Mike Farnan
| Mike Farnan | |
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| Ontario MPP | |
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In office 1987–1995 |
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| Preceded by | Bill Barlow |
| Succeeded by | Gerry Martiniuk |
| Constituency | Cambridge |
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Michael Liam Farnan January 29, 1941 Dublin, Ireland |
| Political party | New Democrat |
| Occupation | Teacher, real estate agent |
Michael "Mike" Liam Farnan (born January 29, 1941) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 1995, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Bob Rae.
Farnan was educated at University College in Dublin, the National University of Dublin, the University of London in England and McGill University in Montreal. He has a Master's degree in Education, and a bachelor's degree of arts. He has worked as a primary and secondary school teacher in London, Montreal, Cambridge, Ontario and Brampton Ontario for twenty-seven years. A devout Roman Catholic working within Ontario's separate school system, he served as provincial director of the Ontario English Catholic Teacher's Association for a time, as well as participating in a variety of community outreach projects in Cambridge. After he retired from teaching in 2002, he studied to become a real estate agent and broker of his own company Mike Farnan Realty in Cambridge. He also served as associate broker for Crown Realty Royal Le Page and for Peak Realty, both located in Cambridge.
Farnan ran for the federal New Democratic Party in Cambridge during the 1980 federal election. He came second, 3,080 votes behind Progressive Conservative Chris Speyer. He also served on the Cambridge city council for the period in the 1980s.
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