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Former
Member of Provincial Parliament, journalist Frank
DREA
dead at 69
By Jonathan
FOWLIE
Saturday,
January 18, 2003, Page A25
Frank DREA,
Progressive
Conservative
Member of Provincial Parliament
of 14 years and a journalist best known for his consumer advocacy
column in the Telegram, died Wednesday.
He was 69.
"He accomplished a great deal and was very tenacious," his wife
Jeanne said last night.
"He used to say, 'What's the use of having power if you don't
use it to help people?' He did, and I think that's how he'd like
to be remembered."
First elected to office in 1971 as the Member of Provincial Parliament
for Scarborough Centre, Mr.
DREA was known as a crusader who
often fought for the underdog.
In 1977, Mr.
DREA was appointed to the cabinet of then premier
Bill DAVIS, where he served as Minister of Correctional Services,
of Consumer and Commercial Relations and of Community and Social
Services.
During his time in politics, he worked to reform Ontario's prison
system, introduced legislation to protect workers and tradespeople
and helped to modernize the insurance industry.
Mr. DREA opted to leave politics in 1985 after Frank
MILLER took
over as premier and shuffled him out of the cabinet.
An avid horse-racing fan, Mr.
DREA was named chairman of the
Ontario Racing Commission later that year.
"Frank was tough, but he was fair," Premier Ernie
EVES said in
a statement yesterday.
"He will be missed by colleagues from both sides of the house,"
added Mr. EVES, who worked with Mr.
DREA for a number of years
during the early 1980s.
Toronto
Sun columnist Peter
WORTHINGTON, who worked with Mr.
DREA at the Telegram before it folded, remembered Mr.
DREA last
night as an aggressive and driven reporter.
"He was certainly one of the Telegram's strongest street reporters,"
Mr. WORTHINGTON said.
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DREVER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-11-19 published
BROWN,
Kenneth, M.D., C.M., (F.R.C.S.C)
Born 1924 in Montreal, Québec, died November 18, 2003, North
Bay, Ontario. Lovingly remembered by his wife, Toni and his children,
Susan (Don)
PRIEBE of North Bay, Pam (Tom)
DAWES of Thunder Bay,
Ken (Rose)
BROWN of Port Perry, Heather
ROBERTSON of Calgary,
Alison (Bruce)
MILLAR of Canmore, Toni
BROWN
(Dick
AVERNS) of
Vancouver, and Meredith
BROWN
(Ronnie
DREVER) of Montreal. Especially
loved by his grandchildren, Sarah, Nik, Heidi, Kim, Lisa, Eric,
Graeme, Laura, Evan, Geoff, Cam, Aidan, Riley, Nelson, Brooke,
and Lily. Also survived by his brother, James (Jean)
BROWN of
South Carolina. Friends may call at the Martyn Funeral Home,
464 Wyld Street, North Bay, on Thursday, November 20, 2003 from
2-4 and 7-9 p.m. The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m.
on Friday November 21, 2003, at Christ Church Anglican, Vimy
Street, North Bay. If desired, donations to the Parkinson Society
Canada would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy.
Husband * Father * Grandpa * Friend * Surgeon
We'll miss you
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