Alfred Stong
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Alfred Joseph "Alf" Stong (August 2, 1940 – ) is an Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

 lawyer, judge and former political figure. He represented York Centre
York Centre
York Centre is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1917 and since 1953....

 in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
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 as a Liberal member from 1975 to 1981.

He was born in Richmond Hill, Ontario
Richmond Hill, Ontario
Richmond Hill is a town located in Southern Ontario, Canada in the central portion of York Region, Ontario. It is part of the Greater Toronto Area, being located about halfway between Toronto and Lake Simcoe...

, the son of Alfred David Stong, and educated at the University of Toronto
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 and Osgoode Hall
Osgoode Hall
Osgoode Hall is a landmark building in downtown Toronto constructed between 1829 and 1832 in the late Georgian Palladian and Neoclassical styles. It houses the Ontario Court of Appeal, the Divisional Court of the Superior Court of Justice, and the Law Society of Upper Canada...

. In 1965, he married Raymonde Marie Aubrey. Stong served as a lieutenant in the Canadian Forces
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. He was defeated by Don Cousens
Don Cousens
W. Donald Cousens is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1981 to 1994, and briefly served as a cabinet minister in the government of Frank Miller...

 for the provincial seat in 1981. Stong is currently serving as a judge in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice
Ontario Superior Court of Justice
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