Michael James Breaugh (born September 13, 1942 in Kingston, Ontario) is a former Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1975 to 1990, and in the Canadian House of Commons from 1990 to 1993. September 13 is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years). ... Kingston, Ontario, with a population of approximately 142,819 people, is located at the eastern end of Lake Ontario, where the lake runs into the St. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Area 1,076,395 km² (4th)  - Land 917,741 km²  - Water 158,654 km² (14. ... Canada is a sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. ... The Ontario Legislature Building at Queens Park The Legislative Assembly of Ontario, is the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario. ... The interior of the House of Commons chamber, also called the Green Chamber The House of Commons (in French, la Chambre des communes) is the directly elected lower house of the Parliament of Canada which sits in the nations capital of Ottawa, Ontario. ...

Breaugh was educated at Peterborough Teachers' College, Queen's University and the University of Toronto. A teacher by training, he was on the executive of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association when he was first elected in the 1975 Ontario election. A New Democrat, he won an easy victory in the working-class riding of Oshawa and was re-elected in the 1977 election. City nickname: The Electric City Area¹  - Total  - Water 58. ... The University of Toronto (U of T), in Toronto, Ontario, is the largest university in Canada with more than 60,000 students across three campuses. ... The Ontario New Democratic Party (formerly known as the Ontario Cooperative Commonwealth Federation) is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. ... Oshawa is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. ...

The NDP had seemed poised for an electoral breakthrough in 1977, but instead fell to from second to third-place status in the legislature. When Stephen Lewis stepped down as Ontario NDP leader in 1978, Breaugh ran to succeed him. He received 499 votes at the 1978NDP leadership convention, finishing a strong third in a field of three candidates. Surprisingly, most of his supporters went to Michael Cassidy rather than presumed frontrunner Ian Deans on the second ballot, giving Cassidy a narrow victory. Stephen Lewis in Africa for UNICEF. Stephen Henry Lewis (b. ... Events January January 1 - The Copyright Act of 1976 takes effect, making sweeping changes to United States copyright law. ... Leadership conventions and leadership challenges in the Ontario New Democratic Party (previously known as the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, Ontario Section). ... Michael Morris Cassidy (born 1937) is a Canadian politician. ... Ian Deans (born August 16, 1937) is a former Canadian politician. ...

Breaugh was re-elected in the 1981 election, though by a narrower margin than before. Under Cassidy's leadership, the party ran what was later acknowledged to have been a poor campaign. William Daviss Progressive Conservatives finally won a majority government after winning only minorities in the 1975 and 1977 elections. ...

Breaugh had a poor relationship with Bob Rae, who replaced Cassidy as party leader in 1982. The NDP experienced a modest recovery under Rae in the 1985 provincial election, and Breaugh was again re-elected by a significant margin in Oshawa. In the 1987 election, he defeated Liberal Cathy O'Flynn by the reduced margin of 2,916 votes as the Liberals won a landslide provincial majority. Robert Keith (Bob) Rae PC, OC, OOnt, QC (born August 2, 1948 in Ottawa, Ontario) was the 21st premier of Ontario, and the first to represent the NDP in that role. ... David Petersons Liberals, with support from Bob Raes New Democrats, form a minority government despite having fewer seats than Frank Millers Progressive Conservatives. ... David Petersons Liberals were returned to power with a large majority. ... The Ontario Liberal Party is a centrist provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. ...

Breaugh often clashed with Rae in the 1980s, criticising his leadership. In 1990, he left Queen's Park and ran for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons, in a by-election called in Oshawa to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of former New Democratic Party leader Ed Broadbent. Breaugh again defeated O'Flynn to win the by-election, which was held a month before the 1990 Ontario election that brought Rae's NDP to power. A by-election or bye-election is a special election held to fill a political office when the incumbent has died or resigned. ... This page is about the Canadian political party. ... The Honourable John Edward (Ed) Broadbent, P.C., (born March 21, 1936) is a Canadian social democratic politician and political scientist. ... As a result of serious scandals, David Petersons Liberal government was defeated by a large protest vote. ...

Ironically, Rae's government was largely responsible for Breaugh's defeat at the polls in 1993. The provincial NDP had by this time lost much of its support from organized labour, through austerity legislation known as the Social Contract. This had a detrimental effect on the federal NDP, which lost all of its Ontario seats in the 1993 federal election. Breaugh was reduced to a fourth-place finish in Oshawa, where the local branch of the Canadian Auto Workers had previously disaffiliated from the NDP. Social contract is a phrase used in philosophy, political science, and sociology to denote a real or hypothetical agreement within a state regarding the rights and responsibilities of the state and its citizens, or more generally a similar concord between a group and its members. ... The 1993 Canadian federal election, which took place on October 25th, 1993, was one of the most eventful in Canadian history. ... Canadian Auto Workers Logo The Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) is one of Canadas largest and highest profile trade unions. ...

Breaugh has not sought a political comeback since this time. He supported Bill Blaikie for leader of the federal NDP in 2002-03. The Hon. ...