Frank Miclash
{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Frank Miclash
| image =
| caption =
| office = Ontario MPP
| term_start = 1987
| term_end = 1999
| predecessor = Leo Bernier
| successor = riding dissolved
| constituency = Kenora
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|5|16}}
| birth_place = Kenora, Ontario
| party = Liberal
| occupation = Teacher, hospital administrator
| residence =
}}
Frank Ranover Miclash (born May 16, 1953) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 1999.
Background
Miclash was educated at the University of Manitoba, receiving a certificate in education, and later worked as a teacher. He was elected to the Lake of the Woods District Hospital board in 1985, and served as a commanding officer of the Navy League Cadet Corps. He owns a fishing camp and a bed-and-breakfast inn.
Politics
He was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1987 provincial election, defeating New Democrat Doug Miranda by just over 1,000 votes in the riding of Kenora.{{cite news |title=Results from individual ridings |newspaper=The Windsor Star |date=September 11, 1987 |page=F2}} The Liberal Party won a landslide majority in this election. Miclash was appointed as a parliamentary assistant in 1988–89.
In the 1990 election the Liberals were defeated by New Democratic Party, although Miclash defeated Miranda a second time by 331.{{cite news |title=Ontario election: Riding-by-riding voting results |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=September 7, 1990 |page=A12}} Miclash served as chief opposition whip in 1991–92, and was easily re-elected in the 1995 election.{{cite web |url=http://results.elections.on.ca/results/1995_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=36&rec=0&district=kenora&flag=E&layout=G |title=Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=June 8, 1995 |accessdate=2014-03-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326042807/http://results.elections.on.ca/results/1995_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=36&rec=0&district=kenora&flag=E&layout=G |archivedate=March 26, 2014 }} He supported Dwight Duncan for the Liberal Party leadership in 1996.
The province's boundaries were radically altered in 1996, such that Miclash's Kenora riding was merged with the Rainy River of NDP leader Howard Hampton as Kenora—Rainy River. As such, the two MPPs were forced to face each other in the 1999 provincial election. Despite retaining strong support in the Kenora area, Miclash was unable to match Hampton's name recognition; Hampton won the election by just over 3,000 votes.{{cite web |url=http://results.elections.on.ca/results/1999_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=37&rec=0&district=Kenora-Rainy+River&flag=E&layout=G |title=Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=June 3, 1999 |accessdate=2014-03-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326043318/http://results.elections.on.ca/results/1999_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=37&rec=0&district=Kenora-Rainy+River&flag=E&layout=G |archivedate=March 26, 2014 }}
Later life
Miclash worked for three months as a manual labourer on the Grace Anne luxury yacht following his defeat. He was subsequently appointed to the province's social benefits tribunal by the Progressive Conservative government of Mike Harris and he continues to serve on that body.{{cite news |title=Former speaker lands Tory patronage plum |last=Lindgren |first=April |newspaper=The Windsor Star |date=October 9, 1999 |page=A7}}
Electoral record
{{1995 Ontario general election/Kenora}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Ontario MPP biography|id=frank-ranover-miclash}}
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Category:Ontario Liberal Party MPPs
Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario