{{Short description|Canadian politician (1940–2022)}} {{Redirect|Edward Philip|3=Edward Philip Livingston}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Use Canadian English|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Ed Philip | image = Ed Philip QP 1986-06-16 (38m26s).jpg | alt = | caption = Philip in 1986 | office1 = Ontario MPP | term_start1 = 1987 | term_end1 = 1995 | predecessor1 = ''Riding established'' | successor1 = John Hastings | constituency1 = Etobicoke—Rexdale | term_start2 = 1975 | term_end2 = 1987 | predecessor2 = Leonard Braithwaite | successor2 = ''Riding abolished'' | constituency2 = Etobicoke | party = Ontario New Democrat | birth_name = Edward Thomas Philip | birth_date = {{birth date|1940|03|11}} | birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|02|01|1940|03|11}} | death_place = Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada | occupation = Educator, management consultant | spouse = Audrey Philip, Suzanne | children = 2 }}
'''Edward Thomas Philip''' (March 11, 1940 - January 31, 2022) was a Canadian politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a New Democratic Party (NDP) member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1975 to 1995 who represented the west Toronto riding of Etobicoke. From 1990 to 1995, he was a cabinet minister in the government of Bob Rae.
==Background== Philip was educated at St. Joseph's Teachers' College, the University of Ottawa, and the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, earning a Master of Education.<ref name="1st cabinet">{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |title=Ontario's first NDP cabinet |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-ontarios-first-ndp-cab/145322561/ |date=October 2, 1990 |publisher=Toronto Star |location=Toronto, Ontario |page=A17 |access-date=April 13, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> He worked as an adult educator and management consultant before entering politics, and was a coordinator of leadership training with the Ontario Federation of Agriculture.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=September 12, 1975 |title=123 candidates seeking Metros 29 seats |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-123-candidates-seeking/145322939/ |work=Toronto Star |location=Toronto, Ontario |page=A8 |access-date=April 13, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref>
Philip was married to Audrey with whom he has two children. Previously, he was married to Suzanne.<ref name="who">{{cite book |title=1992: Who's Who in Canada |url=https://archive.org/details/whoswhoincanada80000unse/page/644 |edition=83 |publisher=Global Press |location=Toronto |date=1992 |pages=644–645 |access-date=April 13, 2024}}</ref> Philip died at Mackenzie Health Hospital in Richmond Hill, Ontario on January 31, 2022.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=February 5, 2022 |title=Edward Philip |url=https://obituaries.thestar.com/obituary/edward-philip-1088257893 |url-status=live |work=Toronto Star |location=Toronto, Ontario |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240413165531/https://obituaries.thestar.com/obituary/edward-philip-1088257893 |archive-date=April 13, 2024 |access-date=April 13, 2024}}</ref>
==Politics== Philip was elected to the Ontario legislature in the provincial election of 1975, defeating incumbent Liberal Leonard Braithwaite by 1,256 votes in the Toronto riding of Etobicoke.<ref name="1975 results">{{cite news |title=Table of vote results for all Ontario ridings |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=September 19, 1975 |page=C12}}</ref> He was re-elected by a greater margin in the election of 1977,<ref name="1977 results">{{cite news |title=Ontario provincial election results riding by riding |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=June 10, 1977 |page=D9}}</ref> and fended off a stronger challenge from Progressive Conservative Aileen Anderson in the 1981 election.<ref name="1981 Election Results">{{cite news |author=Canadian Press |title=Election results for Metro Toronto ridings |newspaper=The Windsor Star |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0NtYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QlIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6285%2C1391429 |date=March 20, 1981 |location=Windsor, Ontario |page=22 |access-date=2014-03-06}}</ref> In the elections of 1985, 1987 and 1990, he was elected without difficulty.<ref name="1990 results">{{cite news |title=Ontario election: Riding-by-riding voting results |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=September 7, 1990 |page=A12}}</ref>
Philip supported Bob Rae for the provincial NDP leadership in 1982. During his time in opposition, he held various critic portfolios including transportation, housing, rent review and government services. He was also chairman of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts.<ref name="who"/> During this session he presented a discussion paper entitled "Guidelines for Public Accounts Committees in Canada" which discussed the evolving role of this type of legislative committee.<ref>{{cite web |title=Public Accounts Committee Activity |publisher=Canadian Parliamentary Review |volume=13 |number=3 |date=1990 |first=Craig |last=James |url=http://www.revparl.ca/english/issue.asp?param=134&art=870 |access-date=January 20, 2014}}</ref>
