Daniel Hollands was a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 federal politician from 1972 to 1974.

Hollands ran for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...

 in the 1972 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1972

The Canadian federal election of 1972 was held on October 30, 1972 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 29th Parliament of Canada. It resulted in a slim victory for the governing Liberal Party, which won 109 seats, compared to 107 seats for the opposition Progressive...

, winning the district of Pembina

Pembina (Alberta electoral district)

Pembina was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1988.This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Athabaska, Edmonton West, Jasper—Edson and Vegreville ridings....

.

He left the Progressive Conservative caucus on May 9, 1974 and ran for re-election in the 1974 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1974

The Canadian federal election of 1974 was held on July 8, 1974 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 30th Parliament of Canada. The governing Liberal Party won its first majority government since 1968, and gave Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau his third term...

 without party affiliation, but was defeated by Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....

 candidate Peter Elzinga

Peter Elzinga

Peter Elzinga was the executive director of the Progressive Conservative Party in Alberta, Canada, a former Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons and former cabinet minister in Alberta....

. Hollands finished in third place in a field of eight candidates, losing approximately 16,000 votes from the previous election.

Electoral record

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|Daniel Hollands ||align=right|23,864
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|John Borger ||align=right|9,879
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|Thomas Hennessey||align=right|5,710
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|Norman M. Wiwchar ||align=right|1,184
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|Sam Davidson ||align=right|421
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|Peter Elzinga

Peter Elzinga

Peter Elzinga was the executive director of the Progressive Conservative Party in Alberta, Canada, a former Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons and former cabinet minister in Alberta....

 ||align=right| 19,172
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|John Borger ||align=right|12,196
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|Daniel Hollands ||align=right| 7,017
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|Thomas Hennessey||align=right|4,266
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|Bill Pelech ||align=right|973
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|Neil Stenburg||align=right|151
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|Chuck Nelson ||align=right|131
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|Peter Askin ||align=right|123

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