Paul Cosgrove
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The Honourable Paul Cosgrove PC |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for York—Scarborough |
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In office 1980 federal election – 1984 federal election |
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| Preceded by | Paul McCrossan (1978-1980) |
| Succeeded by | Paul McCrossan (1984-1988) |
| 3rd Mayor of Scarborough, Ontario | |
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In office 1973–1978 |
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| Preceded by | Robert W. White |
| Succeeded by | Ken Morrish |
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| Born | December 30, 1934 |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Profession | Judge (resigned from the bench) |
Paul James Cosgrove, PC (born December 30, 1934), is a former Canadian jurist as well as a former politician.
A lawyer by profession, Cosgrove entered municipal politics and served as Mayor of the Toronto suburb of Scarborough, Ontario from 1973 until 1978.
Cosgrove entered federal politics running as the Liberal Party candidate in York—Scarborough in a 1978 by-election for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons. He was defeated in that run, as well as in the 1979 election.
In the 1980 election, however, Cosgrove was elected, and was appointed Minister of Public Works, Minister responsible for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and Minister responsible for National Capital Commission in the Canadian Cabinet of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.
He was reassigned in a 1982 cabinet shuffle to the position of Minister of State for Finance. He was dropped from the Cabinet in August 1983 but remained an MP until the dissolution of parliament the next year.
Cosgrove retired from the House of Commons to accept an appointment by John Turner to the bench of the Ontario Superior Court on July 9, 1984, shortly after Parliament was dissolved for the 1984 election. Cosgrove's judicial circuit was in eastern Ontario with his court based in Brockville, Ontario.
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