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'''Eric Gordon Cunningham''' (born [[April 14]], [[1949]]) is a former politician in [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]. He served in the [[Legislative Assembly of Ontario]] from [[1975]] to [[1984]], as a member of the [[Ontario Liberal Party]].
Cunningham was born in [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]], Ontario, and educated at the [[University of Western Ontario]] and [[McMaster University]]. He worked as an advertising executive, was a founder of the Ontario New Liberal Association, and received a provincial recognition award in [[1968]].
He campaigned for the [[Canadian House of Commons]] in the [[Canadian federal election, 1974|1974 federal election]] as a candidate of the [[Liberal Party of Canada]], and lost to [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] [[Bill Kempling]] by 668 votes in [[Halton—Wentworth]]. He was elected to the Ontario legislature in a [[Ontario general election, 1975|provincial election]] the following year, defeating [[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Progressive Conservative]] incumbent [[Don Ewen]] by 1,977 votes in [[Wentworth North]]. He was re-elected by an increased majority in the [[Ontario general election, 1977|1977 election]], and defeated Progressive Conservative challenger [[Ann Sloat]] in [[Ontario general election, 1981|1981]]. He supported [[Jim Breithaupt]] for the Liberal Party leadership in [[1982]], and resigned from the legislature in [[1984]] to run federally a second time.
Cunningham was defeated in the [[Canadian federal election, 1984|1984 federal election]], losing to Progressive Conservative candidate [[Geoff Scott]] by over 10,000 votes amid [[Brian Mulroney]]'s landslide victory across the country.
Cunningham joined [[United Water]] Canada in [[1999]], as vice-president of business development responsible for Canada.[http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:b_eRoRtdQJQJ:www.dree.org/nafic/3%2520entree%2520dans%2520le%2520site/3%2520activites%2520and%2520events/2001/toronto/toronto%2520cd/pdf%2520Version/NAFIC%2520MEETINGprint.pdf+%22Eric+Cunningham%22+%22United+Water%22+MPP&hl=en] In [[2002]], he told an interviewer that his company was investigating possibilities with several Canadian municipalities for private sector expansion in water treatment.[http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2002-04-04/news_story8.php]
Cunningham has also remained active in the Liberal Party. In [[2004]], he supported [[Tony Valeri]] over [[Sheila Copps]] for the federal party's contested nomination in [[Hamilton East—Stoney Creek]].[http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:u1z1lbkbE8AJ:www.bluedraft.com/vm/newca/visual_index.phtml%3Fclientpk%3D259%26langue%3Danglais%26visual%3D12%26user%3D%26id%3D121%26section%3D14%26parent%3D0+%22Eric+Cunningham%22+Ontario&hl=en]
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[[Category:Liberal Party of Ontario MPPs]]