Jim Bradley was born to serve the public — and he did until his final day

Jim Bradley was the Cal Ripken Jr. of Queen’s Park. Like the great Baltimore Orioles shortstop, Bradley just kept showing up for work, day after day. And the fans loved him. Ripken became baseball’s “Iron Man,” playing in 2,632 consecutive games, a record that will never be broken.

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Bradley was pretty much the same at Queen’s Park. He was born to do politics. He served at the legislature from June 9, 1977, to June 6, 2018, an astonishing 11 straight election victories in his beloved St. Catharines. That’s 40 years, 11 months, and 29 days in office without interruption. Only one MPP in Ontario history ever served longer (Harry Nixon, from 1919 to 1961).

When Bradley finally lost in the Liberal wipeout of 2018, he staged […] This is an excerpt from the full article, which can be found on the TVO website.