| 词条 | Cliff Downey |
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| name=Cliff Downey | image= | imagesize= | caption= | birth_date={{birth date|1928|5|24}} | birth_place=Castor, Alberta, Canada | death_date={{death date and age|2018|5|3|1928|5|24}} | death_place=Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | residence=Edmonton, Alberta | constituency_MP= Battle River | parliament=Canadian | term_start=1968 | term_end=1972 | predecessor=Robert Fair | successor=Harry Kuntz | profession=farmer | party=Progressive Conservative Party of Canada | party colour= | footnotes= | predecessor2= | successor2= | religion= | website= |}} Clifford William Downey (May 24, 1928 – May 3, 2018) was a farmer who served as a Canadian federal politician from 1968 to 1972.[1] After leaving Parliament he became active in farmers rights movements. Downey was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1968 federal election. He defeated four other candidates in a landslide to win his only term in office. He retired from federal politics in 1972. Downey served on the Standing Committee on Finance, Trade and Economic Affairs and the Standing Committee on Privileges and Elections during his time in Parliament. After leaving Parliament he became a member of the Alberta Surface Rights Board, and a Farmers Advocate of Alberta member and had been lobbying for surface rights for 20 years before retiring in 2006.[2] He was a native of Castor, Alberta, and has seven children, and two stepdaughters, including former MLA Brian C. Downey. He resided in Edmonton with his wife, Frances.[3] Downey died on May 3, 2018 at the age of 89.[4] References1. ^{{cite book|title=Communiqu ̌|author=Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|date=1968|issue=v. 1-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sLQbAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=2015-08-20}} 2. ^{{cite web| url = http://www.dobmagazine.nickles.com/article.asp?article=\\magazine\\060915\\mag2006_sf0004.html | title = Neighbours At Last - Energy And Agriculture Learn To Cooperate | author = Mike Byfield | date =September 15, 2006| publisher = DOB Magazine | accessdate=2007-09-05}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://ecareview.com/downey-brian-clifford/|title=Downey, Brian Clifford|author=ECA Review|publisher=ecareview.com|accessdate=2015-08-20}} 4. ^https://www.trinityfuneralhome.ca/clifford-william-downey/ External links
4 : Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Alberta|Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs|1928 births|2018 deaths |
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