Charles Caccia
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The Honourable Charles Caccia PC |
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| Member of Parliament for Davenport |
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In office June 25, 1968 – June 28, 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Walter L. Gordon |
| Succeeded by | Mario Silva |
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April 28, 1930 Milan, Italy |
| Died | May 3, 2008 (aged 78) Ottawa, Ontario |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Mildred (div), Iva |
| Profession | Professor |
Charles L. Caccia, PC (April 28, 1930 – May 3, 2008) was a Canadian politician. Caccia was a Liberal member of the Canadian House of Commons. He represented the Toronto riding of Davenport between 1968 and 2004.
Caccia was born in 1930 in Milan, Italy. A professor of forestry at the University of Toronto. He was a co-founder of COSTI in Toronto. Caccia's first wife, Mildred, was a candidate for the Ontario Liberal Party in a provincial election in the 1970s. They had two children, Nicolette and John, and were divorced. Caccia was survived by second wife Iva.
Caccia was best known for his strong pro-environment views on the left of the Liberal party. He served at various times during the ministries of Pierre Trudeau and John Turner as Minister of Labour, Minister of the Environment, Parliamentary Secretary to the Solicitor General of Canada, Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board, and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Manpower and Immigration. He most recently was the Chair of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development, and of the subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development. He was the Liberals' Environment critic from 1984 to 1989, and spent most of the rest of his career on the backbench.
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