41,663 | 55.9 | +2.4 | ||||
| Liberal | Gord Hunter | 20,852 | 28.0 | -5.1 | ||||
| New Democratic | Bea Murray | 11,035 | 14.8 | +2.6 | ||||
| Green | Gregory Vezina | 737 | 1.0 | |||||
| Independent | Ray Turmel | 204 | 0.3 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 74,491 | 100.0 | ||||||
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