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| ⚫ | '''Edward Doyle''' (born November 30, 1935 |
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* [http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=327 "Ed Doyle, MPP"], Legislative Assembly of Ontario.</ref> |
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| office = [[Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)|Ontario MPP]] |
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| term_start = 1995 |
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| term_end = 1999 |
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| predecessor = [[Mark Morrow]] |
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| successor = ''Riding abolished'' |
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| constituency = [[Wentworth East]] |
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| party = [[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Progressive Conservative]] |
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1935|11|30}} |
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| birth_place = [[Franquelin, Quebec|Franquelin]], [[Quebec]] |
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| occupation = Journalist |
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==Background== |
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Doyle was elected to the Ontario legislature in the [[Ontario general election, 1995|1995 provincial election]], defeating [[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]] [[Shirley Collins (Ontario politician)|Shirley Collins]] by about 3,500 votes in the Hamilton-area riding of [[Wentworth East]] (incumbent [[New Democratic Party of Ontario|New Democrat]] [[Mark Morrow]] was third). He served for the next four years as a backbench supporter of [[Mike Harris]]'s government. He did not play a major role in parliament, though he stood in as [[Speaker (politics)|speaker]] of the assembly from September 26 to October 2, 1996, after the resignation of [[Al McLean]]. |
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==Politics== |
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Doyle was elected to the Ontario legislature in the Hamilton-area riding of [[Wentworth East]] in the [[1995 Ontario general election|1995 provincial election]], defeating [[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]] [[Shirley Collins (Ontario politician)|Shirley Collins]] and incumbent [[New Democratic Party of Ontario|New Democrat]] [[Mark Morrow]] by a plurality of about 3,606 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=wentworth+east&flag=E&layout=G |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209202434/https://results.elections.on.ca/results/1995_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=36&rec=0&district=wentworth+east&flag=E&layout=G |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 9, 2019 |title=Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=June 8, 1995 |accessdate=2014-03-02 }}</ref> He served for the next four years as a backbench supporter of [[Mike Harris]]'s government. He did play a major role in parliament, he stood in as [[Speaker (politics)|speaker]] of the assembly from September 26 to October 2, 1996, after the resignation of [[Al McLean (politician)|Al McLean]].<ref>{{cite news |title=MPPs jockey for Speaker's job: Al McLean steps down until controversy over sexual harassment allegations resolved |last=Poling |first=Jim |newspaper=The Ottawa Citizen |date=September 26, 1996 |page=A3}}</ref> |
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==External links== |
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* {{Ontario MPP biography|id=ed-doyle}} |
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Latest revision as of 02:23, 1 December 2024
Ed Doyle | |
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| Ontario MPP | |
| In office 1995–1999 | |
| Preceded by | Mark Morrow |
| Succeeded by | Riding abolished |
| Constituency | Wentworth East |
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| Born | November 30, 1935 Franquelin, Quebec |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Occupation | Journalist |
Edward Doyle (born November 30, 1935) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 1999.
Background
[edit]Doyle was educated in Montreal, and did not attend university. He worked as a radio and television news journalist in Montreal, Kitchener and Hamilton, and was a member of the Experimental Aircraft Association.
Politics
[edit]Doyle was elected to the Ontario legislature in the Hamilton-area riding of Wentworth East in the 1995 provincial election, defeating Liberal Shirley Collins and incumbent New Democrat Mark Morrow by a plurality of about 3,606 votes.[1] He served for the next four years as a backbench supporter of Mike Harris's government. He did play a major role in parliament, he stood in as speaker of the assembly from September 26 to October 2, 1996, after the resignation of Al McLean.[2]
Doyle did not support amalgamating the city of Hamilton, and co-chaired a series of provincial consultations on the Canada Pension Plan in 1996. He did not seek re-election in 1999.
References
[edit]- ^ "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. June 8, 1995. Archived from the original on December 9, 2019. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
- ^ Poling, Jim (September 26, 1996). "MPPs jockey for Speaker's job: Al McLean steps down until controversy over sexual harassment allegations resolved". The Ottawa Citizen. p. A3.
