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{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Infobox Politician
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
| image = Bruce Crozier.png
{{Infobox officeholder
| imagesize = 180px
| image = Bruce Crozier.png
| office1 = [[Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)|MPP]] for [[Essex (provincial electoral district)|Essex]]
| term_start1 = 1999
| imagesize = 180px
| office1 = [[Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)|Ontario MPP]]
| term_end1 = 2011
| term_start1 = 1999
| predecessor1 = Riding created
| term_end1 = 2011
| successor1 = [[Taras Natyshak]]
| predecessor1 = Riding established
| office2 = [[Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)|MPP]] for [[Essex South]]
| successor1 = [[Taras Natyshak]]
| term_start2 = 1993
| constituency1 = [[Essex (provincial electoral district)|Essex]]
| term_end2 = 1999
| term_start2 = 1993
| predecessor2 = [[Remo Mancini]]
| successor2 = riding dissolved
| term_end2 = 1999
| party = [[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
| predecessor2 = [[Remo Mancini]]
| successor2 = Riding abolished
| birth_date = {{birth date|1938|06|26}}
| constituency2 = [[Essex South (provincial electoral district)|Essex South]]
| birth_place = [[Leamington, Ontario]]
| party = [[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2011|06|03|1938|06|26}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1938|06|26}}
| occupation = Certified General Accountant
| birth_place = [[Leamington, Ontario]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2011|06|03|1938|06|26}}
| death_place = [[Windsor, Ontario]], Canada
| occupation = Certified General Accountant
}}
}}
'''Bruce Crozier''' (June 26, 1938 – June 3, 2011) was a [[politician]] in [[Ontario]], Canada. He was a member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Ontario]], representing the ridings of [[Essex South (provincial electoral district)|Essex South]] and [[Essex (provincial electoral district)|Essex]] for the [[Ontario Liberal Party]].

'''Bruce Crozier''' (June 26, 1938 – June 3, 2011) was a [[politician]] in [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]. He was a member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Ontario]], representing the riding of [[Essex (electoral district)|Essex]] for the [[Ontario Liberal Party]].


==Background==
==Background==
Crozier was a [[Certified General Accountant]] and member of the [[Certified General Accountants of Ontario]]. He worked for the H.J. Heinz Company for eleven years and was the Vice-President of Finance and Secretary-Treasurer for Bennie Lumber and Building Materials Ltd. He was also the National Director of the [[Kinsmen Club]] from 1975 to 1976, and was a life member of the Leamington Kinsman Club.
Crozier was a [[Certified General Accountant]] and member of the [[Certified General Accountants of Ontario]]. He worked for the H.J. Heinz Company for eleven years and was the Vice-President of Finance and Secretary-Treasurer for Bennie Lumber and Building Materials Ltd. He was also the National Director of the [[Kinsmen Club]] from 1975 to 1976, and was a life member of the Leamington Kinsman Club.


==Politics==
==Politics==
He was elected to the [[Leamington, Ontario|Leamington]] city council in 1985, and later served as the town's [[Mayor]] from 1988 to 1993. He was first elected to the Ontario legislature in a [[by-election]] in on December 2, 1993 in the riding of [[Essex South (electoral district)|Essex South]], held after longtime Liberal [[Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)|Member of Provincial Parliament]] (MPP) [[Remo Mancini]] announced his resignation from the legislature. He won this election very easily, defeating his nearest opponent ([[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Progressive Conservative]] candidate Joan Flood) by almost 10,000 votes, amid fewer than 20,000 cast.
He was elected to the [[Leamington, Ontario|Leamington]] city council in 1985, and later served as the town's [[Mayor]] from 1988 to 1993. He was first elected to the Ontario legislature in a [[by-election]] in on December 2, 1993 in the riding of [[Essex South (provincial electoral district)|Essex South]], held after longtime Liberal [[Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)|Member of Provincial Parliament]] (MPP) [[Remo Mancini]] announced his resignation from the legislature. He won this election very easily, defeating his nearest opponent ([[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Progressive Conservative]] candidate Joan Flood) by almost 10,000 votes, amid fewer than 20,000 cast.<ref>{{cite news |title=Liberal win expected in by-election |last=Mittelstaedt |first=Martin |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=December 2, 1993 |page=A8}}</ref>


