riding constituency predecessor successor children birth_place party profession office birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name
thornhill oriole new riding john reesor williams susan kadis david caplan david caplansky caplan , mark caplan , meredith , zane toronto , ontario liberal civil servant member of provincial parliament 20 may 1944 1997 1985 wilfred caplan elinor caplan
 2004 1997 elinor caplan
elinor caplan

elinor caplan , pc -lrb- born may 20 , 1944 -rrb- 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 canadian house of commons 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 .
