James Edward Bullbrook (June 1, 1927 – October 27, 1978) was a politician from

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, Canada. He was a

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member in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario representing the riding of

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in from 1967 to 1977.

Background

Bullbrook was born in

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, in 1927. He attended law school and graduated in 1953. He married his wife, Joyce, in that same year. They moved to Toronto and then later settled in

. He and Joyce raised four children.

Politics

Bullbrook served as a member of Sarnia Town Council. He ran for provincial office in 1967 as the

candidate in the new riding of

. He defeated Progressive Conservative candidate Ralph Knox by 1,073 votes. He was re-elected in

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

and

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

. He retired from politics in 1977 and returned to his law practice in Sarnia. He died of a heart attack on October 27, 1978, at the age of 51.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bullbrook, Jim 1927 births 1978 deaths Ontario Liberal Party MPPs People from North Bay, Ontario Sarnia city councillors