- Eric Cunningham
Eric Gordon Cunningham (born
April 14 ,1949 ) is a former politician inOntario ,Canada . He served in theLegislative Assembly of Ontario from 1975 to 1984, as a member of theOntario Liberal Party .Cunningham was born in Hamilton, Ontario, and educated at the
University of Western Ontario andMcMaster University . He worked as an advertising executive, was a founder of the Ontario New Liberal Association, and received a provincial recognition award in 1968.He campaigned for the
Canadian House of Commons in the 1974 federal election as a candidate of theLiberal Party of Canada , and lost to Progressive ConservativeBill Kempling by 668 votes inHalton—Wentworth . He was elected to the Ontario legislature in a provincial election the following year, defeating Progressive Conservative incumbentDon Ewen by 1,977 votes inWentworth North . He was re-elected by an increased majority in the 1977 election, and defeated Progressive Conservative challengerAnn Sloat in 1981. He supportedJim Breithaupt for the Liberal Party leadership in 1982, and resigned from the legislature in 1984 to run federally a second time.Cunningham was defeated in the 1984 federal election, losing to Progressive Conservative candidate
Geoff Scott by over 10,000 votes amidBrian Mulroney 's landslide victory across the country.Cunningham joined
United Water Canada in 1999, as vice-president of business development responsible for Canada. [http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:b_eRoRtdQJQJ:www.dree.org/nafic/3%2520entree%2520dans%2520le%2520site/3%2520activites%2520and%2520events/2001/toronto/toronto%2520cd/pdf%2520Version/NAFIC%2520MEETINGprint.pdf+%22Eric+Cunningham%22+%22United+Water%22+MPP&hl=en] In 2002, he told an interviewer that his company was investigating possibilities with several Canadian municipalities for private sector expansion in water treatment. [http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2002-04-04/news_story8.php]Cunningham has also remained active in the Liberal Party. In 2004, he supported
Tony Valeri overSheila Copps for the federal party's contested nomination inHamilton East—Stoney Creek . [http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:u1z1lbkbE8AJ:www.bluedraft.com/vm/newca/visual_index.phtml%3Fclientpk%3D259%26langue%3Danglais%26visual%3D12%26user%3D%26id%3D121%26section%3D14%26parent%3D0+%22Eric+Cunningham%22+Ontario&hl=en]
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