Doug Ford (politician)

Douglas Bruce "Doug" Ford (February 27, 1933 – September 22, 2006) was a Canadian businessperson and politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 1999.
Early life
Ford, the youngest of 9, was born in Toronto, into a large family, and grew up in the Danforth area of East York, Ontario. He was raised by a single mother.
Business career
Ford was a businessperson who, along with Ted Herriott, co-founded Deco Labels & Tags Limited of Rexdale, Ontario in 1962.
Politics
Ford was elected to the provincial legislature in the 1995 provincial election, defeating incumbent Liberal Jim Henderson by about 4,500 votes in Etobicoke—Humber. For the next four years, he sat as a backbench supporter of Mike Harris's government.
In 1996, the Harris government reduced the number of provincial ridings from 130 to 103, a change which forced some sitting MPPs...