1. Tony Ruprecht was born on 12 December 1942 and is a former Canadian politician.
22 Facts About Tony Ruprecht
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Tony Ruprecht's first elected position was as an alderman in the old Toronto City Council, in the late 1970s.
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Tony Ruprecht became a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1981, and served in premier David Peterson's cabinet as minister without portfolio from 1985 to 1987.
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Tony Ruprecht moved to Canada with his family in 1949 after attending school in Germany.
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Tony Ruprecht was educated at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, Wichita State University and Miami University, doing Ph.
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Tony Ruprecht taught in the Political Science department at York University, teaching public administration and municipal governance.
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Tony Ruprecht has authored two books: The Graduate School Game and Toronto's Many Faces now in its 5th edition.
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Tony Ruprecht has received a number of honours from Portugal, Poland, Estonia and the Philippines.
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Tony Ruprecht made his foray into politics by seeking the Liberal Party of Canada's nomination in the federal Parkdale electoral district, for the 16 October 1978 by-election.
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Tony Ruprecht began his political career at the municipal level, when alderman Tony O'Donohue decided to run for mayor in the 1978 Toronto municipal election.
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Tony Ruprecht won re-election as the senior alderman in the 10 November, 1980 Toronto municipal election.
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Tony Ruprecht was first elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1981 provincial election, representing the Parkdale constituency.
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Tony Ruprecht was re-elected by a much greater margin, of almost 7,000 votes over the next candidate, in the 1985 election.
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The Liberals formed government after the election, and on 26 June 1985, Tony Ruprecht was appointed as a minister without portfolio responsible for Disabled Persons and Multiculturalism.
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Tony Ruprecht was re-elected by a landslide the 1987 election, but was dropped from cabinet.
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Tony Ruprecht managed to retain Parkdale by 523 votes over NDP candidate Sheena Weir, even though most surrounding constituencies were won by the NDP on 6 September 1990.
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The Progressive Conservatives won the provincial election, and Tony Ruprecht remained in opposition serving as critic for Citizenship.
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In 1996, Tony Ruprecht was the only Liberal MPP outside of Ottawa to support Dalton McGuinty's bid for party leader prior to the actual leadership convention.
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Tony Ruprecht was not appointed as the Liberal candidate, as he had to defeat human-rights lawyer Rocco Galati, at a nomination meeting on 21 July 1998, before he could run in the election.
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The Progressive Conservatives managed to lose all their seats in the old city of Toronto, but nevertheless, won the provincial election, and Tony Ruprecht remained in opposition.
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Tony Ruprecht was elected for a seventh time in the 2003 election, defeating NDP candidate Jordan Berger by over 8,000 votes on 2 October 2003.
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Tony Ruprecht defended these trips saying he was travelling to the island to receive lessons in Spanish and Portuguese in order to better be able to communicate with his constituents.