Bruce McCaffrey
| Bruce McCaffrey | |
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| Ontario MPP | |
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In office 1977–1987 |
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| Preceded by | Philip Givens |
| Succeeded by | Riding abolished |
| Constituency | Armourdale |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Bruce Robert McCaffrey September 23, 1938 South Porcupine, Ontario |
| Died | August 9, 2002 (aged 63) |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Ilonka van Steenwyk (div.) Deb Matthews |
| Occupation | Teacher, investment consultant |
Bruce Robert McCaffrey (September 23, 1938 – August 9, 2002) was a politician in the Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1977 to 1987 as a Progressive Conservative, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Bill Davis.
McCaffrey was born in South Porcupine, Ontario. He was educated at the University of Toronto. He worked as a teacher, and then entered the investment business. He was first married to Ilonka van Steenwyk with whom he had two children. In 1990, he relocated to London, Ontario where he married Deb Matthews in 1995. McCaffrey and Matthews were separated at the time of his death in 2002.
In 1968, McCaffrey attempted to win the Progressive Conservative nomination to run in the June federal election but lost to Kechin Wang. Wang went on to lose the election against incumbent Steve Otto.
He was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1977 provincial election, defeating Liberal candidate Des Newman in the Toronto riding of Armourdale. He was re-elected in 1981 and 1985.
On April 10, 1981, McCaffrey was appointed to Davis's government as a minister without portfolio. On February 13, 1982, he was promoted to Minister of Citizenship and Culture. On July 6, 1983, he was assigned to the post of Provincial Secretary for Social Development. He also served as Minister of Community and Social Services from September 29 to November 21, 1983. He briefly took on the extra responsibility while Frank Drea was hospitalized with circulation problems. On November 24, he was hospitalized for chest pains and he resigned from cabinet on December 23, 1983.
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