Jim Pollock
{{Short description|Canadian politician (1930–2021)}}
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{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Jim Pollock
| image =
| caption =
| office = Ontario MPP
| term_start = 1981
| term_end = 1990
| predecessor = Clarke Rollins
| successor = Elmer Buchanan
| constituency = Hastings—Peterborough
| party = Progressive Conservative
| birth_date = {{birth date|1930|07|08}}
| birth_place = Stirling, Ontario, Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|10|28|1930|7|8}}
| death_place = Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
| residence =
| occupation = Farmer
}}
James Ivan Pollock (July 8, 1930 – October 28, 2021) was a politician in Ontario, Canada.[https://www.weaverfuneralhomes.com/obituaries/James-Jim-Ivan-Pollock?obId=22843110 Jim Pollock]'s obituary He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1981 to 1990 who represented the riding of Hastings—Peterborough.
Background
Pollock was educated at Rawdon High School, and worked as a farmer before entering politics. He was a reeve of Rawdon Township, and a Warden in the County of Hastings. Pollock was also an active freemason.
Politics
He was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1981 provincial election, defeating Liberal candidate Dave Hobson by just under 3,000 votes in the riding of Hastings—Peterborough.{{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=March 20, 1981 |location=Windsor, Ontario |page=22 |accessdate=2014-04-01}} Elmer Buchanan of the NDP finished third. Pollock was a backbench supporter of Premiers Bill Davis and Frank Miller in the parliaments which followed. In 1983, he brought forward a resolution to make the blue jay the official bird of Ontario.
The Progressive Conservatives lost power following the 1985 election, although Pollock actually increased his majority.{{cite news |title=Results of vote in Ontario election |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=May 3, 1985 |page=13}} He was one of only sixteen Progressive Conservatives re-elected in the 1987 election, defeating Liberal Carman Metcalfe and Elmer Buchanan of the NDP.{{cite news |title=Results from individual ridings |newspaper=The Windsor Star |date=September 11, 1987 |page=F2}}
The Progressive Conservatives made a modest recovery in the 1990 provincial election, although Pollock lost his seat to Buchanan amid a provincial majority government victory for the NDP. Buchanan won the election by 896 votes.{{cite news |title=Ontario election: Riding-by-riding voting results |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=September 7, 1990 |page=A12}}
References
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External links
- {{OntarioMPPbio|id=james-pollock}}
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Category:Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs
Category:People from Hastings County
Category:20th-century mayors of places in Ontario
Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario