Hans Daigeler

Daigeler was educated at the University of Würzburg in West Germany, the University of Fribourg in Switzerland and Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He received a Doctorate in Theology, and worked as a research and planning officer. Daigeler was a Roman Catholic, and a member of the Knights of Columbus.

He was elected to the Carleton Separate School Board in 1982 and 1985. As a trustee, he took a particular interest in providing services for children with developmental disabilities. He was very active in the planning of the first Canadian Christian Festival, held in 1982 in Ottawa.

He ran for the Ontario legislature in the 1981 provincial election, and finished second against Progressive Conservative Bob Mitchell in the riding of Carleton (future New Democratic Party MP Judy Wasylycia-Leis finished third).{{cite news|author=Canadian Press |title=Election results for Metro Toronto ridings |newspaper=The Windsor Star |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0NtYAAAAIBAJ&pg=6285%2C1391429 |date=1981-03-20 |location=Windsor, Ontario |page=22 |accessdate=2014-03-06}} He ran again in the 1985 provincial election, and finished a much closer second against Mitchell.{{cite news |title=Results of vote in Ontario election |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=May 3, 1985 |page=13}}

Daigeler challenged Mitchell a third time in the 1987 provincial election, and defeated him by 3,636 votes in the redistributed riding of Nepean.{{cite news |title=Results from individual ridings |newspaper=The Windsor Star |date=September 11, 1987 |page=F2}} His victory occurred amid a landslide majority win for the Liberal Party under David Peterson. Daigeler served as a parliamentary assistant from 1989 to 1990, and was known for being on the right-wing of the Liberal Party.

The Liberals were defeated by the Ontario New Democratic Party in the 1990 provincial election, although Daigeler was personally re-elected with an increased majority.{{cite news |title=Ontario election: Riding-by-riding voting results |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=September 7, 1990 |page=A12}} In opposition, he served as his party's critic for Training, Colleges and Universities and Transportation.

The Progressive Conservatives won a majority government in the 1995 provincial election on June 8, 1995, and Daigeler lost to PC candidate John Baird by just under 4,000 votes.{{cite web |url=http://results.elections.on.ca/results/1995_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=36&rec=0&district=nepean&flag=E&layout=G |title=Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=June 8, 1995 |access-date=2014-03-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326055101/http://results.elections.on.ca/results/1995_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=36&rec=0&district=nepean&flag=E&layout=G |archive-date=March 26, 2014 }}

Daigeler died by suicide on November 9, 1995, barely five months after his electoral defeat.{{cite news |title=Tragedy points to perils of electoral failure |last=MacKinnon |first=Jack |newspaper=The Ottawa Citizen |date=November 15, 1995 |page=A16}} The Ontario legislature formally paid tribute to Daigeler on November 14 of the same year.

{{Canadian election result/top|ON|1995|Nepean (federal electoral district)|Nepean|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}

{{CANelec |ON |PC |John Baird |17,510 |49.66 |+19.13|$40,800.37}}

{{CANelec |ON |Liberal |Hans Daigeler |13,575 |38.50|-3.95 |$45,021.83}}

{{CANelec |ON |NDP |John Sullivan |3,274 |9.29 |-13.76|$15,380.57}}

{{CANelec |ON |Green |Frank de Jong |390 |1.11 |-1.78|$0.00}}

{{CANelec |ON |Natural Law |Brian E. Jackson |259 |0.73 |–|$0.00}}

{{CANelec |ON |Freedom |Cathy Frampton |252 |0.71 |–|$2,307.70}}

{{CANelec/total |Total valid votes |35,260 |98.98}}

{{CANelec/total |Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots |363|1.02}}

{{CANelec/total |Turnout |35,623 |64.97}}

{{CANelec/total |Eligible voters |54,832}}

{{CANelec/gain|ON|PC|–}}

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{{CANelec/top|ON|1990|Nepean (provincial electoral district)|Nepean|change=yes|percent=yes}}

{{CANelec|ON|Liberal|Hans Daigeler|13,723|42.45|-6.00}}

{{CANelec|ON|PC|Doug Collins|9,870|30.53|-5.30}}

{{CANelec|ON|NDP|John Raudoy|7,453|23.05|+7.33}}

{{CANelec|ON|Green|Dan Roy|933|2.89|–}}

{{CANelec|ON|Libertarian|Dan Weiler|349|1.08|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|32,328}}

{{CANelec/hold|ON|Liberal|–}}

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{{CANelec/top|ON|1987|Nepean (provincial electoral district)|Nepean|percent=yes}}

{{CANelec|ON|Liberal|Hans Daigeler|13,951|48.45}}

{{CANelec|ON|PC|Bob Mitchell|10,315|35.83}}

{{CANelec|ON|NDP|Larry Jones|4,526|15.72}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|28,792}}

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{{CANelec/top|ON|1985|Carleton (Ontario provincial electoral district)|Carleton|percent=yes|change=yes|prelim=no}}

{{CANelec|ON|PC|Bob Mitchell|17,732|44.34|-10.92}}

{{CANelec|ON|Liberal|Hans Daigeler|15,093|37.74|+11.05}}

{{CANelec|ON|NDP|Bea Murray|7,165|17.91|+1.05}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|39,990}}

{{CANelec/hold|ON|PC|–}}

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{{CANelec/top|ON|1981|Carleton (Ontario provincial electoral district)|Carleton|percent=yes|prelim=no}}

{{CANelec|ON|PC|Bob Mitchell|17,846|55.26}}

{{CANelec|ON|Liberal|Hans Daigeler|8,621|26.69}}

{{CANelec|ON|NDP|Judy Wasylycia-Leis|5,446|16.86}}

{{CANelec|ON|Social Credit|Andrew Dana Dynowski|383|1.19}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|32,296}}

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