Speakman first ran for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons in the 1957 Canadian federal election. In that election he ran as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the Wetaskiwin electoral district. He was defeated by incumbent Member of Parliament Ray Thomas. Parliament would be dissolved a year later forcing the 1958 Canadian federal election, Speakman would run against Thomas for the second time. He would defeat him in a landslide to capture the district.
Speakman first ran for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons in the 1957 Canadian federal election.
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Speakman
Speakman
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first
first
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root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
run
ran
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case
for
for
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IN
det
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a
a
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seat
seat
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in
in
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IN
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the
the
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amod
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Canadian
Canadian
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NNP
nmod
Number=Sing
House
House
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case
of
of
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nmod
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Commons
Commons
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case
in
in
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IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
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DT
compound
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
1957
1957
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CD
amod
Degree=Pos
Canadian
Canadian
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Degree=Pos
federal
federal
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Number=Sing
election
election
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In that election he ran as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the Wetaskiwin electoral district.
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in
In
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Number=Sing|PronType=Dem
that
that
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election
election
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Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
he
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run
ran
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case
as
as
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a
a
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amod
Degree=Pos
Progressive
Progressive
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amod
Degree=Pos
Conservative
Conservative
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candidate
candidate
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case
in
in
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Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
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compound
Number=Sing
Wetaskiwin
Wetaskiwin
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amod
Degree=Pos
electoral
electoral
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nmod
Number=Sing
district
district
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punct
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He was defeated by incumbent Member of Parliament Ray Thomas.
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he
He
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be
was
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defeat
defeated
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VBN
case
by
by
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IN
amod
Degree=Pos
incumbent
incumbent
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JJ
obl:agent
Number=Sing
Member
Member
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case
of
of
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IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Parliament
Parliament
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appos
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Ray
Ray
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Thomas
Thomas
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Parliament would be dissolved a year later forcing the 1958 Canadian federal election, Speakman would run against Thomas for the second time.
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parliament
Parliament
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would
would
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be
be
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dissolve
dissolved
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a
a
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year
year
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late
later
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force
forcing
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Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
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compound
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1958
1958
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CD
amod
Degree=Pos
Canadian
Canadian
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JJ
amod
Degree=Pos
federal
federal
ADJ
JJ
obj
Number=Sing
election
election
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NN
punct
,
,
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,
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Speakman
Speakman
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NNP
aux
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would
would
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MD
parataxis
VerbForm=Inf
run
run
VERB
VB
case
against
against
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IN
obl
Number=Sing
Thomas
Thomas
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NNP
case
for
for
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
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Degree=Pos|NumType=Ord
second
second
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time
time
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He would defeat him in a landslide to capture the district.
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Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
He
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PRP
aux
VerbForm=Fin
would
would
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MD
root
VerbForm=Inf
defeat
defeat
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VB
obj
Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
him
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PRP
case
in
in
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
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obl
Number=Sing
landslide
landslide
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NN
mark
to
to
PART
TO
advcl
VerbForm=Inf
capture
capture
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VB
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
district
district
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NN
punct
.
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