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{{short description|Canadian politician}}

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| name = Cliff Pilkey
| name = Cliff Pilkey
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| birth_date = 1922
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1922|7|27}}
| birth_place =
| birth_place =[[Oshawa]], [[Ontario]]
| death_date = 17 November 2012
| death_date ={{death date and age|df=y|2012|11|17|1922|7|27}}
| residence = [[Oshawa]], [[Ontario]]
| death_place=[[Ajax, Ontario]]
| residence = Oshawa, Ontario
| office = [[Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)|MPP]] for [[Oshawa (provincial electoral district)|Oshawa]]
| office = [[Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)|MPP]] for [[Oshawa (provincial electoral district)|Oshawa]]
| term_start = 1967
| term_start = 1967
| term_end = 1971
| term_end = 1971
| predecessor = Albert Walker
| predecessor = [[Albert Walker (Ontario politician)|Albert Walker]]
| successor = [[Charles McIlveen (Ontario politician)|Charles McIlveen]]
| successor = [[Charles McIlveen (Ontario politician)|Charles McIlveen]]
| party = [[Ontario New Democratic Party|New Democrat]]
| party = [[Ontario New Democratic Party|New Democrat]]
| religion =
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'''Clifford George (Cliff) Pilkey''' (1922 – 17 November 2012) was a Canadian politician and trade union leader.<ref name=GlobeandMail>Shanahan, Noreen. [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/cliff-pilkey-champion-of-canadas-progressive-labour-legislation-dies-at-90/article6216102/ Cliff Pilkey, champion of Canada’s progressive labour legislation, dies at 90]. ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', 11 December 2012.</ref>
'''Clifford George (Cliff) Pilkey''' (27 July 1922 – 17 November 2012) was a Canadian politician and trade union leader.<ref name=GlobeandMail>Shanahan, Noreen. [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/cliff-pilkey-champion-of-canadas-progressive-labour-legislation-dies-at-90/article6216102/ Cliff Pilkey, champion of Canada’s progressive labour legislation, dies at 90]. ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', 11 December 2012.</ref><ref name="dignitymemorial">{{cite web|url=http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Clifford-Pilkey&lc=3774&pid=161151722&mid=5311921|title=Clifford Pilkey Obituary - Oshawa Funeral Home &#124; Oshawa ON|publisher=obits.dignitymemorial.com|accessdate=2014-12-02}}</ref><ref name="google">{{cite book|title=Guide parlementaire canadien|author1=Normandin, P.G.|author2=Normandin, A.L.|date=1971|publisher=P.G. Normandin|issn=0315-6168|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MvzvAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=2014-12-02}}</ref>


Pilkey was an autoworker and [[United Auto Workers]] leader in [[Oshawa]]'s Local 222 before being elected as an Alderman on [[Oshawa]] City Council. First elected in 1963, he served as an Alderman until the end of 1966.
Pilkey was an autoworker and [[United Auto Workers]] leader in [[Oshawa]]'s Local 222 before being elected as an Alderman on [[Oshawa]] City Council. First elected in 1963, he served as an Alderman until the end of 1966.


Pilkey was then elected to the [[Ontario legislature]] as the [[Ontario New Democratic Party|NDP]] MPP for [[Oshawa (provincial electoral district)|Oshawa]] in the [[Ontario general election, 1967|1967 provincial election]] defeating a former fellow Alderman, [[Albert Walker (Ontario politician)|Albert Walker]]. He served one term before being defeated in the [[Ontario general election, 1971|1971 provincial election]].<ref name=GlobeandMail />
Pilkey was then elected to the [[Ontario legislature]] as the [[Ontario New Democratic Party|NDP]] MPP for [[Oshawa (provincial electoral district)|Oshawa]] in the [[1967 Ontario general election|1967 provincial election]] defeating a former fellow Alderman, [[Albert Walker (Ontario politician)|Albert Walker]]. He served one term before being defeated in the [[1971 Ontario general election|1971 provincial election]].<ref name=GlobeandMail />


In 1976, he was elected president of the [[Ontario Federation of Labour]]. He retired from the OFL in 1986.<ref name=GlobeandMail />
In 1976, he was elected president of the [[Ontario Federation of Labour]]. He retired from the OFL in 1986.<ref name=GlobeandMail />
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His son, [[Allan Pilkey]], was NDP MPP for Oshawa from 1990 to 1995.
His son, [[Allan Pilkey]], was NDP MPP for Oshawa from 1990 to 1995.


Cliff Pilkey died in hospital in [[Ajax, Ontario]] on 17 November 2012, age 90, after a long illness.<ref name=GlobeandMail />
Cliff Pilkey died in hospital in [[Ajax, Ontario]] on 17 November 2012, aged 90, after a long illness.<ref name=GlobeandMail />


==References==
==References==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{OntarioMPPbio|ID=1709}}
* {{OntarioMPPbio|id=clifford-george-pilkey}}


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[[Category:Members of the Order of Ontario]]
[[Category:Members of the Order of Ontario]]
[[Category:Ontario New Democratic Party MPPs]]
[[Category:Ontario New Democratic Party MPPs]]
[[Category:Canadian trade unionists]]
[[Category:Trade unionists from Ontario]]
[[Category:Oshawa city councillors]]
[[Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario]]




Latest revision as of 22:24, 24 September 2024

Cliff Pilkey
MPP for Oshawa
In office
1967–1971
Preceded byAlbert Walker
Succeeded byCharles McIlveen
Personal details
Born(1922-07-27)27 July 1922
Oshawa, Ontario
Died17 November 2012(2012-11-17) (aged 90)
Ajax, Ontario
Political partyNew Democrat
Residence(s)Oshawa, Ontario

Clifford George (Cliff) Pilkey (27 July 1922 – 17 November 2012) was a Canadian politician and trade union leader.[1][2][3]

Pilkey was an autoworker and United Auto Workers leader in Oshawa's Local 222 before being elected as an Alderman on Oshawa City Council. First elected in 1963, he served as an Alderman until the end of 1966.

Pilkey was then elected to the Ontario legislature as the NDP MPP for Oshawa in the 1967 provincial election defeating a former fellow Alderman, Albert Walker. He served one term before being defeated in the 1971 provincial election.[1]

In 1976, he was elected president of the Ontario Federation of Labour. He retired from the OFL in 1986.[1]

Pilkey was given a Centennial Medal of Canada in 1967,[1] was invested with the Order of Ontario on 11 April 1990 and received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal on 18 June 2012.

His son, Allan Pilkey, was NDP MPP for Oshawa from 1990 to 1995.

Cliff Pilkey died in hospital in Ajax, Ontario on 17 November 2012, aged 90, after a long illness.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Shanahan, Noreen. Cliff Pilkey, champion of Canada’s progressive labour legislation, dies at 90. The Globe and Mail, 11 December 2012.
  2. ^ "Clifford Pilkey Obituary - Oshawa Funeral Home | Oshawa ON". obits.dignitymemorial.com. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  3. ^ Normandin, P.G.; Normandin, A.L. (1971). Guide parlementaire canadien. P.G. Normandin. ISSN 0315-6168. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
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