Bob Callahan
| Bob Callahan | |
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| Ontario MPP | |
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In office 1985–1995 |
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| Preceded by | Bill Davis |
| Succeeded by | Tony Clement |
| Constituency | Brampton |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
April 11, 1937 New York City, New York |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Lyn |
| Children | 4 |
| Residence | Brampton, Ontario |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Robert V. Callahan (born April 11, 1937) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1985 to 1995 representing the riding of Brampton. From 1969 to 1985, and from 1997 to 2014 he served as a Brampton city councillor.
Callahan has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto and a law degree from Osgoode Hall at York University. He operated a private legal practice in Toronto from 1965 to 1966, when he joined the firm of Beatty, Bowyer & Greenslade in Brampton. In 1969, he became a partner in the Brampton firm of Cook, Callahan & Leschied. Following the departure of partners Cooke and Leschied in 1982 and 1989, he continued in private practice. Callahan lives in Brampton with his wife Lyn. Together they raised four boys and have four grandchildren.
Callahan served as an alderman on the Brampton City Council from 1969 to 1985, representing Ward 3.
He ran for the Ontario legislature in the 1977 provincial election, but finished third against Progressive Conservative Bill Davis, the sitting Premier, the riding of Brampton. He challenged Davis again in the 1981 election, and finished a distant second.
Bill Davis retired from the legislature in early 1985, and Callahan was able to win the Brampton seat on his third effort. In the provincial election of 1985, the Progressive Conservatives under Frank Miller were reduced to a minority government as Liberal support increased in much of the province. Callahan defeated PC candidate Jeff Rice in Brampton by over 4,000 votes, and became a backbench supporter of David Peterson's Liberal government after Miller's ministry was defeated in the legislature.
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