Crozier was re-elected in the [[Ontario general election, 1995|1995 provincial election]], defeating his nearest opponent by almost 9000 votes on this occasion. The Progressive Conservatives won the election, and Crozier joined 29 other Liberals in the official opposition. He supported [[Dwight Duncan]] for the party leadership in 1996, and gave his support to [[Dalton McGuinty]] after Duncan was eliminated.
Crozier was re-elected in the [[1995 Ontario general election|1995 provincial election]], defeating his nearest opponent by almost 9,000 votes.<ref name="1995 results">{{cite web |url=http://results.elections.on.ca/results/1995_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=36&rec=0&district=essex+south&flag=E&layout=G |title=Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=June 8, 1995 |accessdate=2014-03-02 }}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The Progressive Conservatives won the election, and Crozier joined 29 other Liberals in the official opposition. He supported [[Dwight Duncan]] for the party leadership in 1996, and gave his support to [[Dalton McGuinty]] after Duncan was eliminated.


Crozier was re-elected in the [[Ontario general election, 1999|1999 election]] by over 10,000 votes in the redistributed riding of Essex, though again the Progressive Conservatives formed government at the provincial level.
Crozier was re-elected in the [[1999 Ontario general election|1999 election]] by over 10,000 votes in the redistributed riding of Essex, though again the Progressive Conservatives formed government at the provincial level.<ref name="1999 results">{{cite web |url=http://results.elections.on.ca/results/1999_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=37&rec=0&district=essex&flag=E&layout=G |title=Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=June 3, 1999 |accessdate=2014-03-02 }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>


His margin of victory was reduced in the [[Ontario general election, 2003|2003 provincial election]], which the Liberals won in a landslide. He faced a strong challenge from [[Ontario New Democratic Party|New Democrat]] [[Patrick Michael Hayes|Pat Hayes]], who supplanted the Tories for a second-place finish. He was not appointed to [[Cabinet (government)|Cabinet]], but was named as the Legislature's Deputy [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]] on December 8, 2003. Many believed that Crozier was to be chosen as speaker when the assembly reconvened in 2005, replacing [[Alvin Curling]]. Instead, Liberal [[Algoma-Manitoulin]] MPP [[Michael A. Brown]] was selected for that position.
His margin of victory was reduced in the [[2003 Ontario general election|2003 provincial election]], which the Liberals won in a landslide. He faced a strong challenge from [[Ontario New Democratic Party|New Democrat]] [[Patrick Michael Hayes|Pat Hayes]], who supplanted the Tories for a second-place finish.<ref name="2003 results">{{cite web |url=http://results.elections.on.ca/results/2003_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=38&rec=0&district=essex&flag=E&layout=G |title=Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=October 2, 2003 |accessdate=2014-03-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517152442/http://results.elections.on.ca/results/2003_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=38&rec=0&district=essex&flag=E&layout=G |archivedate=May 17, 2014 }}</ref> He was not appointed to [[Cabinet (government)|Cabinet]], but was named as the Legislature's Deputy [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]] on December 8, 2003.<ref>{{cite news |title=MPP Arnott will oversee legislature on occasion |last=Ferris |first=Alan |newspaper=The Guelph Mercury |date=December 10, 2003 |page=A4}}</ref> In December 2007, Crozier was made chair of the ''Committee of the Whole House'', a senior parliamentary role responsible for maintaining order during house sessions.<ref>{{cite news |title=Crozier deputy speaker, again |newspaper=The Windsor Star |date=December 6, 2007 |page=A5}}</ref>


