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February 5 Toronto MPP Margaret […]

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1981-02-05

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February 5 Toronto MPP Margaret Campbell (Lib.–St. George) announced that she would not be a candidate in the upcoming Ontario provincial election (March 19, 1981). Campbell, who was supportive of gay rights, had represented the constituency of St. George, which included most of Toronto's gay neighbourhood, for eight years. At the time, Campbell was the sole Liberal MPP in Metropolitan Toronto. (See also February 10, 1981.)

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Toronto

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Margaret Campbell

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Liberal Party Ontario

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Rosemary Speirs, "St. George Losing the Dragon Lady," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 6 February 1981, p. 4.Chris Bearchell, "The Election in St. George Riding: Hopping on the Gay Bandwagon," Body Politic, no. 71 (1981), p. 15