Tony Ruprecht

Tony Ruprecht
MPP Tony Ruprecht circa 2007
Ontario MPP
In office 1999–2011
Preceded by	New riding
Succeeded by	Jonah Schein
Constituency	Davenport
In office 1981–1999
Preceded by	Jan Dukszta
Succeeded by	Riding abolished
Constituency	Parkdale
Alderman
In office 1978–1981
Preceded by	Tony O'Donohue
Succeeded by	Chris Korwin-Kuczynski
Constituency	Toronto City Council Ward 2
Personal details
Born	(1942-12-12) December 12, 1942 (age 74) Konstantynów, Poland
Political party	Ontario Liberal Party
Residence	Toronto, Ontario
Occupation	Teacher
Portfolio	Minister without portfolio (1985-1987)

Tony Ruprecht (born December 12, 1942) is a former Canadian politician. His first elected position was as an alderman in the old Toronto City Council, in the late 1970s. He became a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1981, and served in premier David Peterson's cabinet as minister without portfolio from 1985 to 1987. Ruprecht represented Toronto's Parkdale and then Davenport constituencies for the Liberal Party of Ontario for 30 years. On July 5, 2011, he announced that he was leaving politics and would not seek re-election in the October 2011 provincial election.

Ruprecht moved to Canada with his family in 1949 after attending school in Germany. He was educated at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario (receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1969), Wichita State University (1971) and Miami University, doing Ph.D. work at the latter institution from 1971 to 1973. He taught in the Political Science department at York University, teaching public administration and municipal governance.

He has authored two books: The Graduate School Game (1976) and Toronto's Many Faces (1990) now in its 5th edition. The latter book being an overview of Toronto's multicultural communities. Ruprecht is also a member of the Knights of Malta. He has received a number of honours from Portugal, Poland, Estonia and Philippines.