October 21 Toronto Peter Maloney ran […]
When
1971-10-21
Description
October 21 Toronto Peter Maloney ran as the Liberal candidate in the St. George riding against Ontario Attorney-General Allan Lawrence in the provincial election, held October 21. During the campaign, a group called the Ontario Campaign for Sexual Equality distributed a pamphlet urging lesbians and gays to vote for candidates who advocated sexual equality legislation. Maloney, an advocate of gay rights (but not yet a declared homosexual), waged a vigorous campaign but lost to Lawrence by a wide margin.
All Events
September 16 Toronto During question […]All Places
TorontoAll People
Allan LawrenceP.M. (Peter Maloney)All Organizations
Ontario Campaign for Sexual EqualityLiberal Party of CanadaAll Citations
Don Walters, "Gay-Backed Candidates Defeated in Toronto," Advocate (Los Angeles), no, 72 (1971), p, 6,"Toronto Homosexuals Out to Beat Lawrence," Toronto Daily Star, four star ed,, 12 October 1971, p. 10;"PCs Anathema to Sex Group," Globe and Mail, metro ed,, 12 October 1971, p, 4;" Ontario Campaign for Sexual Equality " vertical file, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Toronto;Zachs Marshall, "The Liberal Candidate Robert Nixon Didn't Want," Toronto Citizen, 11 March 1971, p. 5;Harry Marsh, "Citizen Profile," Toronto Citizen, 2 September 1971, p. 3;
