Elinor Caplan
Elinor Caplan | |
|---|---|
Caplan in 1986 | |
| Member of Parliament for Thornhill | |
| In office 1997–2004 | |
| Preceded by | New riding |
| Succeeded by | Susan Kadis |
| Ontario MPP | |
| In office 1985–1997 | |
| Preceded by | John Reesor Williams |
| Succeeded by | David Caplan |
| Constituency | Oriole |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Elinor Hershorn May 20, 1944 |
| Party | Liberal |
| Spouse | Mayer Wilfred Caplan (b. 1935, m. 1963) |
| Children | David Caplan (1964-2019), Mark Caplan, Meredith Caplan Jamieson, Zane Caplansky |
| Profession | Civil servant |
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Elinor Caplan PC (born May 20, 1944) is a businesswoman and former politician in Ontario, Canada. She served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1985 to 1997, and was a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2004. A Liberal, she served as a cabinet minister in the provincial government of David Peterson and the federal government of Jean Chrétien.