Crozier announced on November 29, 2010, that he would not be a candidate in the [[Ontario general election, 2011|2011 election]].<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/canada/windsor/story/2010/11/29/wdr-crozier-retires.html "Liberal MPP Bruce Crozier retires"]. [[cbc.ca]], November 29, 2010.</ref>
Crozier announced on November 29, 2010, that he would not be a candidate in the [[2011 Ontario general election|2011 election]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Veteran MPP calls it quits |last=Rennie |first=Gary |newspaper=The Windsor Star |date=November 30, 2010 |page=A3}}</ref>


Premier Dalton McGuinty announced on June 4 that Crozier had died the previous evening of an [[abdominal]] [[aortic aneurysm]].<ref>[http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1002784--retiring-liberal-mpp-bruce-crozier-dead "Retiring Liberal MPP Bruce Crozier dead"]. ''[[Toronto Star]]'', June 3, 2011.</ref>
On June 4, 2011, Premier Dalton McGuinty announced that Crozier had died the previous evening of an [[abdominal aortic aneurysm]] at a hospital in Windsor, Ontario.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1002784 |title=Retiring Liberal MPP Bruce Crozier dead |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=June 3, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.therecord.com/news-story/2579931-bruce-crozier-the-ontario-liberal-mpp-for-essex-dies-in-hospital-at-73/|title = Bruce Crozier, the Ontario Liberal MPP for Essex, dies in hospital at 73|date = 4 June 2011}}</ref>


==Election results==
==Election results==


{{Election box begin | title=[[Ontario general election, 2007]]}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2007 Ontario general election]]}}
{{CANelec|ON|Liberal|Bruce Crozier|19,969|48.02| }}
|-
{{CANelec|ON|Progressive Conservatives|Richard Kniaziew|10,400|25.01| }}
{{Ontario elections/Liberals}}
{{CANelec|ON|NDP|John Grima|8,638|20.77| }}
|Bruce Crozier
{{CANelec |ON |Green |Jessica Fracassi |2,220 |5.34 | }}
|align="right"|19,969
{{CANelec|ON|Libertarian|Aaron Parent|358|0.86}}
|align="right"|48.02
{{end}}
|align="right"|
|-
{{Ontario elections/Progressive Conservatives}}
|Richard Kniaziew
|align="right"|10,400
|align="right"|25.01
|align="right"|
|-
{{Ontario elections/NDP}}
|John Grima
|align="right"|8,638
|align="right"|20.77
|align="right"|
|-
{{Ontario elections/Green}}
|Jessica Fracassi
|align="right"|2,220
|align="right"|5.34
|align="right"|
|-
{{Ontario elections/Libertarian}}
|Aaron Parent
|align="right"|358
|align="right"|0.86
|aligh="right"|
|}


{{Election box begin | title=[[Ontario general election, 2003]]}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2003 Ontario general election]]}}
{{CANelec|ON|Liberal|Bruce Crozier|20,559|45.28|-11.45}}
|-
{{CANelec|ON|NDP|[[Patrick Michael Hayes|Pat Hayes]]|12,614|27.78|+19.43}}
{{Ontario elections/Liberals}}
{{CANelec|ON|Progressive Conservatives|Patrick O'Neil|11,234|24.74|-9.49}}
|Bruce Crozier
{{CANelec |ON |Green |Darren J. Brown |998 |2.2}}
|align="right"|20,559
{{end}}
|align="right"|45.28
|align="right"|-11.45
|-
{{Ontario elections/NDP}}
|Pat Hayes
|align="right"|12,614
|align="right"|27.78
|align="right"|+19.43
|-
{{Ontario elections/Progressive Conservatives}}
|Patrick O'Neil
|align="right"|11,234
|align="right"|24.74
|align="right"|-9.49
|-
{{Ontario elections/Green}}
|Darren J. Brown
|align="right"|998
|align="right"|2.2
|}


