Eric W. Ferguson (31 December 1930 – 23 September 2006) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Tangier, Nova Scotia and became a police officer and consultant by career.[1]
He represented the Saint John electoral district since winning that seat in the 1979 federal election. After serving in the 31st Canadian Parliament, Ferguson was defeated in the 1980 election by Mike Landers of the Liberal party.
| 1980 Canadian federal election: Saint John—Rothesay | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Mike Landers | 13,122 | 41.4 | +1.8 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Eric Ferguson | 12,363 | 39.0 | -2.6 | ||||
| New Democratic | David M. Brown | 5,978 | 18.9 | +0.0 | ||||
| Independent | Marilynn Fox | 103 | 0.3 | - | ||||
| Libertarian | Peter Jones | 66 | 0.2 | - | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Gilles DesRosiers | 35 | 0.1 | - | ||||
| Total valid votes | 31,667 | 100.0 | ||||||
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| 1979 Canadian federal election: Saint John—Rothesay | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Eric Ferguson | 13,989 | 41.6 | +0.6 | ||||
| Liberal | Mike Landers | 13,316 | 39.6 | -6.5 | ||||
| New Democratic | Eldon Richardson | 6,358 | 18.9 | +6.5 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 33,663 | 100.0 | ||||||