David Rotenberg
| David Rotenberg | |
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| Ontario MPP | |
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In office 1977–1985 |
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| Preceded by | Vern Singer |
| Succeeded by | Monte Kwinter |
| Constituency | Wilson Heights |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
July 24, 1930 Toronto, Ontario |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Residence | Toronto |
| Occupation | Insurance agent |
| Cabinet | Minister without portfolio (1985, February–May) |
David Rotenberg (born July 24, 1930) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1977 to 1985 as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party, and was briefly a cabinet minister in the government of Frank Miller.
Rotenberg was born in Toronto, and educated at the University of Toronto. He worked as an insurance agent, and served on Toronto City Council and Metro Toronto Council from 1961 to 1972. In the 1972 election he ran for mayor, and lost to David Crombie in a close, three-way race. Rotenberg was later appointed as a commissioner on the Toronto Transit Commission, and served from 1975 to 1977.
He ran in the 1975 provincial election, and finished second against Liberal Vern Singer in Wilson Heights.
He was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1977 provincial election, defeating New Democratic Party candidate Howard Moscoe by 2,993 votes (Singer had previously announced his retirement). He served as a backbench supporter of William Davis's government, and defeated Liberal Elinor Caplan to be re-elected in 1981.
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