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Hugh Alden Edighoffer (July 22, 1928 – July 2, 2019) was a politician in Ontario, Canada.[1] He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1967 to 1990, and was Speaker of the legislature during the administration of David Peterson.
Hugh Edighoffer | |
|---|---|
| Ontario MPP | |
| In office 1967–1990 | |
| Preceded by | J. Fred Edwards |
| Succeeded by | Karen Haslam |
| Constituency | Perth |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Hugh Alden Edighoffer July 22, 1928 Stratford, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | July 2, 2019 (aged 90) Mitchell, Ontario, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Occupation | Businessman |
Edighoffer was born in 1928 at Stratford, Ontario,[2] grew up in Mitchell, was educated at Pickering College and worked as a retail merchant in the clothing business before entering provincial politics. He also served on the town council for Mitchell in 1958 and 1959 and was mayor from 1960 to 1961.[2]
He ran for the Ontario legislature in the 1963 election, but lost to Progressive Conservative J. Fred Edwards by over 5,000 votes in the constituency of Perth.[3] Edighoffer ran again in the 1967 election, and defeated Edwards by 187 votes.[4] He was re-elected without difficulty in the elections of 1971,[5] 1975,[6] 1977,[7] 1981,[8] 1985,[9] and 1987.[10]
The Liberal Party, which had been out of power since 1943, formed a minority government after the election of 1985. Edighoffer, who had served as Deputy Speaker in a previous minority parliament, was appointed Speaker of the Legislature on June 4, 1985 after the toppling of the Frank Miller's government in a motion of non-confidence. Edighoffer was nominated and seconded for the Speaker's position by the leaders of all three political parties represented in the legislature, and was generally regarded as an impartial officeholder.[2] He was re-appointed as speaker on November 3, 1987 following that year's provincial election. He served in the position for another three years, and did not seek re-election in 1990.[2]
Edighoffer's painting in the Ontario legislature was painted by Istvan Nyikos, a Hungarian-born Canadian artist.[11]
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