Andy Thompson (Canadian politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Belfast, Northern Ireland
About Andy Thompson (Canadian politician)
- Andrew Ernest Joseph Thompson (December 14, 1924 – February 3, 2016) was a Canadian politician.
- Thompson was leader of the Ontario Liberal Party and later served as a Senator.
- He was elected as the Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for the west-end Toronto Dovercourt electoral district in 1959.
- He was elected the Ontario Liberal Party's leader in 1964.
- His physical health began to fail in late 1966 forcing him to retire as the Liberal leader.
- He was appointed to the Canadian Senate in 1967, forcing him to resign his provincial seat in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
- He attracted media attention in 1997 and 1998 for making few appearances in the Senate over the past decade.
- His health issues never really went away, and gave that as his explanation for his truancy.
- He became the first Senator ever stripped of his office staff, salary and expense account for truancy, in 1998.
- A month later he resigned in order to receive his pension.
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