Mike Breaugh
| Michael Breaugh | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Oshawa | |
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In office 1990–1993 |
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| Preceded by | Ed Broadbent |
| Succeeded by | Ivan Grose |
| MPP | |
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In office 1975–1990 |
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| Preceded by | Charles McIlveen |
| Succeeded by | Allan Pilkey |
| Constituency | Oshawa |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
September 13, 1942 Kingston, Ontario |
| Political party |
New Democrat Ontario New Democrat |
| Residence | Oshawa, Ontario |
| Occupation | Teacher |
Michael James Breaugh (born September 13, 1942) is a former Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1975 to 1990, and in the House of Commons of Canada from 1990 to 1993.
Breaugh was educated at Peterborough Teachers' College, Queen's University and the University of Toronto. A teacher by training, he served on the executive of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association.
He was elected in the 1975 Ontario election. A New Democrat, he won an easy victory in the working-class riding of Oshawa and was re-elected in the 1977 election.
The NDP had seemed poised for an electoral breakthrough in 1977, but instead fell to from second to third-place status in the legislature. When Stephen Lewis stepped down as Ontario NDP leader in 1978, Breaugh ran to succeed him. He received 499 votes at the 1978 NDP leadership convention, finishing a strong third in a field of three candidates. Most of his supporters went to Michael Cassidy rather than presumed frontrunner Ian Deans on the second ballot, giving Cassidy a narrow victory.
Breaugh was re-elected in the 1981 election, though by a narrower margin than before.
Breaugh had a poor relationship with Bob Rae, who replaced Cassidy as party leader in 1982. The NDP experienced a modest recovery under Rae in the 1985 provincial election, and Breaugh was again re-elected by a significant margin in Oshawa. In the 1987 election, he defeated Liberal candidate Cathy O'Flynn by the reduced margin of 2,916 votes as the Liberals won a landslide provincial majority.
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