Andrew Cash

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Andrew Cash
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Davenport
In office
May 2, 2011 [1] – October 19, 2015
Preceded by Mario Silva
Succeeded by Julie Dzerowicz
Personal details
Born (1962-01-22) January 22, 1962
Toronto, Ontario
Political party New Democratic Party
Spouse(s) Michelle Shook[2]
Children 4[3]
Residence Toronto
Occupation Musician
Profession Journalist
Religion Roman Catholic
Website andrewcash.ca
Andrew Cash
Genres Rock
Instruments Vocals, guitar
Years active 1982-2011
Associated acts Bird, The Cash Brothers, Ursula, L'Étranger, Skydiggers

Andrew Cash (born January 22, 1962) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and an NDP politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Toronto-area Davenport electoral district from 2011 to 2015.

He grew up in Toronto, where he and Charlie Angus founded the Toronto punk band L'Étranger.[4] In the late 1990s he wrote for the Toronto weekly Now.

Music career

When L'Étranger broke up in 1986,[4] Cash signed to Island Records as a solo artist.[5] His first release on the label was a reissue of L'Étranger's last recording, Sticks and Stones. He released three albums as a solo artist and had a number of hits, including "Time and Place", "Boomtown", "What Am I Gonna Do with These Hands" and "A Lot of Talk". In 1993, his album Hi was recorded at Metalworks Studios in Mississauga, Ontario.

He then formed the band Ursula, who released the album Happy to be Outraged in 1995. However, that band was not successful, and broke up after just the one album.[4]

Around the same time as Ursula's demise, however, his brother Peter Cash also decided to leave his band, Skydiggers.[4] Both available at the same time for the first time in their careers, Andrew and Peter decided to write and record together, and released their debut album as The Cash Brothers, Raceway, in 1999.

Since 1999 Cash provided the soundtrack music for various television shows, mostly Canadian. He also wrote for the Toronto-based Now magazine.[4] In 2000 he collaborated with Hawksley Workman and Jason Collett on Chrome Reflection, an album credited to Bird. In 2007 Cash released his latest solo album Murder=.

Politics

On October 5, 2009, Cash was nominated as the New Democratic Party candidate for the Toronto-area Davenport electoral district, in preparation for the 41st Canadian general election.[6] At the time, the House of Commons was governed by a minority government, led by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, that could fall at any time; in this unpredictable election situation Cash was a candidate for over a year and half.

When the election was called, on March 26, 2011, his main campaign issue was that Davenport's incumbent MP, Mario Silva, was not a "full-time" MP.[7] Cash campaigned with two main slogans, "Cash for Toronto" and "Trade your Silva for Cash."[7] Near the end of April, both The Toronto Star and The Globe and Mail newspapers started to predict that Cash might win, ending 49 years of continuous Liberal party representation for that electoral district.[7][8] On May 2, he defeated Silva, becoming a caucus colleague of his former bandmate Charlie Angus, also a Member of Parliament for Timmins—James Bay since 2004.[4][9]

Andrew Cash lost his seat in the general election held October 19, 2015, one of many New Democrats who were swept away when the Liberal party came from third place to form a majority government.

Discography

Electoral record

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures[10]
LiberalJulie Dzerowicz 21,947 44.26 +16.37
New DemocraticAndrew Cash 20,506 41.36 -12.38
ConservativeCarlos Oliveira 5,233 10.55 -3.65
GreenDan Stein 1,530 3.09 -0.33
CommunistMiguel Figueroa 261 0.53 +0.10
IndependentChai Kalevar 128 0.22
Total valid votes/Expense limit 49,584100.00
Total rejected ballots 2870.58
Turnout 49,871
Canadian federal election, 2011
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
New DemocraticAndrew Cash 21,096 53.74 +22.48
LiberalMario Silva 10,946 27.89 -17.88
ConservativeTheresa Rodrigues 5,573 14.20 +3.19
GreenWayne Scott 1,344 3.42 -7.07
CommunistMiguel Figueroa 167 0.43 -0.03
Animal AllianceSimon Luisi 128 0.33 +0.07
Total valid votes/Expense limit 39,254100.00
Total rejected ballots 2350.60-0.10
Turnout 39,48961.92+8.88

References

  1. ↑ "Constituency Profile: Davenport". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
  2. ↑ "Meet Andrew". Cash for Toronto. Andrew Cash campaign. Archived from the original on May 7, 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  3. ↑ "Meet Isabella Cash!". Retrieved 2012-02-24.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dixon, Guy (2011-05-07). "Punks in the House of Commons". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on May 7, 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  5. ↑ "Cash among new pop generation sure enough to face its insecurities". Toronto Star, June 30, 1989.
  6. ↑ Hollett, Michael (2009-10-07). "Cash for Toronto: Musician and journalist Andrew Cash wins NDP nomination in Davenport". Now Magazine. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
  7. 1 2 3 Allen, Kate (2011-04-25). "Davenport could flip orange after 49 years". The Toronto Star. Archived from the original on May 7, 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  8. ↑ ALAMENCIAK, Tim (2011-05-02). "Liberals, NDP run neck-in-neck in narrow race for Davenport". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on May 7, 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  9. ↑ Kuitenbrouwer, Peter (2011-05-03). "Historic win for Andrew Cash bittersweet". National Post. Archived from the original on May 7, 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-03.
  10. ↑ "Electoral Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 17 November 2015.

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