Michael Taube: The Political Candidate With No Votes to His Name

People start to line up early for the Canadian general election before polls open in west-end Toronto for the Sept. 20, 2021. The Canadian Press/Graeme Roy

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Who is the first political candidate in Canadian history to record zero votes in a contested federal riding? The answer to this trivia question is Félix-Antoine Hamel, and you don’t have to go back too far in your research to retrieve it.