John Roland Sweeney

John Roland Sweeney

John Roland Sweeney (born June 20, 1931 in Saint John, New Brunswick; died 2001) was a Canadian politician and educator.

Sweeney moved to Ontario in his youth, and was educated at the University of Toronto, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Master's Degree in Education.

A devout Roman Catholic, Sweeney served as the Waterloo Catholic District School Board's first director of education from 1969 until 1975 when he entered provincial politics with his election to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP). Sweeney defeated Progressive Conservative Morley Rosenberg by 1,745 votes in Kitchener—Wilmot in the 1975 election, and was re-elected with increased majorities in the elections of 1977 and 1981.

He was a candidate in the 1982 Liberal leadership convention, but was eliminated on the first ballot, finishing last in a field of five candidates with only 122 votes.

He sat on the Opposition benches until the Liberals formed government under David Peterson following the 1985 election. Sweeney, easily re-elected in his own riding, was appointed Minister of Community and Social Services on June 26, 1985. He was retained in this position following the 1987 election, and was named Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing on August 2, 1989. In 1989, Sweeney extended the Special Services at Home (SSAH) program to adults with developmental disabilities.

Sweeney was strongly pro-life, and was vocal about his views on the subject. He did not support the Peterson government's liberalization of access to abortion in the late 1980s.

Sweeney did not run in the 1990 election, although he worked as a lobbyist at Queen's Park in the 1990s. Out of politics, he became chair of the Canadian branch of Habitat for Humanity, and served as Chancellor of St. Jerome's University from 1992. He was hired to examine Ontario's education system in the 1990s, and recommended cutting the number of school boards.

In 1999, Sweeney joined with Alan Redway and Marion Dewar to release "Where's Home?", a comprehensive study of housing in Ontario.

He died in 2001 from a heart attack, having survived several such attacks in the past. He left his wife, Kay, and their 10 children. [ [http://www.thestar.com/NtoS/article/108419 TheStar.com - John Sweeney devoted to public service] ] There is now a John Sweeney Catholic Elementary School in Kitchener.

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