Former MPP David Caplan dead at 54
Posted July 25, 2019 9:35 am.
Last Updated July 25, 2019 11:39 am.
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Former Ontario cabinet minister David Caplan has died at the age of 54.
Caplan was a Liberal MPP from 1997 to 2011, first in the riding of Oriole and then Don Valley East.
He was appointed to cabinet as infrastructure minister in 2003 and then health minister in 2007.
In 2009, he resigned as health minister ahead of an auditor general’s special report into spending at eHealth Ontario. He decided not to run for re-election in the 2011 provincial election.
Before his foray in provincial politics, Caplan was a school board trustee in the Don Valley area.
Last year he ran in the municipal election in Ward 16 – Don Valley East but lost to long-time city councillor and current deputy mayor Denzil Minnan-Wong.
Premier Doug Ford tweeted out his condolences to Caplan’s family.
“I’m sad to learn that David Caplan passed away. Too young. My sincere condolences to his family and friends. I’m grateful to David for his years of service to our province and his community,” the tweet read.
Former premier Kathleen Wynne called Caplan a friend and colleague.
“I am shocked and saddened to learn of David Caplan’s death. He was a friend and a colleague. Love and condolences to David’s family,” she tweeted.
No further details have been released.
