My dad was the man who beat C.D. HOWE!  The 6ft. 5 in. CCF candidate Doug Fisher staged the greatest upset in Canadian history in 1957. My dad's own mom had voted for Howe for 20 years and she didn't know what to say to him when she met him on election night. CCF almost got wiped out in that election - but Doug Fisher beat Howe by using bought TV-time as a weapon. If you ever want to know anything about that election - and the others following it, let me know. He was one of six founding MPs of the NDP. Later quit the party and went into media. Big guy there too.