Anthony Abbott

The Honourable Anthony Chisholm Abbott
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Mississauga
In office 1974–1979
Preceded by	Don Blenkarn
Succeeded by	District was abolished in 1976
Personal details
Born	November 26, 1930 Montreal, Quebec
Political party	Liberal
Relations	Douglas Charles Abbott (father)
Occupation	Politician (former)
Religion	Anglican

Anthony Chisholm "Tony" Abbott, PC (born November 26, 1930) is a former Canadian politician.

Born in Montreal, the son of Douglas Charles Abbott, Abbott was a lawyer by profession before being elected to the Canadian House of Commons as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Mississauga, Ontario in the 1974 federal election.

In 1976, he was appointed to the Cabinet of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau as Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs. In 1977, he became Minister of State for Small Businesses. From 1978 until the defeat of the Trudeau government in the 1979 election, he was Minister of National Revenue.

Abbott lost his seat in the 1979 election. He attempted to return to the House of Commons as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the 1988 federal election running in Eglinton—Lawrence, but was unsuccessful.

After his defeat, Abbott returned to the private sector serving as president of the Retail Council of Canada. From 1980 until 1988, he was based in London (UK) as the business advisor and legal counsel at the branch office of a major Canadian law firm.

Electoral record

Canadian federal election, 1974: Mississauga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Tony Abbott	38,517	44.16
	Progressive Conservative	Don Blenkarn	34,080	39.08
	New Democratic	David Busby	14,276	16.37
	Independent	Richard C. Darwin	227	0.26
	Marxist–Leninist	David Starbuck	113	0.13
Total valid votes			87,213	100.00
Total rejected ballots			279
Turnout			87,492	73.58
Electors on the lists			118,909

References

• Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament