Elinor Caplan was born on May 20,1944 and is a businesswoman and former politician in Ontario, Canada.
15 Facts About Elinor Caplan
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Elinor Caplan served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1985 to 1997, and was a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2004.
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Elinor Caplan was born in Toronto to Samuel S Hershorn, a textile manufacturer, and his wife Thelma Hershorn, both of whose families had come to Canada from Russian Poland.
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Elinor Caplan then worked in real estate heading Elinor Caplan and Associates from 1973 to 1978.
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Elinor Caplan is Jewish, and is a longtime member of Canadian Hadassah-WIZO, a women's Zionist organization.
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Elinor Caplan ran for office in 1978, when she was elected to the North York municipal council as an alderman.
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Elinor Caplan ran for the provincial legislature in the 1981 election, but lost to Progressive Conservative David Rotenberg in the constituency of Wilson Heights.
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Elinor Caplan was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1985 election, defeating Progressive Conservative incumbent John Williams by over 4,000 votes in the North York riding of Oriole.
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The Liberal Party formed a minority government after this election, and Elinor Caplan was appointed as Chair of the Management Board of Cabinet on June 26,1985.
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Elinor Caplan won a landslide re-election victory in the provincial election of 1987, She was reappointed to Peterson's cabinet on September 29,1987, as Minister of Health.
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Elinor Caplan held this position until the Liberals were defeated by the Ontario New Democratic Party in the 1990 election.
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Elinor Caplan served as Chief Opposition Whip from 1995 to 1996, and retired from the legislature on May 1,1997.
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Elinor Caplan was elected to the federal House of Commons in the 1997 election, defeating her closest opponent by more than 14,000 votes in the riding of Thornhill.
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Elinor Caplan was dropped from cabinet when Paul Martin replaced Chretien as Prime Minister in December 2003.
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Elinor Caplan did not seek re-election in the 2004 election.