===Government=== In the 1990 provincial election, the NDP won and formed a majority government under the leadership of Bob Rae. Philip had been his party's Transport Critic for the previous three years and was appointed Ontario's Minister of Transport on October 1, 1990.<ref name="1st cabinet"/> He became Minister of Industry, Trade and Technology on July 31, 1991,<ref>{{cite news |last=Steel |first=Suzanne |date=August 1, 1991 |title=Rae shuffles Ontario cabinet, dropping 3 junior ministers |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-gazette-rae-shuffles-ontario-cabinet/145323929/ |work=The Gazette |agency=The Canadian Press |location=Toronto, Ontario |page=A12 |access-date=April 13, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> and Minister of Municipal Affairs on February 3, 1993.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |title=Rae shuffles deck; Lankin gets major ministry, new posts for Charlton, Christopherson |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-hamilton-spectator-rae-shuffles-deck/145324618/}} and {{cite news |title=NDP cabinet shuffled |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-hamilton-spectator-ndp-cabinet-shuff/145324712/ |date=February 3, 1993 |work=The Hamilton Spectator |agency=The Canadian Press |location=Toronto, Ontario |pages=A1–A4 |access-date=April 13, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> He was also the interim Minister of Tourism and Recreation from November 13, 1992 to February 3, 1993.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |title=North quits amid police probe Minister accused of 'impropriety' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-hamilton-spectator-north-quits-amid/145324969/}} and {{cite news |title=North quits amid police probe |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-hamilton-spectator-north-quits-amid/145325091/ |date=November 14, 1992 |work=The Hamilton Spectator |agency=The Canadian Press |location=Toronto, Ontario |pages=A1–A2 |access-date=April 13, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref>
Philip was on the right wing of the NDP. He recommended greater privileges for multinational pharmaceutical companies while in government, and rejected a global warming strategy while in the Transportation portfolio. Notwithstanding this, he was generally supportive of progressive legislation and was regularly endorsed by left-leaning groups in Toronto.
The NDP were defeated in the 1995 provincial election and Philip lost the riding of Etobicoke-Rexdale to Progressive Conservative John Hastings by fewer than 900 votes.<ref name="1995 results">{{cite web |url=http://results.elections.on.ca/results/1995_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=36&rec=0&district=Etobicoke-Rexdale&flag=E&layout=G |title=Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=June 8, 1995 |access-date=2014-03-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306235631/http://results.elections.on.ca/results/1995_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=36&rec=0&district=Etobicoke-Rexdale&flag=E&layout=G |archive-date=March 6, 2014 }}</ref> This was considered a major upset, and Philip was regarded as a favoured candidate for re-election when he ran in the redistributed seat of Etobicoke North in the 1999 provincial election.
The character of the riding had changed since the 1980s, however, and many in the riding's large community of recent immigrants had no history of supporting the NDP. Philip finished third, and Hastings was re-elected by what most considered to be a vote-split among the Liberals and NDP.<ref name="1999 results">{{cite web |url=http://results.elections.on.ca/results/1999_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=37&rec=0&district=Etobicoke+North&flag=E&layout=G |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303174130/https://results.elections.on.ca/results/1999_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=37&rec=0&district=Etobicoke+North&flag=E&layout=G |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 3, 2021 |title=Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=June 3, 1999 |access-date=2014-03-02 }}</ref>
===Cabinet positions=== {{s-start}} {{Canadian cabinet member navigational box header |ministry=Bob_Rae}} {{ministry box cabinet posts | post4preceded = Dave Cooke | post4 = Minister of Municipal Affairs | post4years = 1993–1995 | post4note = | post4followed = Al Leach
| post3preceded = Peter North | post3 = Minister of Tourism and Recreation | post3years = 1992–1993 | post3note = | post3followed = Ministry abolished{{efn|The ministry was folded into a super-ministry called Culture, Tourism and Recreation led by Anne Swarbrick.}}
| post2preceded = Allan Pilkey | post2 = Minister of Industry, Trade and Technology | post2years = 1991–1993 | post2note = | post2followed = Ministry abolished{{efn|The ministry was folded into a super-ministry called Economic Development and Trade led by Frances Lankin.}}
| post1preceded = Bill Wrye | post1 = Minister of Transportation | post1years = 1990–1991 | post1note = | post1followed = Gilles Pouliot }} {{s-end}}
==References== ===Notes=== {{Notelist}}
===Citations=== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== *{{Ontario MPP biography|id=ed-thomas-philip}}
{{Rae Ministry}}
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