Preceded by Roy McMurtry Profession Lawyer Role Politician Residence Toronto, Canada | Constituency Eglinton Name David McFadden Education University of Toronto Succeeded by Dianne Poole | |
Born December 7, 1945 (age 78)
Thunder Bay, Ontario ( 1945-12-07 ) Political party Progressive Conservative Party Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario | ||
David James McFadden (born December 7, 1945) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1985 to 1987 who represented the midtown Toronto riding of Eglinton.
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Background
McFadden was born in Thunder Bay. He was educated at the University of Toronto, and at the Osgoode Hall Law School at York University. After graduation, he became a partner in the law firm of McFadden, Marrocco and Parker. He served as vice-president of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Association from 1968 to 1980, and as president from 1980 to 1986. He helped to rebuild the party's grass-roots organization in the mid-1970s, and chaired both of the party's leadership conventions in 1985.
Politics
He was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1985 provincial election defeating Liberal candidate Dianne Poole by 914 votes in Eglinton. The Progressive Conservatives won a minority government in this election, and McFadden briefly served as a backbench supporter of Frank Miller's administration before it was defeated in the house. In opposition, he served as his party's critic for Colleges and Universities, Technology and Trade. He lost to Dianne Poole in the 1987 election by 695 votes.
Later life
McFadden served as a director of the Toronto Board of Trade from 1993 to 2001, and is now a senior partner in the law firm Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP and chair of Gowlings' National Energy and Infrastructure Industry Group. In 2003, he was appointed by the Government of Canada to serve as a member of the Electric System Working Group, which examined the causes of a major power blackout in the Northeastern United States and Canada. McFadden has also served in numerous other positions in the Toronto business community.