David Caplan
| David Caplan | |
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| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Don Valley East Oriole (1997-1999) |
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In office September 4, 1997 – October 6, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Elinor Caplan |
| Succeeded by | Michael Coteau |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
November 15, 1964 Toronto, Ontario |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Leigh Caplan |
| Relations |
Elinor Caplan (mother) Wilfred Caplan (father) |
| Children | 2 |
| Profession | Real estate agent |
David Caplan (born November 15, 1964) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty. He retired from the Ontario legislature at the October 6 provincial election.
Caplan is the son of Elinor Caplan, who served as a cabinet minister at the federal and provincial levels. His father, Wilfred Caplan, was also a politician. He is married to Leigh and has two sons, Benjamin and Jacob.
Caplan was born in Toronto, Ontario, and was educated at the University of Western Ontario. He worked as a commercial real estate agent with the firm of Ernest Goodman Ltd. from 1985 to 1989, and was Vice-President of Taurus Metal Trading Ltd. (a recycling company) between 1989 and 1992.
Caplan was elected as a trustee to the North York Board of Education in 1991 and served in this capacity for six years, becoming the Board's Vice-Chair in 1993. He also served on the Metro Toronto Board of Education from 1994 to 1997, becoming its Vice-Chair shortly before his departure for higher office.
In 1997, Elinor Caplan resigned her seat in the Ontario legislature to seek election to the Canadian House of Commons. David Caplan contested his mother's former riding of Oriole in the subsequent by-election, and defeated his Progressive Conservative opponent, former federal Member of Parliament Barbara Greene, by a significant margin. He subsequently served as the Liberal critic for Youth and Training.
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