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{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Reginald Stackhouse
| image =
| riding = [[Scarborough West]]
| term_start = 1984
| term_end = 1988
| predecessor = [[David Weatherhead]]
| successor = [[Tom Wappel]]
| riding2 = [[Scarborough East (federal electoral district)|Scarborough East]]
| term_start2 = 1972
| term_end2 = 1974
| predecessor2 = [[Martin O'Connell (politician)|Martin O'Connell]]
| successor2 = [[Martin O'Connell (politician)|Martin O'Connell]]
| party = [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]]
| birth_name = Reginald Francis Stackhouse
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1925|04|30}}
| birth_place = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2016|12|14|1925|4|30}}
| death_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| profession = Professor
| spouse =
}}
'''Reginald "Reg" Francis Stackhouse''' (30 April 1925 – 14 December 2016) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] educator and politician. He served in the [[House of Commons of Canada]] from 1972 to 1974 and from 1984 to 1988 as a member of the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative Party]].

==Background==
Stackhouse was born in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], and educated at the [[University of Toronto]], [[Wycliffe College]] and [[Yale University]]. He held [[Ph.D.]] and [[Doctor of Theology|Th.D.]] degrees, and practised as an [[Anglican]] priest. Stackhouse was a Trustee for 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 (Canada)|Centennial College]].{{fact|date=August 2024}}

==Politics==
Stackhouse campaigned for the [[Legislative Assembly of Ontario]] in the [[1967 Ontario general election|1967 provincial election]] as a candidate of the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario]] in [[Scarborough West]], and finished second against future [[New Democratic Party of Ontario|New Democratic Party]] leader [[Stephen Lewis]].<ref name="1967 Election Results">{{cite news |author=Canadian Press |title=Tories win, but... |newspaper=The Windsor Star |date=18 October 1967 |location=Windsor, Ontario |page=B2 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TDM_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=VVEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3673%2C2835192}}</ref>

He was elected to the House of Commons in the [[1972 Canadian federal election|1972 federal election]], narrowly defeating [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] incumbent [[Martin O'Connell (Canadian politician)|Martin O'Connell]] in [[Scarborough East (federal electoral district)|Scarborough East]].<ref name="1972 results">{{cite news |title=How the 1,117 candidates fared across Canada |newspaper=The Toronto Star |date=31 October 1972 |page=15}}</ref> The Liberal Party won a narrow [[minority government]] in this election, and Stackhouse served as an opposition [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for the next two years. He was not a candidate in the [[1974 Canadian federal election|1974 campaign]], and served as principal of Wycliffe College from 1975 to 1985.<ref name=defeated>{{cite news |title=Defeated MPs get on with life after politics |first=Dan |last=Smith |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=27 December 1988 |page=A7}}</ref>

Stackhouse was returned to the House of Commons in the [[1984 Canadian federal election|1984 election]], defeating Liberal incumbent [[David Weatherhead]] by nearly 5,000 votes in Scarborough West.<ref name="1984 results">{{cite news |title=How Canada voted |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=5 September 1984 |pages=14–15}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Canada must warn Pretoria against arrest of Tutu, MP says |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=6 September 1988 |page=A13}}</ref>

He was narrowly defeated in the [[1988 Canadian federal election|1988 election]], losing to Liberal challenger [[Tom Wappel]] by 440 votes.<ref name="1988 results">{{cite news |title=Decision '88: The vote |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=22 November 1988 |pages=C4–C5}}</ref> During this campaign, members of the group [[Campaign Life]] distributed leaflets attacking Stackhouse as a "babykiller" because he supported [[abortion]] in some circumstances.<ref>{{cite news |title=Wappel runs for leadership |first=Lorne |last=Manly |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=4 July 1989 |page=E1}}</ref> He described this attack as "disgusting and reproachful", adding "That kind of personal attack by design has no part in a democracy."<ref name=defeated/> The Campaign Life campaign had endorsed Wappel, who opposed 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,<ref>{{cite news |title=Bid to kill casino at Ex put on hold after protest |first=Royson |last=James |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=18 June 1991 |page=A6}}</ref> and was appointed to a term on the [[Canadian Human Rights Commission]] in 1990.<ref>{{cite news |title=Stackhouse appointed |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=24 July 1990 |page=A7}}</ref>

He attempted a returned to parliament in the [[1993 Canadian federal election|1993 election]], but finished third against Wappel with 5,664 votes (14.45%) amid a general decline in support for his party.<ref name="1993 results">{{cite news |title=Results may be more complete than as published Riding-by-riding results from across Canada Ontario Algoma |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=26 October 1993 |page=B10}}</ref> In the buildup to the 1993 campaign, he called for the abolition of the [[Senate of Canada]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Outcry may prompt Senate to vote again on raise Switchboards, talk shows buzz with resentment over $6,000 hike in expense allowances |last=York |first=Geoffrey |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=25 June 1993 |page=A1}}</ref>

==Later life==
Stackhouse continued teaching at the University of Toronto. In 2005, he published a work entitled ''The Coming Age Revolution'', challenging traditional notions of retirement.<ref>{{cite news |title=Age cannot wither us -- can it? |last=Menzies |first=Heather |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=19 November 2005 |page=D4}}</ref>

In 2011, he was made a Member of the [[Order of Ontario]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.news.ontario.ca/mci/en/2011/01/29-appointees-named-to-ontarios-highest-honour-1.html |title=30 Appointees Named To Ontario's Highest Honour |publisher=Government of Ontario |date=21 January 2011 |access-date=10 February 2011 |archive-date=13 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213162952/https://news.ontario.ca/mci/en/2011/01/29-appointees-named-to-ontarios-highest-honour-1.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Stackhouse died in Toronto on 14 December 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/Deaths.20161217.93382803/BDAStory/BDA/deaths |title=Stackhouse, Reginald Francis |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=17 December 2016}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
* {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=11405}}

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