Susan Fish
| Susan Fish | |
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| Ontario MPP | |
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In office 1981–1987 |
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| Preceded by | Margaret Campbell |
| Succeeded by | Riding abolished |
| Constituency | St. George |
| Alderman, City of Toronto, Ward 5 (with Ying Hope) | |
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In office 1976–1987 |
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| Preceded by | Margaret Campbell |
| Succeeded by | Riding abolished |
| Constituency | St. George |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 21, 1945 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Christopher Fish (div.) |
| Profession | Executive director |
Susan Fish (born March 21, 1945) is a former Canadian politician. She served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1981 to 1987, and was a cabinet minister in the governments of Bill Davis and Frank Miller.
Fish was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and raised in New York City. Her father was a sailor in the US Navy and her mother was Brazilian. Her parents separated when she was three years old and her stepfather was a longshoreman in New York City. She lived in the lower east side and started working when she was 12 as a dishwasher in a cafe. She attended St. Lawrence College where she received a degree in political science and obtained a masters in public administration at New York University. She married Christopher Fish and the couple moved to Toronto to start a new life. Christopher returned to New York shortly thereafter, but Fish stayed and started work at the Bureau of Municipal Research. She became executive director at age 23. In 1973 she started working as a policy advisor for David Crombie, the pro-reform Mayor of Toronto. She obtained her Canadian citizenship in 1976.
Fish was elected to Toronto City Council as a reform alderman in 1976, and served until 1980.
Like Crombie, she was a Red Tory. She ran for Bill Davis' Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario in the 1981 Ontario election and was elected as Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for the St. George constituency in downtown Toronto. Shortly after her election, she participated in a rally at Queen's Park to support the inclusion of sexual identity in the Ontario Human Rights Code.
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