Terence Young (politician)

Terence Young (born in Toronto, Ontario) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario between 1995 and 1999.

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Toronto - Ontario - Politician - Canada - Progressive Conservative - Legislative Assembly of Ontario - 1995 - 1999

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Young ran for the Canadian House of Commons as an independent candidate in the 1974 federal election, in the Toronto riding of Parkdale. He received 144 votes, finishing well behind winner Stanley Haidasz of the Liberal Party. Young was still a student at the time, and says that this first exposure to politics was a great experience.

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Canadian House of Commons - 1974 federal election - Toronto - Parkdale - Stanley Haidasz - Liberal Party

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Before returning to political life, Young was a manager for Bell Canada. He was elected to the provincial legislature in the 1995 election, defeating incumbent Liberal Barbara Sullivan by 16,644 votes in Halton Centre amid a Tory sweep of the region. He served as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Education for two years with responsibilty for Colleges and Universities, and later as Parliamentary Assistant to Finance Minister Ernie Eves, who later became Premier of Ontario, and Chair of the Legislative Assembly Finance Committee.

Related Topics:
Bell Canada - 1995 election - Liberal - Barbara Sullivan - Halton Centre

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Young was part of a "family values caucus" in the Progressive Conservative party, a socially conservative group which was frequently marginalized by the Mike Harris government.http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/16/28/News/feature.html As a legislator, Young criticized the Halton School Board for approving Joyce Carol Oates's novel, Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang, for Grade Twelve English, against the wishes of parents who considered it obscene and overly violent.

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Socially conservative - Mike Harris - Joyce Carol Oates

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In 1996, the Harris government reduced the number of provincial ridings from 130 to 103. As a result, some MPPs from the same party were forced to compete against one another for re-nomination. Young ran for the Progressive Conservative nomination in the new constituency of Oakville, but lost to fellow MPP Gary Carr, 651 votes to 432.

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1996 - Oakville - Gary Carr

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Young's fifteen-year old daughter Vanessa died in 2000 after taking the Johnson & Johnson prescription drug Cisapride (Propulsid). Young became a consumer advocate after this incident, and has been fighting for a more stringent and protective drug-monitoring system in Canada. He founded Drug Safety Canada to advocate for safe prescription drugs, and also initiated a hundred million dollar class action law suit against Johnson & Johnson and Health Canada in 2000, yet to be heard for certification in Canada as of September 2005.

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2000 - Propulsid

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Young endorsed Frank Klees's bid to become leader of the Ontario PC Party in 2004. He is now the Federal Conservative Candidate for the Oakville riding.

Related Topics:
Frank Klees - 2004

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Young is co-founder and Vice-Chair of the Ontario Assoiation of Former Parliamentarians (oafp.ca) and President of Policy Alliance Inc.

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