Ian Deans
| Ian Deans | |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Hamilton Mountain |
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In office 1980–1986 |
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| Preceded by | Duncan Beattie |
| Succeeded by | Marion Dewar |
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In office 1967–1979 |
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| Preceded by | Don Ewen |
| Succeeded by | Colin Isaacs |
| Constituency | Wentworth |
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August 16, 1937 Kilmarnock, Scotland |
| Died | May 3, 2016 (aged 78) Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
| Political party | New Democrat |
| Spouse(s) | Diane Deans (div.) |
| Occupation | Firefighter, draftsman |
| Religion | United Church of Canada |
Ian Deans (August 16, 1937 – May 3, 2016) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1967 to 1979 and was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1980 to 1986.
Deans was born in Kilmarnock, Scotland. He moved to Canada as a youth and found work as a firefighter. He met his wife, Diane, when she was a staffer on Parliament Hill. He helped her launch her own political career as an Ottawa-area city councillor. The couple were married for 22 years before divorcing. Afterwards, Deans moved back to the Hamilton area.
Deans died in Hamilton, Ontario on May 3, 2016 at the age of 78.
He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a New Democratic Member in the 1967 provincial election representing the Hamilton area riding of Wentworth.
In 1970, he favoured a resolution that would force The Waffle, a radical left wing group within the party, to be expelled. Deans objected to the organization because it recruited its own members, raised its own funds, and created its own policy, called 'The Manifesto'. He said, "You then become a political organization unto yourself." The resolution passed at an NDP convention in 1972. In 1970, Deans broke with most of his colleagues by expressing support for Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's implementation of the War Measures Act during the FLQ Crisis.
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