Clare Edgar Mapledoram (March 10, 1903 – October 9, 1983) was a politician in
Ontario, Canada. He was a
Progressive Conservative member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario (OLA, french: Assemblée législative de l'Ontario) is the legislative chamber of the Canadian province of Ontario. Its elected members are known as Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs). Bills passed by ...
from 1951 to 1959 who represented the northern Ontario riding of
Fort William. He was a cabinet minister in the government of
Leslie Frost
Leslie Miscampbell Frost (September 20, 1895 – May 4, 1973) was a politician in Ontario, Canada, who served as the province's 16th premier from May 4, 1949, to November 8, 1961. Due to his lengthy tenure, he gained the nickname "Old Man O ...
.
Background
Mapledoram was born in
Fort William, Ontario
Fort William was a city in Ontario, Canada, located on the Kaministiquia River, at its entrance to Lake Superior. It amalgamated with Port Arthur and the townships of Neebing and McIntyre to form the city of Thunder Bay in January 1970. Since th ...
, the son of William James Mapledoram. In 1927, he married Mary Dorica.
Mapledoram was a personnel manager for the Great Lakes Paper Company. He and his wife Mary raised four children, three sons and a daughter. He died in
Thunder Bay at the age of 80.
Politics
Mapledoram served as reeve for
Neebing Township from 1947 to 1951. He also served as president of the local Chamber of Commerce.
[
In the 1951 provincial election, he ran as the Progressive Conservative candidate in the riding of Fort William. He defeated Liberal incumbent Charlie Cox by 752 votes.]1955
Events January
* January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama.
* January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut.
* January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...
.Northern Ontario Natural Gas
Northern Ontario Natural Gas was a natural gas company in Canada in the 1950s and 1960s, which was involved in a stock trading scandal that implicated Supreme Court of Ontario judge Leo Landreville, three Central Ontario mayors, and three members ...
scandal. He was defeated in the 1959 election by Liberal John Chapple.
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1903 births
1983 deaths
Mayors of places in Ontario
Members of the Executive Council of Ontario
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs
Politicians from Thunder Bay