Andrew Cash (born January 22, 1962) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and former politician who was the member of Parliament (MP) for the

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-area riding of

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from 2011 to 2015. A member of the

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(NDP), Cash grew up in Toronto where he and

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founded the Toronto punk band L'Étranger. In the late 1990s he wrote for the Toronto weekly ''Now''.

Music career

When L'Étranger broke up in 1986, Cash signed to

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as a solo artist. His first release on the label was a reissue of L'Étranger's last recording, ''Sticks and Stones''. He released three albums as a solo artist, including ''Boomtown'', which appeared on the RPM 100 Top Albums chart in 1989. He had a number of hits, including "Time and Place", "Boomtown", "What Am I Gonna Do with These Hands", "Smile Me Down" and "A Lot of Talk". In 1993, his album ''Hi'' was recorded at

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. He then formed the band Ursula, who released the album ''Happy to Be Outraged'' in 1995. However, that band was not successful, and broke up after just the one album. Around the same time as Ursula's demise, however, his brother

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also decided to leave his band,

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. Both available at the same time for the first time in their careers, Andrew and Peter decided to write and record together, and released their debut album as

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, ''Raceway'', in 1999. Since 1999 Cash provided the soundtrack music for various television shows, mostly Canadian. He also wrote for the Toronto-based ''

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'' magazine. In 2000 he collaborated with

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and

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on '' Chrome Reflection'', an album credited to Bird. In 2007 Cash released his latest solo album ''Murder=''.

Political career

On October 5, 2009, Cash was nominated as the

's candidate for the Toronto-area

electoral district, in preparation for the 41st Canadian general election. At the time, the House of Commons was controlled by a

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, led by Prime Minister

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, that could fall at any time; in this unpredictable election situation Cash was a candidate for over a year and half. When the election was called, on March 26, 2011, his main campaign issue was that Davenport's incumbent MP, Mario Silva, was not a "full-time" MP. Cash campaigned with two main slogans, "Cash for Toronto" and "Trade your Silva for Cash", with a focus on "issues of precarious employment, especially with regards to freelancers and people who are working serial contracts." Near the end of April, both ''

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'' and ''

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'' newspapers started to predict that Cash might win, ending 49 years of continuous

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representation for that electoral district. The election campaign concluded on May 2, with the Conservatives gaining enough seats to win a

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and the NDP enough seats to become

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. In Davenport, Cash defeated Silva, becoming a caucus colleague of his former bandmate

, who has been the MP for Timmins-James Bay since

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. Cash lost his seat in the general election held October 19, 2015, one of many New Democrats who were swept away when the

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came from third place to form a majority government; Liberal Julie Dzerowicz succeeded him as MP for Davenport. In the 2019 federal election, he attempted to win his seat back, coming second to Dzerowicz.

Discography

* ''Time and Place'' (1988) (#57 CAN) * ''

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'' (1989) (#57 CAN) * ''Hi'' (1993) * ''Happy to Be Outraged'' (1995, credited to Ursula) * '' Chrome Reflection'' (2000, credited to Bird) * ''Murder='' (2007)

Electoral record

References

External links

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CanConRox entry

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