Dick Treleaven | |
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Ontario MPP | |
In office 1981–1987 | |
Preceded by | Harry Parrott |
Succeeded by | Charlie Tatham |
Constituency | Oxford |
Personal details | |
Born | Goderich,Ontario | July 11,1934
Political party | Progressive Conservative Party |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Richard L. Treleaven (born July 11,1934) is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1981 to 1987,as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party. [1]
Treleaven was born in Goderich,Ontario, [2] He was educated at the University of Western Ontario and the Osgoode Law School. He obtained a Bachelor of Laws degree,and worked as a barrister and solicitor. He was also a member of the Waterloo-Wellington Hunt Club,and coach of the Woodstock Y Swim Team.
He was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1981 provincial election,defeating Liberal Party candidate John Finlay by 4,082 votes in Oxford. [3] For the next four years,he served as a backbench supporter of the Bill Davis and Frank Miller administrations.
The Progressive Conservatives were reduced to a tenuous minority government under Miller's leadership in the 1985 provincial election and Treleaven was re-elected in Oxford. [4] He was named as Deputy Speaker of the Assembly on June 6,1985. He retained his position after Miller's government was defeated in the house,and the Liberals formed government under David Peterson. [5] In 1986,he was a prominent opponent of Peterson's plan to ban extra billing by Ontario doctors.
Treleaven was defeated in the 1987 provincial election,losing to Liberal candidate Charlie Tatham by 2,874 votes. [6]
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