John Gerald (Jack) Masters (born ''John Gerald Mastrangelo''; 27 September 1931) is a former
Canadian
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politician. He served as
mayor
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of the city of
Thunder Bay
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,
Ontario
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, and as a federal
Member of Parliament
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. He was born in
Fort William, Ontario.
He was elected to the
House of Commons of Canada as a
Liberal
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for the constituency of
Thunder Bay—Nipigon in the
1980 federal election and served as the
parliamentary secretary to the Minister of State (Mines) and the Minister of Communications in the final government of
Pierre Trudeau. He was defeated in the
1984 federal election by
Ernie Epp.
External links
*
1931 births
Living people
Canadian people of Italian descent
Mayors of Thunder Bay
Liberal Party of Canada MPs
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario
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