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Pearson">Lester B. Pearson</a><br />Pierre Trudeau</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Harry_Hays" title="Harry Hays">Harry Hays</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bud_Olson" title="Bud Olson">Bud Olson</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Canada" title="Senate of Canada">Senator</a> for Niagara, Ontario</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1 September 1972 – 23 October 1978</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Appointed by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Pierre Trudeau</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(Canada)" title="Member of Parliament (Canada)">Member of Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/Niagara_Falls_(federal_electoral_district)" title="Niagara Falls (federal electoral district)">Niagara Falls</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />25 June 1968 – 31 August 1972</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Judy_LaMarsh" title="Judy LaMarsh">Judy LaMarsh</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Hueglin" title="Joe Hueglin">Joe Hueglin</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(Canada)" title="Member of Parliament (Canada)">Member of Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/Renfrew_South_(federal_electoral_district)" title="Renfrew South (federal electoral district)">Renfrew South</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />8 April 1963 – 24 June 1968</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_William_Baskin" title="James William Baskin">James William Baskin</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Riding dissolved</i></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">John James Greene</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1920-06-24</span>)</span>24 June 1920<br /><a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a>, Canada</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">23 October 1978<span style="display:none">(1978-10-23)</span> (aged 58)<br /><a href="/wiki/Ottawa" title="Ottawa">Ottawa</a>, Ontario, Canada</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Corinne Bedore</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1948)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">5</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data">Lawyer</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data">Canada</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branch/service</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Air_Force" title="Royal Canadian Air Force">Royal Canadian Air Force</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1941–1945</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Flight_lieutenant" title="Flight lieutenant">Flight lieutenant</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(British)" class="mw-redirect" title="Distinguished Flying Cross (British)">Distinguished Flying Cross</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Mentioned_in_dispatches" title="Mentioned in dispatches">Mentioned in dispatches</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John James</b> "<b>Joe</b>" <b>Greene</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Privy_Council_for_Canada" title="King's Privy Council for Canada">PC</a></span> <span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Counsel" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen's Counsel">QC</a></span> <span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(United_Kingdom)" title="Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)">DFC</a></span></span> (24 June 1920 – 23 October 1978) was a Canadian politician.<sup id="cite_ref-parl_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parl-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life_and_career">Life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Greene_(Ontario_politician)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Greene was born in <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a>, Ontario, the son of Andrée (née Charpagnol) and Peter Greene.<sup id="cite_ref-johnson_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-johnson-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He grew up in <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a> before finding work in northern <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a> as a mine worker.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2010)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>After graduating from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Toronto_Schools" title="University of Toronto Schools">University of Toronto Schools</a>, he served in the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Air_Force" title="Royal Canadian Air Force">Royal Canadian Air Force</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> and earned the <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(British)" class="mw-redirect" title="Distinguished Flying Cross (British)">Distinguished Flying Cross</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-parl_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parl-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the war, he earned a Bachelor of Arts from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Toronto" title="University of Toronto">University of Toronto</a> and a law degree from <a href="/wiki/Osgoode_Hall_Law_School" title="Osgoode Hall Law School">Osgoode Hall</a>. He began practice in Toronto, establishing a law firm in <a href="/wiki/Arnprior,_Ontario" class="mw-redirect" title="Arnprior, Ontario">Arnprior, Ontario</a><sup id="cite_ref-johnson_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-johnson-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 1949. In 1948, he married Corinne Bedore.<sup id="cite_ref-johnson_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-johnson-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He ran for the leadership of the <a href="/wiki/Ontario_Liberal_Party" title="Ontario Liberal Party">Ontario Liberal Party</a> in 1958, placing a poor third at the <a href="/wiki/Ontario_Liberal_Party_leadership_elections" title="Ontario Liberal Party leadership elections">party's leadership convention</a>. </p><p>He was first elected to the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_Canada" title="House of Commons of Canada">House of Commons of Canada</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1963_Canadian_federal_election" title="1963 Canadian federal election">1963 general election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-parl_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parl-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1964, he ran again for the <a href="/wiki/1964_Ontario_Liberal_Party_leadership_election" title="1964 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election">leadership