Maurice Bossy
{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{use Canadian English|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Maurice Bossy
| image =
| office1 = Ontario MPP
| term_start1 = 1985
| term_end1 = 1990
| predecessor1 = Andy Watson
| successor1 = Randy Hope
| constituency1 = Chatham—Kent
| constituency_MP2 = Kent
| parliament2 = Canadian
| term_start2 = 1980
| term_end2 = 1984
| predecessor2 = John Robert Holmes
| successor2 = Elliott Hardey
| party = Liberal
| otherparty = Ontario Liberal Party
| birth_date = {{birth date|1929|4|1}}
| birth_place = Orford, Ontario
| death_date = {{death date and age|2008|11|29|1929|4|1}}
| death_place = Chatham, Ontario
| spouse = Margaret Lanckriet
| children = 7
| occupation = Farmer
}}
Maurice Louis Bossy (April 1, 1929 – November 29, 2008) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1980 to 1984, and represented the Ontario Liberal Party in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1985 to 1990.
Background
Bossy was educated at Pain Court, Ontario, and worked for many years as a farmer, and a traveling fertilizer salesman for Canada Packers. He served on several Kent County School Boards in the late 1960s, and was also a member of the Royal Canadian Legion and Knights of Columbus, was active in RC Parish Council in both home parishes in Dresden and Chatham, performed as part of a local dance band specializing in polka music.
Bossy married Margaret Lanckriet in 1950 and together they raised 7 children.
Federal politics
Bossy was elected to the House of Commons in the federal election of 1980, defeating Progressive Conservative incumbent Bob Holmes by 847 votes in the southwestern Ontario riding of Kent.{{cite news |title=Election '80 |newspaper=The Toronto Star |date=February 19, 1987 |page=B7}} He served as parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Supply and Services from March 1 to September 30, 1982, and to the Secretary of State for Canada from October 1, 1982 to February 29, 1984.
The Liberals were defeated in the 1984 federal election, and Bossy lost to Progressive Conservative Elliott Hardey by over 5,000 votes.{{cite web |title=How Canada voted |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=September 5, 1984 |pages=14–15}}
Provincial politics
The following year, having been recruited by new provincial Liberal leader David Peterson, Bossy sought election for the Ontario Liberal Party in the riding of Chatham—Kent, and defeated incumbent Progressive Conservative Andy Watson by 1,134 votes.{{cite news |title=Results of vote in Ontario election |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=May 3, 1985 |page=13}} The Liberals formed a minority government after this election and Bossy was appointed as parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Housing in 1987. He was re-elected by an increased margin in the 1987 provincial election, in which Peterson's Liberals won a landslide majority.{{cite news |title=Results from individual ridings |newspaper=The Windsor Star |date=September 11, 1987 |page=F2}}
The Liberals were defeated in the 1990 provincial election, and Bossy too, losing his legislative seat to New Democrat Randy Hope by almost 4,000 votes.{{cite news |title=Ontario election: Riding-by-riding voting results |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=September 7, 1990 |page=A12}}
Later life
In 1994, Bossy signed a petition calling for the introduction of an ethanol industry in Canada.
References
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External links
- {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=11752}}
- {{Ontario MPP biography|id=maurice-louis-bossy}}
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Category:Liberal Party of Canada MPs
Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario
Category:Ontario Liberal Party MPPs
Category:20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada
Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario