Education
Jordan studied Public Administration at Carleton University.
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Leo Jordan
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He worked for thirty-nine years at Ontario Hydro, in the fields of operations, customer service, property and marketing. He died on February 15, 2015. He was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1990 provincial election, defeating Liberal Guin Persaud by about 1,500 votes in the riding of Lanark—Renfrew.
In 1997 he was appointed as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Tourism.
In 1996, the Harris government reduced the number of provincial ridings from 130 to 103. Jordan ran against veteran Liberal Master in Public Policy Sean Conway in the new riding of Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke in the 1999 provincial election, and lost by almost 6,000 votes.
In 2000, Jordan sought the federal Canadian Alliance nomination in Lanark—Carleton, but lost to Scott Reid.
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Politics
The Personal Computer party won the 1995 provincial election, in which Jordan defeated his Liberal opponent by more than 10,000 votes.
Membership
He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1999. He was also a beef farmer, and served for a time as reeve of Montague Township and a member of the Lanark County council. This meant that a number of sitting Members of Provincial Parliament MPPs had to compete against one another for re-election.
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Political Party
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario