Celebrating Jim Bradley’s very private, public life

Jim Bradley spent more than half a century in public life, most of them as the second-longest serving MPP ever. But even his closest friends weren’t sure what to expect at the celebration of life held for him in St. Catharines on Saturday.

How many siblings did he have? How many nieces and nephews? We knew he never married and had no children, but much of the rest of his private life was, well, private. When Bradley was asked about it, he’d respond, “That’s on a need-to-know basis, and you don’t need to know.” […] This is an excerpt. To read the full article, visit the TVO website.