Richard L. Treleaven is a former politician in Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

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. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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 from 1981 to 1987, as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party

Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario

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.

Treleaven was born in Goderich, Ontario

Goderich, Ontario

Goderich is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario and is the county seat of Huron County. The town was founded by William "Tiger" Dunlop in 1827. First laid out in 1828, the town is named after Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, who was British prime minister at the time. The town...

, and educated at the University of Western Ontario

University of Western Ontario

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 and the Osgoode Law School. He obtained a Bachelor of Laws

Bachelor of Laws

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 degree, and worked as a barrister and solicitor. He was also a member of the Waterloo-Wellington Hunt Club, and coach of the Woodstock

Woodstock, Ontario

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 Y Swim Team.

He was first elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1981 provincial election

Ontario general election, 1981

The Ontario general election of 1981 was held on March 19, 1981, to elect members of the 32nd Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada....

, defeating Liberal Party

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 candidate John Finlay

John Baird Finlay

John Baird Finlay was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 2004. His career had been in the school system, as a teacher and superintendent....

 by 4,082 votes in Oxford

Oxford (electoral district)

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. For the next four years, he served as a backbench supporter of the Bill Davis

Bill Davis

William Grenville "Bill" Davis, was the 18th Premier of Ontario, Canada, from 1971 to 1985. Davis was first elected as the MPP for Peel in the 1959 provincial election where he was a backbencher in Leslie Frost's government. Under John Robarts, he was a cabinet minister overseeing the education...

 and Frank Miller

Frank Miller (politician)

Frank Stuart Miller, was a Canadian politician, who served as the 19th Premier of Ontario for four months in 1985.-Early life and political career:...

 administrations.

The Progressive Conservatives were reduced to a tenuous minority government

Minority government

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 under Miller's leadership in the 1985 provincial election

Ontario general election, 1985

The Ontario general election of 1985 was held on May 2, 1985, to elect members of the 33rd Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada...

. Treleaven was re-elected in Oxford, and named as Deputy Speaker

Speaker (politics)

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 of the Assembly on June 6, 1985. He retained his position after Miller's government was defeated in the house, and the Liberals formed government under David Peterson

David Peterson

David Robert Peterson, PC, O.Ont was the 20th Premier of the Province of Ontario, Canada, from June 26, 1985 to October 1, 1990. He was the first Liberal premier of Ontario in 42 years....

. In 1986, he was a prominent opponent of Peterson's plan to ban extra billing by Ontario doctors.

Treleaven was defeated in the 1987 provincial election

Ontario general election, 1987

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, losing to Liberal candidate Charlie Tatham

Charlie Tatham

Charles Murray Tatham is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal from 1987 to 1990....

by 2,874 votes.