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On the night of Feb. 26, 1985, the day before he was transferred from Labour ministry to
Industry and Small Business, McClelland phoned and paid $ 130 as a customer to Top Hat Productions, a Victoria-based escort service that was under surveillance by police. On Nov. 27, 1987, McClelland was called
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In 1973, McClelland ran unsuccessfully for the leadership of the Social Credit party. He later served in the provincial cabinet for
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McClelland earned the nickname "Broadway Bob" from his opponents after a controversy arose in 1982 about a taxpayer-paid visit in 1980 to
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