Andrew Cash
Andrew Cash | |
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| 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 | January 22, 1962 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Political party | New Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Michelle Shook[2] |
| Children | 4[3] |
| Residence | Toronto |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Profession | Journalist |
| Website | andrewcash |
| Andrew Cash | |
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| 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[edit]
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, including Boomtown, which appeared on the RPM 100 Top Albums chart in 1989.[6] He 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[edit]
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.[7] 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.[8] Cash campaigned with two main slogans, "Cash for Toronto" and "Trade your Silva for Cash",[8] with a focus on "issues of precarious employment, especially with regards to freelancers and people who are working serial contracts."[9] 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.[8][10] 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][11]
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. He will attempt to regain his seat in the 2019 Federal Election.[12]
Discography[edit]
- Time and Place (1988)
- Boomtown (1989)
- Hi (1993)
- Happy to Be Outraged (1995, credited to Ursula)
- Chrome Reflection (2000, credited to Bird)
- Murder= (2007)
Electoral record[edit]
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures[13] | |||
| Liberal | Julie Dzerowicz | 21,947 | 44.26 | +16.37 | ||||
| New Democratic | Andrew Cash | 20,506 | 41.36 | -12.38 | ||||
| Conservative | Carlos Oliveira | 5,233 | 10.55 | -3.65 | ||||
| Green | Dan Stein | 1,530 | 3.09 | -0.33 | ||||
| Communist | Miguel Figueroa | 261 | 0.53 | +0.10 | ||||
| Independent | Chai Kalevar | 128 | 0.22 | |||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 49,584 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 287 | 0.58 | ||||||
| Turnout | 49,871 | |||||||
| 2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Andrew Cash | 21,096 | 53.74 | +22.48 | ||||
| Liberal | Mario Silva | 10,946 | 27.89 | -17.88 | ||||
| Conservative | Theresa Rodrigues | 5,573 | 14.20 | +3.19 | ||||
| Green | Wayne Scott | 1,344 | 3.42 | -7.07 | ||||
| Communist | Miguel Figueroa | 167 | 0.43 | -0.03 | ||||
| Animal Alliance | Simon Luisi | 128 | 0.33 | +0.07 | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 39,254 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 235 | 0.60 | -0.10 | |||||
| Turnout | 39,489 | 61.92 | +8.88 | |||||
References[edit]
- ^ "Constituency Profile: Davenport". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
- ^ "Meet Andrew". Cash for Toronto. Andrew Cash campaign. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
- ^ "Meet Isabella Cash!". Archived from the original on May 26, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f Dixon, Guy (2011-05-07). "Punks in the House of Commons". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on May 13, 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
- ^ "Cash among new pop generation sure enough to face its insecurities". Toronto Star, June 30, 1989.
- ^ "RPM Top 100 Albums". RPM Magazine Volume 50, No. 24 October 14, 1989.
- ^ Hollett, Michael (2009-10-07). "Cash for Toronto: Musician and journalist Andrew Cash wins NDP nomination in Davenport". Now Magazine. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
- ^ a b c Allen, Kate (2011-04-25). "Davenport could flip orange after 49 years". The Toronto Star. Archived from the original on April 29, 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
- ^ McGillivray, Kate (October 24, 2016). "Former Toronto MP picks up the pieces 1 year after losing 'punch in the gut' election". CBC News. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Kuitenbrouwer, Peter (2011-05-03). "Historic win for Andrew Cash bittersweet". National Post. Archived from the original on May 4, 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-03.
- ^ https://twitter.com/NDP/status/1071851974033793024
- ^ "Electoral Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
