Elinor Caplan
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The Honourable Elinor Caplan PC |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Thornhill |
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In office 1997–2004 |
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| Preceded by | New riding |
| Succeeded by | Susan Kadis |
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In office 1985–1997 |
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| Preceded by | John Reesor Williams |
| Succeeded by | David Caplan |
| Constituency | Oriole |
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Elinor Hershorn May 20, 1944 Toronto, Ontario |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Wilfred Caplan |
| Children | David Caplan, Mark Caplan, Meredith, Zane Caplansky |
| Profession | Civil servant |
Elinor Caplan, PC (born May 20, 1944) is a businesswoman and former politician in Ontario, Canada. She served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1985 to 1997, and was a Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2004. A Liberal, she served as a cabinet minister in the provincial government of David Peterson and the federal government of Jean Chrétien.
She was born in Toronto to Samuel S. Hershorn, a textile manufacturer, and his wife Thelma (Goodman) Hershorn, both of whose families had come to Canada from Russian Poland. Caplan attended Oakwood Collegiate Institute in Toronto, and then Centennial College. She then worked in real estate heading Elinor Caplan and Associates from 1973 to 1978. Her husband, Wilfred, sought election to the provincial legislature in the 1977 election, but was defeated. Caplan is Jewish, and is a longtime member of Canadian Hadassah-WIZO, a women's Zionist organization.
She ran for office in 1978, when she was elected to the North York municipal council as an alderman.
She ran for the provincial legislature in the 1981 election, but lost to Progressive Conservative David Rotenberg in the constituency of Wilson Heights.
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