Sammy Lawrence Cureatz was born on August 20,1948 and is a former politician in Ontario, Canada.
11 Facts About Sam Cureatz
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Sam Cureatz was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1977 to 1990, and served as a cabinet minister in the government of Frank Miller.
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Sam Cureatz worked as a barrister and solicitor before entering political life.
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Sam Cureatz was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1977 provincial election, defeating Ontario New Democratic Party incumbent Doug Moffatt by 122 votes in the riding of Durham East.
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Sam Cureatz was re-elected by much greater margins in the elections of 1981 and 1985, and retained his seat in the Liberal landslide victory of 1987.
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Sam Cureatz endorsed Dianne Cunningham's unsuccessful bid to lead the Progressive Conservative Party in 1990, and did not seek re-election in that year's provincial election.
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Sam Cureatz served as Deputy Speaker of the Ontario Legislature from 1981 to 1983.
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Sam Cureatz appointed as a Minister without Portfolio in Frank Miller's government on May 17,1985, but accomplished little of significance before Miller's government was defeated in the house.
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Sam Cureatz later sought election to the House of Commons of Canada, as a candidate of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
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Sam Cureatz ran in Durham in the federal elections of 1997 and 2000 but finished third on both occasions, behind Liberal Alex Shepherd and candidates of the Reform Party and Canadian Alliance.
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Sam Cureatz was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 2002.