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| MPP for Oshawa | |
| In office 1967–1971 | |
| Preceded by | Albert Walker |
| Succeeded by | Charles McIlveen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1922 |
| Died | November 17, 2012 |
| Political party | New Democrat |
| Residence(s) | Oshawa, Ontario |
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Clifford George (Cliff) Pilkey (1922 – November 17, 2012) was a Canadian politician and trade union leader.[1]
Pilkey was an autoworker and United Auto Workers leader in Oshawa's Local 222 before being elected to the Ontario legislature as the Ontario New Democratic Party MPP for Oshawa in the 1967 provincial election. 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 April 11, 1990 and received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal on June 18, 2012.
His son, Allan Pilkey, was NDP MPP for Oshawa from 1990 to 1995.
Cliff Pilkey died in hospital in Ajax, Ontario on November 17, 2012, age 90, after a long illness.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Shanahan, Noreen. Cliff Pilkey, champion of Canada’s progressive labour legislation, dies at 90. The Globe and Mail, December 11, 2012.
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