Bruce Crozier (June 26, 1938 – June 3, 2011) was a

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, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the ridings of

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and

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for the

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Background

Crozier was a

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and member of the

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. 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

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from 1975 to 1976, and was a life member of the Leamington Kinsman Club.

Politics

He was elected to the Leamington city council in 1985, and later served as the town's

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from 1988 to 1993. He was first elected to the Ontario legislature in a

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in on December 2, 1993 in the riding of

, held after longtime Liberal

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(MPP)

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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 9,000 votes. The Progressive Conservatives won the election, and Crozier joined 29 other Liberals in the official opposition. He supported

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for the party leadership in 1996, and gave his support to

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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

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, who supplanted the Tories for a second-place finish. He was not appointed to

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, but was named as the Legislature's Deputy

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on December 8, 2003. In December 2007, Crozier was made chair of the ''Committee of the Whole House'', a senior parliamentary role responsible for maintaining order during house sessions. Crozier announced on November 29, 2010, that he would not be a candidate in the 2011 election. On June 4, 2011, Premier Dalton McGuinty announced that Crozier had died the previous evening of an

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at a hospital in Windsor, Ontario.

Election results

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Crozier, Bruce 1938 births 2011 deaths Ontario Liberal Party MPPs Canadian accountants People from Leamington, Ontario 21st-century Canadian politicians