Clare Mapledoram Explained

Clare Mapledoram
Office:Ontario MPP
Term Start:1951
Term End:1959
Predecessor:Charlie Cox
Successor:John Chapple
Constituency:Fort William
Party:Progressive Conservative
Birth Date:10 March 1903
Birth Place:Fort William, Ontario
Death Place:Thunder Bay, Ontario
Occupation:Manager
Spouse:Mary Dorica
Children:4

Clare Edgar Mapledoram (March 10, 1903  - October 9, 1983) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1951 to 1959 who represented the northern Ontario riding of Fort William. He was a cabinet minister in the government of Leslie Frost.

Background

Mapledoram was born in Fort William, Ontario, the son of William James Mapledoram. In 1927, he married Mary Dorica.[1] Mapledoram was a personnel manager for the Great Lakes Paper Company. He and his wife Mary raised four children, three sons and a daughter. He died in Thunder Bay at the age of 80.[2]

Politics

Mapledoram served as reeve for Neebing Township from 1947 to 1951. He also served as president of the local Chamber of Commerce.[2]

In the 1951 provincial election, he ran as the Progressive Conservative candidate in the riding of Fort William. He defeated Liberal incumbent Charlie Cox by 752 votes.[3] He was re-elected in 1955.[4]

He was Minister of Lands and Forests in the provincial cabinet from 1954 to 1958, but resigned from cabinet after he was implicated in the Northern Ontario Natural Gas scandal. He was defeated in the 1959 election by Liberal John Chapple.[5]

Cabinet posts

Notes and References

  1. Book: Canadian Parliamentary Guide . 1952 . GP Normandin.
  2. Web site: Death of Clare Mapledoram . Legislative Assemnly of Ontario . October 11, 1983 . November 1, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110611022219/http://www.ontla.on.ca/house-proceedings/transcripts/files_html/11-OCT-1983_L054.htm#P39_12321 . June 11, 2011 . dead .
  3. News: Canadian Press . Complete Ontario Vote . The Montreal Gazette . November 22, 1951 . Montreal. 4 .
  4. News: Canadian Press . Complete Results of Ontario Voting by Constituencies . The Ottawa Citizen . June 10, 1955 . Ottawa . 4 .
  5. News: Canadian Press . Complete Results of Ontario Voting by Constituencies . The Ottawa Citizen . June 12, 1959 . Ottawa . 26 .