{{Canadian election result/top|ON|1999|percent=yes}}
{{OntElec5|1999}}
{{CANelec|ON|Liberal|Bruce Crozier|25,446|56.73}}
|-
{{CANelec|ON|Progressive Conservatives|Pat O'Neil|15,354|34.23}}
{{Ontario elections/Liberals}}
{{CANelec|ON|NDP|Merv Richards|3745|8.35}}
|Bruce Crozier
{{CANelec|ON|Independent|Enver Villamizar|307|0.68}}
|align="right"|25,446
{{end}}
|align="right"|56.73
|-
{{Ontario elections/Progressive Conservatives}}
|Pat O'Neil
|align="right"|15,354
|align="right"|34.23
|-
{{Ontario elections/NDP}}
|Merv Richards
|align="right"|3745
|align="right"|8.35
|-
{{Ontario elections/Independent}}
|Enver Villamizar
|align="right"|307
|align="right"|0.68
|}


{{Canadian election result/top|ON|1995|percent=yes}}
{{OntElec5|1995}}
{{CANelec|ON|Liberal|Bruce Crozier|14,513| }}
|-
{{CANelec|ON|Progressive Conservatives|Dave Wylupek|5,730| }}
{{Ontario elections/Liberals}}
{{CANelec|ON|NDP|Dave Maris|4,348| }}
|Bruce Crozier
{{CANelec|ON|FCP|Enver Villamizar|1,550| }}
|align="right"|14,513
{{CANelec|ON|Independent|David Mitchell|498| }}
|align="right"|
{{end}}
|-

{{Ontario elections/Progressive Conservatives}}
{{1993 Ontario provincial by-elections/Essex South}}
|Dave Wylupek
|align="right"|5,730
|align="right"|
|-
{{Ontario elections/NDP}}
|Dave Maris
|align="right"|4,348
|align="right"|
|-
{{Ontario elections/FCP}}
|Enver Villamizar
|align="right"|1,550
|align="right"|
|-
{{Ontario elections/Independent}}
|David Mitchell
|align="right"|498
|align="right"|
|}
<br>
{{OntElec3|December 2, 1993|Essex South}}
|-
{{Ontario elections/Liberals}}
|Bruce Crozier
|align="right"|12,736
|align="right"|
|-
{{Ontario elections/Progressive Conservatives}}
|Joan Flood
|align="right"|3,295
|align="right"|
|-
{{Ontario elections/NDP}}
|David Maris
|align="right"|1,100
|align="right"|
|-
{{Ontario elections/FCP}}
|Joyce Ann Cherryr
|align="right"|1,060
|align="right"|
|-
{{Ontario elections/Green}}
|Michael Green
|align="right"|132
|align="right"|
|-
{{Ontario elections/Independent}}
|[[John Turmel]]
|align="right"|84
|align="right"|
|}


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{OntarioMPPbio|ID=25}}
*{{OntarioMPPbio|id=bruce-crozier}}


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Latest revision as of 04:38, 24 September 2024

Bruce Crozier
Ontario MPP
In office
1999–2011
Preceded byRiding established
Succeeded byTaras Natyshak
ConstituencyEssex
In office
1993–1999
Preceded byRemo Mancini
Succeeded byRiding abolished
ConstituencyEssex South
Personal details
Born(1938-06-26)June 26, 1938
Leamington, Ontario
DiedJune 3, 2011(2011-06-03) (aged 72)
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Political partyLiberal
OccupationCertified General Accountant

Bruce Crozier (June 26, 1938 – June 3, 2011) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the ridings of Essex South and Essex for the Ontario Liberal Party.

Background

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Crozier was a Certified General Accountant and member of the Certified General Accountants of Ontario. He worked for the H.J. Heinz Company for eleven years and was the Vice-President of Finance and Secretary-Treasurer for Bennie Lumber and Building Materials Ltd. He was also the National Director of the Kinsmen Club from 1975 to 1976, and was a life member of the Leamington Kinsman Club.

