Facts: - successor: john macdougall - party: liberal party - death date: 22 january 1982 - riding: timiskaming - predecessor: arnold peters - term end: november 10 , 1982 - birth date: november 10 , 1949 - term start: april 14 , 1980 - name: bruce lonsdale - death place: north bay , ontario - birth place: cobalt , ontario Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of bruce lonsdale .
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bruce lonsdale -lrb- november 10 , 1949 - january 22 , 1982 -rrb- was a canadian politician .he represented the riding of timiskaming in the canadian house of commons from 1980 to 1982 .he was a member of the liberal party .he served as mayor of the town of cobalt before seeking the liberal nomination for the federal riding of timiskaming .lonsdale died in a two-car head-on crash 10 kilometres west of north bay on highway 17 on january 22 , 1982 .he was 32 years old .