Felix Holtmann (born December 5, 1944) is a former Canadian politician. He served in the House of Commons of Canada from 1984 to 1993, as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.
Holtmann was born in Rosser, Manitoba, and educated at the University of Manitoba, Warren College and Jessups School of Advanced Dairy Science. He received a diploma in agriculture and worked as a farmer. Before entering political life, he was a member of various hog marketing and advisory boards.
He was first elected to the House of Commons in the 1984 federal election,[1] defeating New Democratic Party incumbent Terry Sargeant by 662 votes in Selkirk—Interlake[2] amid a national landslide victory for the PC Party under Brian Mulroney. He was re-elected[1] by an increased plurality in the 1988 election, for the redistributed riding of Portage—Interlake.[3] During his time as a parliamentarian, Holtmann served as a backbench supporter of the Mulroney and Kim Campbell governments.
He was defeated in the 1993 election,[1] finishing third against Liberal candidate Jon Gerrard.[3] He attempted a comeback in the 1997 election, but lost[1] to Liberal John Harvard in Charleswood—Assiniboine.[4] He also sought the nomination of the Canadian Alliance party in the new riding of Portage—Lisgar for the 2000 election but lost to Brian Pallister who went on to win the seat in the general election.
Holtmann was arrested on drunk driving charges in 2002. Although he admitted drinking that night, he denied being impaired. He was acquitted by the courts on April 26, 2007, with the judge saying that although there was some evidence of impairment, there was still room for reasonable doubt.[5] On the evening of June 4, 2015, Holtmann was arrested for drunk driving. He went to court on September 3, 2015. The judge in the case Lynne Stannard told Holtmann, "I don’t see a lot of 70-year-old people in court because they have figured it out, at your age, you should know better and shame on you for not." Stannard fined Holtmann $1,600 and prohibited him from driving for one year.[6]
Election results
edit| 1984 Canadian federal election: Selkirk—Interlake | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Felix Holtmann | 13,750 | 40.7 | +4.7 | ||||
| New Democratic | Terry Sargeant | 13,088 | 38.7 | -7.0 | ||||
| Liberal | Ed Anderson | 3,510 | 10.4 | -7.7 | ||||
| Confederation of Regions | Doug Stefanson | 3,301 | 9.8 | |||||
| Libertarian | Bob Quenett | 163 | 0.5 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 33,812 | |||||||
| History of Federal Ridings since 1867: SELKIRK--INTERLAKE, Manitoba (1976 - 1987), Library of Parliament, Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 26 January 2010. | ||||||||
| 1988 Canadian federal election: Portage—Interlake | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Felix Holtmann | 13,307 | ||||||
| Liberal | R. Harvey Harland | 10,381 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Gerry Follows | 6,372 | ||||||
| Reform | Alan Beachell | 4,054 | ||||||
| Libertarian | Dennis Rice | 229 | ||||||
| History of Federal Ridings since 1867: PORTAGE--INTERLAKE, Manitoba (1987 - 1996), Library of Parliament, Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 26 January 2010. | ||||||||
| 1993 Canadian federal election: Portage—Interlake | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| Liberal | Jon Gerrard | 14,506 | 40.68 | $48,438 | ||||
| Reform | Don Sawatsky | 9,801 | 27.48 | $40,040 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Felix Holtmann | 7,036 | 19.73 | $67,866 | ||||
| New Democratic | Connie Gretsinger | 3,029 | 8.49 | $6,976 | ||||
| National | Mel Christian | 935 | 2.62 | $2,756 | ||||
| Natural Law | Gary Schwartz | 179 | 0.50 | $0 | ||||
| Libertarian | Dennis Rice | 92 | 0.26 | $275 | ||||
| Canada Party | Hans C. Kjear | 83 | 0.23 | $0 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 35,661 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 119 | |||||||
| Turnout | 35,780 | 69.10 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 51,779 | |||||||
| Source: Thirty-fifth General Election, 1993: Official Voting Results, Published by the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. Financial figures taken from official contributions and expenses provided by Elections Canada. | ||||||||
| 1997 Canadian federal election: Charleswood—Assiniboine | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| Liberal | John Harvard | 15,925 | 43.0 | $37,585 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Felix Holtmann | 8,664 | 23.4 | $51,089 | ||||
| Reform | Cyril McFate | 8,398 | 22.7 | $21,501 | ||||
| New Democratic | Rupert Forde | 3,923 | 10.6 | $1,850 | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Mary Stanley | 154 | 0.4 | $11 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 37,064 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 262 | 0.4 | ||||||
| Turnout | 37,326 | 67.6 | ||||||
| History of Federal Ridings since 1867: CHARLESWOOD--ASSINIBOINE, Manitoba (1996 - 1998), Library of Parliament, Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 26 January 2010. | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b c d HOLTMANN, Felix, Dip. Agric., Library of Parliament, Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
- ^ History of Federal Ridings since 1867: SELKIRK--INTERLAKE, Manitoba (1976 - 1987), Library of Parliament, Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
- ^ a b History of Federal Ridings since 1867: PORTAGE--INTERLAKE, Manitoba (1987 - 1996), Library of Parliament, Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
- ^ History of Federal Ridings since 1867: CHARLESWOOD--ASSINIBOINE, Manitoba (1996 - 1998), Library of Parliament, Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
- ^ Former Conservative MP cleared of drunk driving charges, Winnipeg Free Press, April 27, 2007. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
- ^ "Ex-MP Holtmann busted for drunk driving". Winnipeg Sun. Retrieved October 23, 2015.