Arthur John Reaume (November 30, 1906 – December 13, 1981) was a Canadian politician.

Background

Reaume was born at Sandwich, Ontario, in 1906.

Politics

He was elected to the town council of Sandwich in 1930 and became mayor of Sandwich in 1933. He sat on

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city council after Sandwich became part of Windsor. Reaume succeeded

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as Windsor mayor in 1941, becoming the 22nd

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of the city, and was reelected in 1948. In the municipal election of 1950, it appeared that Thomas Brophey had defeated Reaume by 38 votes but, after a recount, Reaume was declared the winner by 16 votes and served until 1954. Reaume is also Windsor's longest-serving mayor, at 13 years. He ran as a candidate for the

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in the 1943 election but was defeated by the

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. He broke with the Conservatives when he supported UAW workers at Ford in their fight for the Rand formula. In the

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and

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, he ran as a Liberal-Labour candidate, but lost on both attempts. He was elected to the

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as a

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(MPP) in the 1951 election. He remained in office until the 1967 election. A pro- labour but otherwise conservative politician, he ran for the Ontario Liberal leadership in 1958 but won only 32 votes and was eliminated on the first ballot along with Liberal-Labour MPP

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. Reaume withdrew after the first ballot and threw his support to

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who came from behind to win on the third ballot. Reaume and Wren had both been expelled from the Liberal caucus in 1957 for attacking the leadership of

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but Reaume was readmitted after apologising. He died at a Toronto hospital in 1981.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Reaume, Arthur 1906 births 1981 deaths Ontario Liberal Party MPPs Mayors of Windsor, Ontario 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario Politicians affected by a party expulsion process 20th-century mayors of places in Ontario