Allan Furlong is a former politician

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 in Ontario

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, Canada

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. He was a Liberal

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 member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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 from 1987 to 1990.

Furlong was educated at the University of New Brunswick

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, and was called to the Bar of New Brunswick in 1971. He worked as a lawyer before entering politics, and was a member of the firm Salmers and Furlong. He was also appointed acting small claims court

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 judge in the judicial district of Durham, Ontario

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 for bilingual trials.

Furlong was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1987 provincial election

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, defeating his New Democratic Party opponent by 3,004 votes in the riding of Durham Centre

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. He served as a backbench supporter of David Peterson

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's government for the next three years.

The Liberals were defeated by the NDP in the 1990 provincial election

Ontario general election, 1990

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, and Furlong lost his seat to NDP candidate Drummond White

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 by 2,348 votes. He attempted to return to the legislature in the 1995 provincial election

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, but lost to Progressive Conservative

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 candidate Jim Flaherty

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 by over 15,000 votes amid a Progressive Conservative majority government victory.

Furlong endorsed Dalton McGuinty

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's bid to lead the Ontario Liberal Party in 1996.

Furlong worked as the Executive Assistant to federal Liberal

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 Member of Parliament

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 Judi Longfield until she was defeated in January 2006 by Jim Flaherty. Ironically, Longfield once held the same position for Furlong.