Norman Brudy

Norman Brudy (1919–2000) was a salesman, government lobbyist and a Canadian communist politician and perennial candidate.

Brudy ran as a Labor-Progressive Party candidate in the 1953 Canadian federal election.

He was badly defeated finishing last out of five candidates in the Regina City electoral district to incumbent Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Member of Parliament Alfred Claude Ellis.

[2] Brudy moved to Toronto, Ontario and began lobbying the provincial government for rent control laws, which were enacted in 1975.

He was defeated finishing second last out of six candidates losing to incumbent Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament James McPhail Gillies.