David Rotenberg was a Canadian politician in Ontario.
14 Facts About David Rotenberg
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David Rotenberg served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1977 to 1985 as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party, and was briefly a cabinet minister in the government of Frank Miller.
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David Rotenberg was born in Toronto on July 24,1930.
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David Rotenberg was first elected in the 1960 Toronto municipal election and re-elected in 1962,1964,1966, and 1969.
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David Rotenberg was later appointed as a commissioner on the Toronto Transit Commission, and served from 1975 to 1977.
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David Rotenberg ran in the 1975 provincial election, and finished second against Liberal Vern Singer in Wilson Heights.
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David Rotenberg was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1977 provincial election, defeating New Democratic Party candidate Howard Moscoe by 2,993 votes.
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David Rotenberg served as a backbench supporter of William Davis's government, and defeated Liberal Elinor Caplan to be re-elected in 1981.
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David Rotenberg supported Dennis Timbrell to succeed Davis as party leader and premier in 1985, and endorsed Larry Grossman after Timbrell's elimination on the second ballot.
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David Rotenberg appears in a pictorial section between pages 106 and 107, standing between Grossman and Timbrell as the latter accepts a Grossman button.
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David Rotenberg later said that Garnsworthy's comments created a climate of religious intolerance in the province, and took support away from the Progressive Conservative Party.
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David Rotenberg was unseated in 1985 campaign, losing to Liberal candidate Monte Kwinter by 2,188 votes.
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David Rotenberg was named as an honorary officer in the Canadian Jewish Congress.
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David Rotenberg died on January 13,2022, at the age of 91.