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Bruce Crozier
MPP for Essex
In office
June 3, 1999 – June 3, 2011
Preceded byRiding created
Succeeded byVacant
MPP for Essex South
In office
1993–1999
Preceded byRemo Mancini
Succeeded byriding dissolved
Personal details
BornJune 26, 1938
Leamington, Ontario
DiedJune 3, 2011
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Resting placesmall
Political partyLiberal
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ResidencesLeamington, Ontario
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 riding of Essex for the Ontario Liberal Party.

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 is a Life Member of the Leamington Kinsman Club.

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.

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

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. He was not appointed to Cabinet, but was named as the Legislature's Deputy 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.

Crozier announced on November 29, 2010, that he would not be a candidate in the 2011 election.[1]

Premier Dalton McGuinty announced on June 4 that Crozier had died the previous evening of an abdominal aortic aneurysm.[2]

Election results

Template:Ontario elections/LiberalsTemplate:Ontario elections/Progressive ConservativesTemplate:Ontario elections/NDPTemplate:Ontario elections/GreenTemplate:Ontario elections/Libertarian
Ontario general election, 2007
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Bruce Crozier 19,969 48.02
Richard Kniaziew 10,400 25.01
John Grima 8,638 20.77
Jessica Fracassi 2,220 5.34
Aaron Parent 358 0.86
Template:Ontario elections/LiberalsTemplate:Ontario elections/NDPTemplate:Ontario elections/Progressive ConservativesTemplate:Ontario elections/Green
Ontario general election, 2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Bruce Crozier 20,559 45.28 -11.45
Pat Hayes 12,614 27.78 +19.43
Patrick O'Neil 11,234 24.74 -9.49
Darren J. Brown 998 2.2

Template:OntElec5 |- Template:Ontario elections/Liberals |Bruce Crozier |align="right"|25,446 |align="right"|56.73 |- Template:Ontario elections/Progressive Conservatives |Pat O'Neil |align="right"|15,354 |align="right"|34.23 |- Template:Ontario elections/NDP |Merv Richards |align="right"|3745 |align="right"|8.35 |- Template:Ontario elections/Independent |Enver Villamizar |align="right"|307 |align="right"|0.68 |}

Template:OntElec5 |- Template:Ontario elections/Liberals |Bruce Crozier |align="right"|14,513 |align="right"| |- Template:Ontario elections/Progressive Conservatives |Dave Wylupek |align="right"|5,730 |align="right"| |- Template:Ontario elections/NDP |Dave Maris |align="right"|4,348 |align="right"| |- Template:Ontario elections/FCP |Enver Villamizar |align="right"|1,550 |align="right"| |- Template:Ontario elections/Independent |David Mitchell |align="right"|498 |align="right"| |}
Template:OntElec3 |- Template:Ontario elections/Liberals |Bruce Crozier |align="right"|12,736 |align="right"| |- Template:Ontario elections/Progressive Conservatives |Joan Flood |align="right"|3,295 |align="right"| |- Template:Ontario elections/NDP |David Maris |align="right"|1,100 |align="right"| |- Template:Ontario elections/FCP |Joyce Ann Cherryr |align="right"|1,060 |align="right"| |- Template:Ontario elections/Green |Michael Green |align="right"|132 |align="right"| |- Template:Ontario elections/Independent |John Turmel |align="right"|84 |align="right"| |}

References

  1. ^ "Liberal MPP Bruce Crozier retires". cbc.ca, November 29, 2010.
  2. ^ "Retiring Liberal MPP Bruce Crozier dead". Toronto Star, June 3, 2011.

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