When
Harry Harley, Halton's incumbent MP, decided not to stand for reelection in the
1968 general election, Whiting (who was already on the riding party executive) He became MP in the subsequent election. He was defeated by
Terry O'Connor of the
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in the
1972 general election. In 1985, Whiting attempted to reenter politics at the local level by campaigning for a Regional Councillor seat for Ward 4 in
Halton Hills, but was defeated by the incumbent Marilyn Sarjeantson. Whiting was later a marketing manager for a
land developer, and subsequently became a
real estate agent.
Electoral record ==References==