Robert Philip "Bob" Kaplan, PC, QC (born December 27, 1936) is a former Canadian Cabinet minister and lawyer. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Kaplan received a Bachelor of Arts in 1958 and an LL. B in 1961 from the University of Toronto. In 1963, he was called to the Ontario Bar. He was first elected as a Liberal Member of Parliament for the Toronto riding of Don Valley in 1968, beating the Progressive Conservative candidate, Dalton Camp.

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  • Robert Philip "Bob" Kaplan, PC, QC (born December 27, 1936) is a former Canadian Cabinet minister and lawyer. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Kaplan received a Bachelor of Arts in 1958 and an LL. B in 1961 from the University of Toronto. In 1963, he was called to the Ontario Bar. He was first elected as a Liberal Member of Parliament for the Toronto riding of Don Valley in 1968, beating the Progressive Conservative candidate, Dalton Camp. He lost to the PC candidate, Jim Gillies, in the 1972 election. For the 1974 election, he switched ridings to York Centre and won by over 16,000 votes. In 1978, he failed to implement Bill C-215, which would have stripped Canadians of their citizenship if they had been convicted of war crimes. He was re-elected in the 1979, 1980, 1984 and 1988 elections. He was the Solicitor General of Canada from 1980 to 1984. Since leaving politics, he was the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Canada, and was awarded the Order of Kazakhstan by its president in recognition of his service to the Republic. He was a director of PetroKazakhstan Inc. , Platexco Inc. , and Rex Diamond Mining Corp. In 2004, he joined the Board of Directors of European Goldfields, a Canadian-based resource company involved in the acquisition, exploration and development of mineral properties in Romania and the Balkans.
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  • Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance (1976-1977) Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Health and Welfare (1975-1976)
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  • Estherelke Tanenbaum Kaplan (1940-2009)
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  • Robert Philip "Bob" Kaplan, PC, QC (born December 27, 1936) is a former Canadian Cabinet minister and lawyer. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Kaplan received a Bachelor of Arts in 1958 and an LL. B in 1961 from the University of Toronto. In 1963, he was called to the Ontario Bar. He was first elected as a Liberal Member of Parliament for the Toronto riding of Don Valley in 1968, beating the Progressive Conservative candidate, Dalton Camp.
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