Roger Delorme, a 42-year-old radio and television broadcaster who has alleged that the Ann Frank story is a hoax and that “Zionism and racism are identical” was defeated in the by-election held in Terrebonne County, Quebec where he was running as a candidate for the Progressive Conservative Party.
Delorme’s candidacy was protested by the Canadian Jewish Congress and other Jewish agencies as well as by non-Jewish MPs and others belonging to the Progressive Conservative Party. However, party leader Joe Clark refused to repudiate him, producing a letter from Delorme where he committed himself to abide by party policy on Zionist questions and on anti-Semitism. The Liberal Party candidate, Roland Comtois, won handily with a majority of more than 8000. The district, situated in rural Quebec is 90 percent French Canadian in population.
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