Bill Barlow
{{Short description|Canadian politician (1931–2020)}}
{{Other people|William Barlow}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Bill Barlow
| image =
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| office1 = Ontario MPP
| term_start1 = 1981
| term_end1 = 1987
| predecessor1 = Monty Davidson
| successor1 = Mike Farnan
| constituency1 = Cambridge
| party = Progressive Conservative Party
| birth_date = {{birth date|1931|02|20}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|07|05|1931|02|20}}
| birth_place = Galt, Ontario
| death_place = Cambridge, Ontario
| residence =
| occupation = Company executive
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| children =
}}
William Walter Barlow (February 20, 1931 – July 5, 2020) was a Canadian politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1981 to 1987, as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.
Background
Politics
Barlow was a city alderman for ten years.
He first campaigned for the Ontario legislature in the 1977 provincial election, and lost to New Democratic Party incumbent Monty Davidson in the Cambridge constituency by 554 votes.{{cite news |title=Ontario provincial election results riding by riding |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=June 10, 1977 |page=D9}} He ran again in the 1981 election, and defeated Davidson by 849 votes.{{cite news|author=Canadian Press |title=Winds of change, sea of security |newspaper=The Windsor Star |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0NtYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QlIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1444%2C1388326 |date=1981-03-20 |location=Windsor, Ontario |page=22 |accessdate=2014-04-01}} The Progressive Conservatives won a majority government, and Barlow served in the legislature as a backbench supporter of the Bill Davis and Frank Miller administrations.
He was re-elected in the 1985 election, defeating NDP candidate Alec Dufresne by 903 votes.{{cite news |title=Results of vote in Ontario election |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=May 3, 1985 |page=13}} The PCs fell to a minority government in this election, and were soon defeated in the legislature. In opposition, Barlow served as his party's critic for Transportation and Communications and Small Business.
The Progressive Conservatives fell to 16 seats out of 130 in the 1987 election. Barlow finished third in Cambridge, losing to Mike Farnan of the New Democratic Party.{{cite news |title=Results from individual ridings |newspaper=The Windsor Star |date=September 11, 1987 |page=F2}}
Later life
Barlow was appointed to the Cambridge Art Theatre Management Committee in 2005. Barlow died at home on July 5, 2020, at the age of 89.{{cite web| url = https://www.dignitymemorial.com/en-ca/obituaries/cambridge-on/william-barlow-9250007| title = William Barlow Obituary - Cambridge, ON}}
References
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External links
- {{OntarioMPPbio|id=william-walter-barlow}}
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Category:Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs
Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario