Milton Edward Charles "Bud" Gregory (March 9, 1926 – June 17, 2016) was a Canadian politician in

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. He served as a Progressive Conservative member in the

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who represented the riding of

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from 1975 to 1987. He served as a

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in the governments of

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and

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Background

Gregory was born in

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and educated at Western Technical-Commercial School. He worked as an insurance broker.

Politics

Gregory was a councillor in

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from 1971 to 1975, and in the County of Peel from 1972 to 1973, and in the

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from 1974 to 1975. He was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1975 provincial election, defeating

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candidate Irene Robinson by 1,335 votes in

. He defeated Robinson again with an increased majority in the 1977 election, and was named a

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in Bill Davis's government on August 30, 1979. Easily returned in the 1981 election, he was named

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on April 10, 1981. On July 6, 1983, he was promoted to Minister of Revenue. Gregory supported Frank Miller in the Progressive Conservative Party's January 1985 leadership convention, but was dropped from cabinet when Miller succeeded Davis as

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on February 8, 1985. He was re-elected with a reduced majority in the 1985 election as the Progressive Conservatives under Miller were reduced to a tenuous

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. He was re-appointed to cabinet on May 17, 1985 as

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, but accomplished little in this portfolio before the Miller government was defeated in the legislature. In opposition, he served as critic for the Solicitor General and for Transportation and Communications. He was defeated in the 1987 election, losing to Liberal candidate

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by 5,873 votes.

Cabinet

Later life

Gregory was appointed to the County of Prince Edward Police Services Board in 2001. Bud Gregory Boulevard, in Mississauga, was named in Gregory's honour. On June 17, 2016, he died in

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at the age of 90.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gregory, Bud 1926 births 2016 deaths Politicians from Toronto Members of the Executive Council of Ontario Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario