Dianne Poole was born on June 28,1949 and is a former politician in Ontario, Canada.
10 Facts About Dianne Poole
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Dianne Poole served as a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 1995.
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Dianne Poole served as chair of the Women's Perspective Advisory Committee, and was a member of the French Immersion Task Force of the Toronto Board of Education.
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Dianne Poole ran for the Ontario legislature in the 1985 general election, losing to Progressive Conservative David McFadden by 914 votes in the Toronto constituency of Eglinton.
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Dianne Poole ran again in the 1987 provincial election, and defeated McFadden by 695 votes amid a landslide victory for the Liberals.
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The Liberals were defeated by the New Democratic Party in the 1990 provincial election, and Dianne Poole was re-elected by only 173 votes over Progressive Conservative candidate Ann Vanstone.
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Dianne Poole served as the Liberal critic for Housing from 1990 to 1993, and for the JobsOntario program from 1993 to 1995.
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In 1994, Dianne Poole was one of only three Liberal Member of Provincial Parliament, along with Jean Poirier and Tim Murphy, who supported Bill 167, a bill brought forward by the government of Bob Rae to extend spousal benefits to same-sex couples.
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Dianne Poole was generally regarded as being on the left wing of the party.
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Dianne Poole lost to Progressive Conservative fundraiser Bill Saunderson by about 4,500 votes, as the Progressive Conservatives won a majority government provincially.