Robert V Callahan is a former politician from Ontario, Canada.
17 Facts About Bob Callahan
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Bob Callahan served as a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1985 to 1995 representing the ridings of Brampton and Brampton South.
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Bob Callahan's family left for Canada when he was 17.
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Bob Callahan has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto and a law degree from Osgoode Hall at York University.
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Bob Callahan served as an alderman on the Brampton City Council from 1969 to 1985, representing Ward 3.
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Bob Callahan ran for the Ontario legislature in the 1977 provincial election, but finished third against Progressive Conservative Bill Davis, the sitting Premier, the riding of Brampton.
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Bob Callahan challenged Davis again in the 1981 election, and finished a distant second.
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Bill Davis retired from the legislature in early 1985, and Bob Callahan was able to win the Brampton seat on his third effort.
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Bob Callahan defeated PC candidate Jeff Rice in Brampton by over 4,000 votes, and became a backbench supporter of David Peterson's Liberal government after Miller's ministry was defeated in the legislature.
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The Liberals won a landslide re-election victory in the 1987 provincial election, and Bob Callahan defeated his nearest opponent by over 11,000 votes in the redistributed riding of Brampton South.
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Bob Callahan was not appointed to cabinet, and remained in the backbenches.
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Bob Callahan chaired the Public Accounts Committee of the Legislative Assembly, which studied alcohol and drug addiction, and treatment.
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Bob Callahan was one of these, defeating NDP challenger John Scheer by 424 votes.
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In 1993, Bob Callahan was a vocal opponent of the NDP government's plans to prohibit the picketing of abortion clinics within Ontario.
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Bob Callahan lost his own seat to PC candidate Tony Clement, later a provincial cabinet minister and a candidate for the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada.
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Bob Callahan returned to municipal politics after his defeat, and was re-elected for Ward 3 on the Brampton City Council in 1997.
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Bob Callahan decided to retire from politics and did not put his name forward for the 2014 municipal election.