Reginald Stackhouse

Reginald Stackhouse

Reginald Francis Stackhouse (born April 30, 1925) is a Canadian educator and former politician. He served in the Canadian House of Commons from 1972 to 1974 and from 1984 to 1988 as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.

Stackhouse was born in Toronto, Ontario, and educated at the University of Toronto, Wycliffe College and Yale University. He holds Ph.D. and Th.D. degrees, and has practised as an Anglican priest. Stackhouse was a member of the Scarborough Board of Education from 1965 to 1972, served on the Canadian Council of Regents from 1969 to 1972, and was a founding board member of Centennial College. He campaigned for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 1967 provincial election as a candidate of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario in Scarborough West, and finished second against future New Democratic Party leader Stephen Lewis.

He was first elected to the House of Commons in the 1972 federal election, narrowly defeating Liberal incumbent Martin O'Connell in Scarborough East. The Liberal Party won a narrow minority government in this election, and Stackhouse served as an opposition Member of Parliament (MP) for the next two years. He was not a candidate in the 1974 campaign, and served as principal of Wycliffe College from 1975 to 1985.

Stackhouse was returned to the House of Commons in the 1984 election, defeating Liberal incumbent David Weatherhead by nearly 5,000 votes in Scarborough West. The Progressive Conservatives won a landslide majority government in this election under Brian Mulroney's leadership, and Stackhouse served as a government backbencher for the next four years. In 1988, he urged a strong Canadian protest against the threatened arrest of Anglican Bishop Desmond Tutu in South Africa ("Toronto Star", 6 September 1988).

He was narrowly defeated in the 1988 election, losing to Liberal challenger Tom Wappel by 440 votes. During this campaign, members of the group Campaign Life distributed leaflets attacking Stackhouse as a "babykiller" because he supported abortion in some circumstances ("Toronto Star", 4 July 1988). He described this attack as "disgusting and reproachful", adding "That kind of personal attack by design has no part in a democracy" ("Toronto Star", 27 December 1988). The Campaign Life campaign had endorsed Wappel, who opposes abortion under all circumstances.

Stackhouse returned to teaching theology and philosophy after leaving parliament. He also served as president of the Canadian National Exhibition Association after leaving parliament ("Toronto Star", 25 June 1991), and was appointed to a term on the Canadian Human Rights Commission in 1990 ("Globe and Mail", 24 July 1990).

He attempted a returned to parliament in the 1993 election, but finished third against Wappel with 5,664 votes (14.45%) amid a general decline in support for his party. In the buildup to the 1993 campaign, he called for the abolition of the Canadian Senate ("Globe and Mail", 25 June 1993).

Stackhouse is now a professor at the University of Toronto. In 2004, he announced his plans to publish a work entitled "The Coming Age Revolution", challenging traditional notions of retirement ("Globe and Mail", 28 February 2004).


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