Editing Bruce Crozier

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image         = Bruce Crozier.png
| imagesize     = 180px
| office1       = [[Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)|Ontario MPP]]
| term_start1   = 1999
| term_end1     = 2011
| predecessor1  = Riding established
| successor1    = [[Taras Natyshak]]
| constituency1 = [[Essex (provincial electoral district)|Essex]]
| term_start2   = 1993
| term_end2     = 1999
| predecessor2  = [[Remo Mancini]]
| successor2    = Riding abolished
| constituency2 = [[Essex South (provincial electoral district)|Essex South]]
| party         = [[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
| birth_date    = {{birth date|1938|06|26}}
| birth_place   = [[Leamington, Ontario]]
| death_date    = {{death date and age|2011|06|03|1938|06|26}}
| death_place   = [[Windsor, Ontario]], Canada
| occupation    = Certified General Accountant
}}
'''Bruce Crozier''' (June 26, 1938&nbsp;– June 3, 2011) was a [[politician]] in [[Ontario]], Canada. He was a member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Ontario]], representing the ridings of [[Essex South (provincial electoral district)|Essex South]] and [[Essex (provincial electoral district)|Essex]] for the [[Ontario Liberal Party]].

==Background==
Crozier was a [[Certified General Accountant]] and member of the [[Certified General Accountants of Ontario]]. He worked for the H.J. Heinz Company for eleven years and was the Vice-President of Finance and Secretary-Treasurer for Bennie Lumber and Building Materials Ltd.  He was also the National Director of the [[Kinsmen Club]] from 1975 to 1976, and was a life member of the Leamington Kinsman Club.

==Politics==
He was elected to the [[Leamington, Ontario|Leamington]] city council in 1985, and later served as the town's [[Mayor]] from 1988 to 1993.  He was first elected to the Ontario legislature in a [[by-election]] in on December 2, 1993 in the riding of [[Essex South (provincial electoral district)|Essex South]], held after longtime Liberal [[Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)|Member of Provincial Parliament]] (MPP) [[Remo Mancini]] announced his resignation from the legislature. He won this election very easily, defeating his nearest opponent ([[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Progressive Conservative]] candidate Joan Flood) by almost 10,000 votes, amid fewer than 20,000 cast.<ref>{{cite news |title=Liberal win expected in by-election |last=Mittelstaedt |first=Martin |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=December 2, 1993 |page=A8}}</ref>

Crozier was re-elected in the [[1995 Ontario general election|1995 provincial election]], defeating his nearest opponent by almost 9,000 votes.<ref name="1995 results">{{cite web |url=http://results.elections.on.ca/results/1995_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=36&rec=0&district=essex+south&flag=E&layout=G |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140803112343/http://results.elections.on.ca/results/1995_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=36&rec=0&district=essex+south&flag=E&layout=G |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 3, 2014 |title=Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=June 8, 1995 |accessdate=2014-03-02 }}</ref>  The Progressive Conservatives won the election, and Crozier joined 29 other Liberals in the official opposition. He supported [[Dwight Duncan]] for the party leadership in 1996, and gave his support to [[Dalton McGuinty]] after Duncan was eliminated.

Crozier was re-elected in the [[1999 Ontario general election|1999 election]] by over 10,000 votes in the redistributed riding of Essex, though again the Progressive Conservatives formed government at the provincial level.<ref name="1999 results">{{cite web |url=http://results.elections.on.ca/results/1999_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=37&rec=0&district=essex&flag=E&layout=G |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140803112359/http://results.elections.on.ca/results/1999_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=37&rec=0&district=essex&flag=E&layout=G |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 3, 2014 |title=Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=June 3, 1999 |accessdate=2014-03-02 }}</ref>

