William (Bill) Tupper (born 7 October 1933) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a businessman, geologist and professor of geology by career. He was the mayor of Rideau Township from 1974 to 1978.

He was elected at Nepean—Carleton electoral district in the 1984 federal election, thus he served in the 33rd Canadian Parliament. In the 1988 federal election, he ran in the Nepean riding but was defeated by Beryl Gaffney of the Liberal party.

Electoral record

1988 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalBeryl Gaffney26,632
Progressive ConservativeWilliam Tupper23,399
New DemocraticBea Murray6,119
Commonwealth of CanadaDebbie Brennan292
1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeWilliam Tupper41,66355.9+2.4
LiberalGord Hunter20,85228.0-5.1
New DemocraticBea Murray11,03514.8+2.6
GreenGregory Vezina7371.0
IndependentRay Turmel2040.3
Total valid votes 74,491 100.0


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