Politics

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He was elected to the Leamington city council in 1985, and later served as the town's Mayor from 1988 to 1993. He was first elected to the Ontario legislature in a by-election in on December 2, 1993 in the riding of Essex South, held after longtime Liberal Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) Remo Mancini announced his resignation from the legislature. He won this election very easily, defeating his nearest opponent (Progressive Conservative candidate Joan Flood) by almost 10,000 votes, amid fewer than 20,000 cast.[1]

Crozier was re-elected in the 1995 provincial election, defeating his nearest opponent by almost 9,000 votes.[2] The Progressive Conservatives won the election, and Crozier joined 29 other Liberals in the official opposition. He supported Dwight Duncan for the party leadership in 1996, and gave his support to Dalton McGuinty after Duncan was eliminated.

Crozier was re-elected in the 1999 election by over 10,000 votes in the redistributed riding of Essex, though again the Progressive Conservatives formed government at the provincial level.[3]

His margin of victory was reduced in the 2003 provincial election, which the Liberals won in a landslide. He faced a strong challenge from New Democrat Pat Hayes, who supplanted the Tories for a second-place finish.[4] He was not appointed to Cabinet, but was named as the Legislature's Deputy Speaker on December 8, 2003.[5] In December 2007, Crozier was made chair of the Committee of the Whole House, a senior parliamentary role responsible for maintaining order during house sessions.[6]

Crozier announced on November 29, 2010, that he would not be a candidate in the 2011 election.[7]

On June 4, 2011, Premier Dalton McGuinty announced that Crozier had died the previous evening of an abdominal aortic aneurysm at a hospital in Windsor, Ontario.[8][9]

Election results

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2007 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bruce Crozier 19,969 48.02
Progressive Conservative Richard Kniaziew 10,400 25.01
New Democratic John Grima 8,638 20.77
Green Jessica Fracassi 2,220 5.34
Libertarian Aaron Parent 358 0.86
2003 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bruce Crozier 20,559 45.28 -11.45
New Democratic Pat Hayes 12,614 27.78 +19.43
Progressive Conservative Patrick O'Neil 11,234 24.74 -9.49
Green Darren J. Brown 998 2.2
1999 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Bruce Crozier 25,446 56.73
Progressive Conservative Pat O'Neil 15,354 34.23
New Democratic Merv Richards 3745 8.35
Independent Enver Villamizar 307 0.68
1995 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Bruce Crozier 14,513
Progressive Conservative Dave Wylupek 5,730
New Democratic Dave Maris 4,348
Family Coalition Enver Villamizar 1,550
Independent David Mitchell 498


Ontario provincial by-election, December 2, 1993: Essex South
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Bruce Crozier 12,736
Progressive Conservative Joan Flood 3,295
New Democratic David Maris 1,100
Family Coalition Joyce Ann Cherryr 1,060
Green Michael Green 132
Independent John Turmel 84

References

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  1. ^ Mittelstaedt, Martin (December 2, 1993). "Liberal win expected in by-election". The Globe and Mail. p. A8.
  2. ^ "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. June 8, 1995. Retrieved 2014-03-02.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. June 3, 1999. Retrieved 2014-03-02.[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. October 2, 2003. Archived from the original on May 17, 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
  5. ^ Ferris, Alan (December 10, 2003). "MPP Arnott will oversee legislature on occasion". The Guelph Mercury. p. A4.
  6. ^ "Crozier deputy speaker, again". The Windsor Star. December 6, 2007. p. A5.
  7. ^ Rennie, Gary (November 30, 2010). "Veteran MPP calls it quits". The Windsor Star. p. A3.
  8. ^ "Retiring Liberal MPP Bruce Crozier dead". Toronto Star. June 3, 2011.
  9. ^ "Bruce Crozier, the Ontario Liberal MPP for Essex, dies in hospital at 73". 4 June 2011.
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