Russell Reinke
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Russell Earl Reinke was a Liberal party
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...

 member of the Canadian House of Commons
Canadian House of Commons
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. He was born in Ancaster, Ontario
Ancaster, Ontario
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 and other than his political career became a buyer and salesman.

From 1949 to 1953, Reinke was an alderman for Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...

's city council.

Reinke was first elected to Parliament at the Hamilton South
Hamilton South (electoral district)
Hamilton South was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1953 to 1965. It was located in the province of Ontario...

 riding in the 1953 general election
Canadian federal election, 1953
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 then defeated there in 1957
Canadian federal election, 1957
The Canadian federal election of 1957 was held June 10, 1957, to select the 265 members of the House of Commons of Canada. In one of the great upsets in Canadian political history, the Progressive Conservative Party , led by John Diefenbaker, brought an end to 22 years of Liberal rule, as the...

 Bob McDonald
Bob McDonald (politician)
Robert Matthew Turnbull McDonald was a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons...

 of the Progressive Conservative party
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
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. Reinke made an attempt to unseat McDonald in the 1958 election
Canadian federal election, 1958
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 but was unsuccessful.

Reinke died in Barrie
Barrie
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 on 31 October 2004.

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