Bruce Lonsdale | |
Birth Date: | 10 November 1949 |
Birth Place: | Cobalt, Ontario, Canada |
Death Place: | Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada |
Riding: | Timiskaming |
Term Start: | April 14, 1980 |
Term End: | January 22, 1982 |
Office1: | Mayor of Cobalt |
Term Start1: | 1977 |
Term End1: | 1980 |
Predecessor: | Arnold Peters |
Successor: | John MacDougall |
Party: | Liberal Party |
Children: | 3 |
Bruce Lonsdale (November 10, 1949 – January 22, 1982) was a Canadian politician. He represented the riding of Timiskaming in the House of Commons of Canada from 1980 until his death two years later. He was a member of the Liberal Party.
In 1973, Lonsdale was elected to the council of his hometown of Cobalt. He served as mayor from 1977 to 1980, before seeking the Liberal nomination for the federal riding of Timiskaming.[1]
On the evening of January 22, 1982, Lonsdale died in a head-on collision on Highway 17, about 10 kilometers west of North Bay. He was 32 years old.[1]
Lonsdale was married and had three children.[1]