Bruce Robert McCaffrey was a politician in Ontario, Canada.
12 Facts About Bruce McCaffrey
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Bruce McCaffrey served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1977 to 1987 as a Progressive Conservative, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Bill Davis.
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Bruce McCaffrey worked as a teacher, and then entered the investment business.
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Bruce McCaffrey was first married to Ilonka van Steenwyk with whom he had two children.
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In 1968, Bruce McCaffrey attempted to win the Progressive Conservative nomination to run in the June federal election but lost to Kechin Wang.
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Bruce McCaffrey was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1977 provincial election, defeating Liberal candidate Des Newman in the Toronto riding of Armourdale.
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Bruce McCaffrey served as Minister of Community and Social Services from September 29 to November 21,1983.
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Bruce McCaffrey briefly took on the extra responsibility while Frank Drea was hospitalized with circulation problems.
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Bruce McCaffrey supported Larry Grossman at the Progressive Conservative Party's leadership convention of February 1985.
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Grossman lost to Frank Miller on the final ballot, and Bruce McCaffrey was not appointed to Miller's cabinet.
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Bruce McCaffrey was narrowly re-elected in Armourdale, defeating Liberal Gino Matrundola by only 122 votes.
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Bruce McCaffrey died in 2002 after a very brief illness, shortly after completing the requirements for a Master of Arts degree in history.