sentences:  He ran again in the 1972 election and was initially thought to have been elected, an accomplishment that would have made the Progressive Conservatives under Robert Stanfield the largest party in the House of Commons which may have resulted in a Tory minority government.However, a judicial recount determined that McGee had lost the election by four votes.As an MP, McGee was a strong opponent of capital punishment, and in 1960 he introduced a private members bill to abolish the practice.