Tom Froese | |
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Ontario MPP | |
In office 1995–1999 | |
Preceded by | Christel Haeck |
Succeeded by | Riding abolished |
Constituency | St. Catharines—Brock |
Personal details | |
Born | Niagara-on-the-Lake,Ontario | November 29,1952
Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Relations | Jake Froese (father) |
Occupation | Businessman |
Tom Froese (born November 29,1952) is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. He served as a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 1999 who represented the riding of St. Catharines—Brock.
Froese was born in Niagara-on-the-Lake,Ontario,where his father Jake Froese would later serve as the town's mayor and as a federal Member of Parliament. [1] He worked at Niagara Credit Union from 1971 to 1995,and served in several other local organizations. In 1991,he was named as Niagara-on-the-Lake citizen of the year.
Froese was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1995 provincial election,defeating Liberal Gail Richardson and New Democrat incumbent Christel Haeck by a plurality of about 4,500 votes in the riding of St. Catharines—Brock. [2] He served as a backbench supporter of Mike Harris's government for the next four years.
In 1996,the Harris government reduced the number of provincial ridings from 130 to 103. This change meant that a number of sitting MPPs had to compete against one another for re-election in the 1999 campaign. Froese ran against veteran Liberal MPP Jim Bradley in the new riding of St. Catharines,and lost by over 7,000 votes. [3]
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