John Charles McWaters Beer was born on November 24,1941 and is a former Canadian politician.
15 Facts About Charles Beer
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Charles Beer was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 1995 and served as a cabinet minister in the government of David Peterson.
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Charles Beer's parents were Harry M Beer and Elizabeth Greenway Holmes.
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Charles Beer was educated at the University of Toronto, York University, Universite Laval and the National Defence College.
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Charles Beer worked as an educator after graduating and was the Assistant Headmaster of Pickering College from 1981 to 1986.
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Charles Beer ran for the Ontario legislature in the 1977 provincial election, but finished a distant third against Progressive Conservative Frank Drea in Scarborough Centre.
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Charles Beer campaigned for the legislature again in the 1981 election, but lost to Progressive Conservative Margaret Birch in Scarborough East.
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Charles Beer defeated Progressive Conservative candidate John Cole by 5,185 votes in York North, located just north of Toronto.
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Charles Beer was appointed a parliamentary assistant in 1988, and was promoted to Minister of Community and Social Services and Minister responsible for Francophone Affairs on August 2,1989.
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The Liberals were defeated in the 1990 provincial election but Charles Beer retained his seat beating Progressive Conservative candidate George Timpson by only 158 votes.
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Peterson resigned as Liberal leader immediately after the election, and Charles Beer ran to succeed him in the 1992 leadership election.
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Charles Beer finished fourth, withdrawing from the contest after the third ballot.
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Charles Beer was on the left wing of the Liberal Party and played a significant role in developing the party's "Red Book" platform for the 1995 provincial campaign.
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The Progressive Conservatives won a majority government in this election and Charles Beer was among the Liberal incumbents defeated, losing to Frank Klees, later a cabinet minister in the government of Mike Harris, by almost 12,000 votes.
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Charles Beer served as the executive assistant to George Smitherman, the Minister of Health and Long Term Care.