| Larry O'Connor | |
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| MPP for Durham—York | |
| In office 1990–1995 |
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| Preceded by | Bill Ballinger |
| Succeeded by | Julia Munro |
| Mayor of Brock, Ontario | |
| In office December 1, 2006 – March 28, 2011 |
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| Succeeded by | Terry Clayton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 4, 1956 Oshawa, Ontario |
| Political party | New Democratic Party |
| Residence | Brock, Ontario |
Larry O'Connor (born May 4, 1956 in Oshawa, Ontario) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is the former mayor of the township of Brock, Ontario,[1] and previously served as a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1995.[2]
Before entering political life, O'Connor was a member of the political action committee of the Canadian Auto Workers Local 222 in Oshawa.
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O'Connor was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1990 provincial election, defeating Liberal incumbent Bill Ballinger by 1,230 votes in the riding of Durham—York.[2]
The NDP were defeated in the 1995 provincial election, having lost much of their support base in the Greater Toronto Area. O'Connor, running for re-election, finished a distant second against Progressive Conservative Julia Munro.
He planned to run for the federal New Democratic Party in Oshawa in the 2004 federal election, but lost the NDP nomination to Sid Ryan.
In 2002–03, O'Connor supported Bill Blaikie for the leadership of the federal NDP.
O'Connor was elected as a Durham regional councillor in 1997, later becoming chair of the region's Health and Social Services committee and president of the Association of Public Health Agencies (alPHa) in the Durham region.
O'Connor was first elected mayor of Brock Township in the 2006 municipal elections. He was re-elected in the 2010 municipal elections, but his 13-vote margin of victory over former mayor Terry Clayton led to an ongoing recount battle.[3] The township used a mail-in voting system in 2010, and when ballots which were postmarked before election day but arrived late were counted, O'Connor's margin of victory was reduced to just three votes.[3] O'Connor voluntarily resigned as mayor on March 28, 2011,[1] and the township council subsequently appointed Clayton as the new mayor.[4]