Daniel Hollands

Daniel Hollands
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Pembina
In office 1972–1974
Preceded by	Jack Bigg
Succeeded by	Peter Elzinga
Personal details
Born	January 20, 1927 Clover Bar, Alberta, Canada
Died	July 7, 2006(2006-07-07) (aged 79)
Party	Progressive Conservative
Occupation	farmer

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

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	43.54	–14.58
	Liberal	John Borger	12,196	27.70	+3.64
	Not affiliated	Daniel Hollands	7,017	15.94	–
	New Democratic	Thomas Hennessey	4,266	9.69	–4.22
	Social Credit	Bill Pelech	973	2.21	–0.67
	Communist	Neil Stenburg	151	0.34	–
	Independent	Chuck Nelson	131	0.30	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Peter Askin	123	0.28	–
Total valid votes			44,029	99.70
Total rejected ballots			132	0.30	–1.20
Turnout			44,161	71.54	–5.16
Eligible voters			61,731
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		–9.11
Source: Library of Parliament

External links

• Daniel Hollands – Parliament of Canada biography