Paul Wessenger
| Paul Wessenger | |
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| Ontario MPP | |
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In office 1990–1995 |
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| Preceded by | Bruce Owen |
| Succeeded by | Joe Tascona |
| Constituency | Simcoe Centre |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 25, 1937 Brockville, Ontario |
| Political party | New Democrat |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Paul Wessenger (born December 25, 1937) is former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1995 who represented the central Ontario riding of Simcoe Centre.
Wessenger attended the University of Toronto, receiving a law degree. He worked as a lawyer in Toronto for four and a half years, and then practiced in Barrie, Ontario for a further twenty-one years. From 1973 to 1976 he served as an alderman within Barrie. There is a street in Barrie named after him.
He ran for the Ontario legislature in the 1975 provincial election, coming a close second to Progressive Conservative incumbent Art Evans in the riding of Simcoe Centre. He ran again in the 1977 provincial election, losing to the PC candidate George Taylor by a greater margin.
Wessenger ran for the Canadian House of Commons as a candidate for the federal New Democratic Party in the 1980 federal election, but finished third in the riding of Simcoe South. He ran a third provincial campaign in the 1985 provincial election, but again lost to PC candidate Earl Rowe.
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