Iain Francis Angus (born June 1, 1947) is a
Canadian
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...
politician, who has served in the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario and the
House of Commons of Canada, as well as on
Thunder Bay City Council
The Thunder Bay City Council is the governing body of the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. It consists of a mayor and twelve councillors. The mayor and five of the councillors are elected at large, with one councillor being elected for each o ...
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Then an employee with the city of
Thunder Bay
Thunder Bay is a city in and the seat of Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada. It is the most populous municipality in Northwestern Ontario and the second most populous (after Greater Sudbury) municipality in Northern Ontario; its populatio ...
, Angus entered electoral politics in the
1975 provincial election as the
Ontario New Democratic Party
The Ontario New Democratic Party (french: link=no, Nouveau Parti démocratique de l'Ontario; abbr. ONDP or NDP) is a social democracy, social-democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. The party currently forms the Leader of the Opposition ( ...
candidate in
Fort William. He served until the
1977 election, when he was defeated by
Mickey Hennessy
Michael Patrick "Mickey" Hennessy (August 8, 1915 — March 5, 1991) was a boxer and politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1977 to 1987, as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.
Backgrou ...
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He returned to work for the city, unsuccessfully standing as a federal
New Democratic Party
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candidate in the
1979
Events
January
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and
1980
Events January
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elections for the electoral district of
Thunder Bay—Atikokan
Thunder Bay—Atikokan was a federal electoral district in northwestern Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 2003 and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2007. The federal riding wa ...
. On his third campaign as a federal candidate, he was elected in the
1984 election, winning over
Progressive Conservative candidate
Ken Boshcoff
Ken Boshcoff (born June 20, 1949) was mayor of Thunder Bay, Ontario
Thunder Bay is a city in and the seat of Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada. It is the most populous municipality in Northwestern Ontario and the second most populous ...
by a margin of 2,675 votes. He served until the
1993 election, when he was defeated by
Liberal candidate
Stan Dromisky.
Angus subsequently launched his own business as a consultant. He was elected to the Thunder Bay City Council in the
2003 municipal election and was re-elected in
2006,
2010
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, and
2014
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. He ran unsuccessfully for mayor in the
2018 municipal election.
Electoral record
References
External links
Iain Angus profile at Thunder Bay City Council webpage*
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1947 births
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario
New Democratic Party MPs
Ontario New Democratic Party MPPs
Thunder Bay city councillors
Living people
Canadian Presbyterians
Presidents of the New Democratic Party of Canada
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