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Ruprecht moved to Canada with his parents in ) and ''Toronto's Many Faces'' ( 1990 ), the latter being an overview of Toronto's multicultural communities. A forth edition was published in 2005. Ruprecht is also a member of the Knights Of Malta . He has received a number of honours from Portugal , Poland , Estonia and Philippines . Ruprecht began his political career at the municipal level. He is a past chair and advisor to the ''Parkdale Property Tax Reform Committee'', and was a senior Alderman representing Toronto's Parkdale neighbourhood from 1978 to 1981 . Ruprecht was first elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1981 Provincial Election , defeating New Democrat Jan Dukszta by nearly 1000 votes in the riding of Parkdale . Ruprecht was re-elected by a much greater margin in the 1985 Election . The Liberals formed government after the election, and on June 26 , 1985 Ruprecht was appointed as a Minister Without Portfolio responsible for Disabled Persons and Multiculturalism . He was re-elected by a landslide the 1987 Election , but was subsequently dropped from cabinet. The Liberals were upset by the NDP in the 1990 Provincial Election . Ruprecht managed to retain Parkdale by 523 votes over NDP candidate Sheena Weir , even though most surrounding ridings were won by the NDP. He was re-elected by a greater margin in the 1995 Election , as the NDP lost much of its support base in the province. The Progressive Conservatives won the provincial election, and Ruprecht remained in opposition. In 1996 , Ruprecht was the only Liberal MPP outside of Ottawa to support Dalton McGuinty 's bid for party leader prior to the actual Leadership Convention . McGuinty was chosen leader after five ballots. He initially planned to run in the redistributed riding of Parkdale--High Park in the 1999 Election , but stood aside for star candidate Gerard Kennedy . He instead ran against NDP incumbent Tony Silipo in the neighbouring riding of Davenport, after defeating human-rights lawyer Rocco Galati for the Liberal nomination. Many expected that the battle between Silipo and Ruprecht would be close, but it was not: Ruprecht won by 4,932 votes, 18% of the voters. The Progressive Conservatives (who have a very limited support base in Davenport) again won the provincial election, and Ruprecht remained in opposition. Ruprecht was elected for a seventh time in the 2003 Election , defeating NDP candidate Jordan Berger by over 8,000 votes. The Liberals won a majority government in this election, and it was initially rumoured that Ruprecht would be re-appointed to Cabinet as reward for having endorsed McGuinty. This did not occur; in fact, he was not even given a Parliamentary Assistant 's position. Currently, Tony Ruprecht serves on the Health and Social Services Policy Committeee under the McGuinty government. Ruprecht also speaks German, Polish and Spanish. |
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