His margin of victory was reduced in the [[2003 Ontario general election|2003 provincial election]], which the Liberals won in a landslide.  He faced a strong challenge from [[Ontario New Democratic Party|New Democrat]] [[Patrick Michael Hayes|Pat Hayes]], who supplanted the Tories for a second-place finish.<ref name="2003 results">{{cite web |url=http://results.elections.on.ca/results/2003_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=38&rec=0&district=essex&flag=E&layout=G |title=Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=October 2, 2003 |accessdate=2014-03-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517152442/http://results.elections.on.ca/results/2003_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=38&rec=0&district=essex&flag=E&layout=G |archivedate=May 17, 2014 }}</ref>  He was not appointed to [[Cabinet (government)|Cabinet]], but was named as the Legislature's Deputy [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]] on December 8, 2003.<ref>{{cite news |title=MPP Arnott will oversee legislature on occasion |last=Ferris |first=Alan |newspaper=The Guelph Mercury |date=December 10, 2003 |page=A4}}</ref> In December 2007, Crozier was made chair of the ''Committee of the Whole House'', a senior parliamentary role responsible for maintaining order during house sessions.<ref>{{cite news |title=Crozier deputy speaker, again |newspaper=The Windsor Star |date=December 6, 2007 |page=A5}}</ref>

Crozier announced on November 29, 2010, that he would not be a candidate in the [[2011 Ontario general election|2011 election]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Veteran MPP calls it quits |last=Rennie |first=Gary |newspaper=The Windsor Star |date=November 30, 2010 |page=A3}}</ref>

On June 4, 2011, Premier Dalton McGuinty announced that Crozier had died the previous evening of an [[abdominal aortic aneurysm]] at a hospital in Windsor, Ontario.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1002784 |title=Retiring Liberal MPP Bruce Crozier dead |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=June 3, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.therecord.com/news-story/2579931-bruce-crozier-the-ontario-liberal-mpp-for-essex-dies-in-hospital-at-73/|title = Bruce Crozier, the Ontario Liberal MPP for Essex, dies in hospital at 73|date = 4 June 2011}}</ref>

==Election results==

{{Election box begin | title=[[2007 Ontario general election]]}}
{{CANelec|ON|Liberal|Bruce Crozier|19,969|48.02| }}
{{CANelec|ON|Progressive Conservatives|Richard Kniaziew|10,400|25.01| }}
{{CANelec|ON|NDP|John Grima|8,638|20.77| }}
{{CANelec |ON |Green |Jessica Fracassi |2,220 |5.34 | }}
{{CANelec|ON|Libertarian|Aaron Parent|358|0.86}}
{{end}}

{{Election box begin | title=[[2003 Ontario general election]]}}
{{CANelec|ON|Liberal|Bruce Crozier|20,559|45.28|-11.45}}
{{CANelec|ON|NDP|[[Patrick Michael Hayes|Pat Hayes]]|12,614|27.78|+19.43}}
{{CANelec|ON|Progressive Conservatives|Patrick O'Neil|11,234|24.74|-9.49}}
{{CANelec |ON |Green |Darren J. Brown |998 |2.2}}
{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|ON|1999|percent=yes}}
{{CANelec|ON|Liberal|Bruce Crozier|25,446|56.73}}
{{CANelec|ON|Progressive Conservatives|Pat O'Neil|15,354|34.23}}
{{CANelec|ON|NDP|Merv Richards|3745|8.35}}
{{CANelec|ON|Independent|Enver Villamizar|307|0.68}}
{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|ON|1995|percent=yes}}
{{CANelec|ON|Liberal|Bruce Crozier|14,513| }}
{{CANelec|ON|Progressive Conservatives|Dave Wylupek|5,730| }}
{{CANelec|ON|NDP|Dave Maris|4,348| }}
{{CANelec|ON|FCP|Enver Villamizar|1,550| }}
{{CANelec|ON|Independent|David Mitchell|498| }}
{{end}}

{{1993 Ontario provincial by-elections/Essex South}}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{OntarioMPPbio|id=bruce-crozier}}

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