of the Ontario Liberals</a>, placing fourth. </p><p>In 1965, he became <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Agriculture_(Canada)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Agriculture (Canada)">Minister of Agriculture</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_cabinet" class="mw-redirect" title="Canadian cabinet">cabinet</a> of <a href="/wiki/Lester_Pearson" class="mw-redirect" title="Lester Pearson">Lester Pearson</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-parl_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parl-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> one of the few non-farmers to hold the position and the first easterner in 54 years. In 1968, he ran to succeed Pearson in that year's federal <a href="/wiki/1968_Liberal_Party_of_Canada_leadership_election" title="1968 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election">Liberal leadership convention</a>, but despite giving what many say was the best speech, he came in fifth place. After three ballots, he threw his support to <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Trudeau" title="Pierre Trudeau">Pierre Trudeau</a>, contributing towards his victory.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Canada" title="Prime Minister of Canada">Prime Minister</a> made Greene <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Energy,_Mines_and_Resources_(Canada)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources (Canada)">Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-parl_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parl-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Greene moved to the riding of <a href="/wiki/Niagara_Falls,_Ontario" title="Niagara Falls, Ontario">Niagara Falls, Ontario</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1968_Canadian_federal_election" title="1968 Canadian federal election">1968 election</a>, and was again elected to Parliament. As energy minister,<sup id="cite_ref-parl_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parl-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Greene prevented the sale of both the largest oil company under Canadian control and Canada's largest uranium producer to Americans. </p><p>Greene suffered a heart attack in 1969, and was required to take a temporary leave of absence from parliament. <a href="/wiki/Otto_Lang" title="Otto Lang">Otto Lang</a> served as the acting minister of Energy, Mines and Resources in this period.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Green later suffered a stroke in late 1971. Greene retired from cabinet in January 1972 when he was appointed to the <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Canada" title="Senate of Canada">Senate of Canada</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-parl_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parl-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He died in 1978, aged 58. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Greene_(Ontario_politician)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-parl-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-parl_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-parl_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-parl_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-parl_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-parl_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-parl_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-parl_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=12385">Joe Greene – Parliament of Canada biography</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-johnson-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-johnson_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-johnson_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-johnson_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFJohnson1968" class="citation book cs1">Johnson, J.K. (1968). <i>The Canadian Directory of Parliament, 1867-1967</i>. Public Archives of Canada.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Canadian+Directory+of+Parliament%2C+1867-1967&rft.pub=Public+Archives+of+Canada&rft.date=1968&rft.aulast=Johnson&rft.aufirst=J.K.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJoe+Greene+%28Ontario+politician%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:0-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFrancis2000" class="citation book cs1">Francis, Lloyd (2000). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/ottawaboyautobio0000fran"><i>Ottawa boy: an autobiography</i></a></span>. General Store Publishing House. pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/ottawaboyautobio0000fran/page/96">96</a>–7. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-894263-30-8" title="Special:BookSources/1-894263-30-8"><bdi>1-894263-30-8</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 September</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ottawa+boy%3A+an+autobiography&rft.pages=96-7&rft.pub=General+Store+Publishing+House&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=1-894263-30-8&rft.aulast=Francis&rft.aufirst=Lloyd&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fottawaboyautobio0000fran&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJoe+Greene+%28Ontario+politician%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Walter Stewart, "Which of these men will be Captain Canada, 1971?" <i>Maclean's,</i> Nov. 1, 1970, 31.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Winnipeg Free Press</i>, 5 February 1969, p. 15</span> </li> </ol></div> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Canada" title="Parliament of Canada">Parliament of Canada</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/James_William_Baskin" title="James William Baskin">James William Baskin</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(Canada)" title="Member of Parliament (Canada)">Member of Parliament</a> from <a href="/wiki/Renfrew_South_(federal_electoral_district)" title="Renfrew South (federal electoral district)">Renfrew South</a> </b><br />1963–1968 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"> Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold">The electoral district was abolished in 1966.</div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Judy_LaMarsh" title="Judy LaMarsh">Judy LaMarsh</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(Canada)" title="Member of Parliament (Canada)">Member of Parliament</a> from <a href="/wiki/Niagara_Falls_(federal_electoral_district)" title="Niagara Falls (federal electoral district)">Niagara Falls</a> </b><br />1968–1972 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Hueglin" title="Joe Hueglin">Joe Hueglin</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Harry_Hays" title="Harry Hays">Harry Hays</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a 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