predecessor parliament death_date birth_place constituency_mp death_place party birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
hugh horner canadian 26 june 1996 macklin , saskatchewan jasper -- edson edmonton , alberta progressive conservative party of canada 17 september 1917 1967 douglas caston
 1968 douglas caston
douglas caston

douglas marmaduke caston -lrb- september 17 , 1917 -- june 26 , 1996 -rrb- was a newspaper publisher and served as a canadian federal politician from 1967 until 1968 .
caston ran for a seat in the canadian house of commons in a by-election on november 6 , 1967 .
he defeated liberal candidate allen sulatycky to win the jasper -- edson riding .
parliament would be dissolved a year later and caston ran for re-election in the new rocky mountain electoral district as jasper -- edson was abolished .
caston would run against sutlatycky for the second time .
an unusual event happened in that election as the progressive conservatives had 2 endorsed candidates running under their party banner for that district .
sulatycky would win and caston was defeated finishing third behind the other progressive conservative candidate hugh gourlay .
