Edward A. "Ed" Fulton (born March 19, 1938), is a former politician in
Ontario
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, Canada. He was a
Liberal
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member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1985 to 1990 who represented the eastern
Toronto
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riding of
Scarborough East
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. He served as a
cabinet minister in the government of
David Peterson
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Backgr ...
. From 1969 to 1984 he served as a municipal politician in the city of
Scarborough, Toronto.
Background
Fulton attended the
R.H. King Academy (We care, we strive, we serve)
, motto = la, Per Ardua Sapientia
, motto_translation =Through the hard task of wisdom
, streetaddress = 3800 St. Clair Avenue East
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in Scarborough.
Politics
Municipal
He served as an
alderman
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in the city of Scarborough (now part of
Toronto
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) from 1969 to 1984, and was a city controller from 1984 to 1985. He also served on the Metro Toronto Council from 1981 to 1982 and from 1984 to 1985. He served as chair of the Waterfront Advisory Board during his time on the Metro Council.
Provincial
He was elected to the Ontario legislature in the
1985 provincial election, defeating his
Progressive Conservative opponent by 4,610 votes.
The Liberal Party formed a
minority government after this election, and Fulton was appointed to cabinet on June 26, 1985, as
Minister of Transportation and Communications.
Easily returned in the
1987 election, Fulton remained in cabinet in the restructured portfolio of Ministry of Transportation.
In June 1989, Fulton was implicated in the
Patti Starr affair. Starr, who was head of the National Council of Jewish Women, misused her position by having the organization make political contributions to the riding associations of prominent Liberal MPPs. Fulton's riding of Scarborough East was among those who received an illegal contribution. On August 2, when Peterson shuffled his cabinet in the wake of the scandal, Fulton was not included.
The Liberals were defeated in the
1990 provincial election, and Fulton lost his seat by 1,774 votes to
Bob Frankford of the
Ontario New Democratic Party
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.
The Liberal Party asked him to run again in the
1995 election, but he declined the offer in order to spend more time on his consulting business.
Cabinet positions
References
External links
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1938 births
Living people
Members of the Executive Council of Ontario
Metropolitan Toronto councillors
Ontario Liberal Party MPPs
Ontario municipal councillors
People from Scarborough, Toronto