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{{Short description|Canadian politician (1931–2024)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name            = Jack Masters
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| order           = 4th [[List of mayors of Thunder Bay, Ontario|Mayor of Thunder Bay]]
| term_start      = 1986
| term_end        = 1991
| predecessor     = [[Walter Assef]]
| successor       = [[David Hamilton (county administrator)|David Hamilton]]
| order2          = [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|MP]] for [[Thunder Bay—Nipigon]]
| term_start2     = 1980
| term_end2       = 1984
| predecessor2    = [[Bob Andras]]
| successor2      = [[Ernie Epp]]
| birth_name=John Gerald Mastrangelo
| birth_date      = {{birth date|df=y|1931|9|27}}
| birth_place     = [[Fort William, Ontario]], Canada
| death_date      = {{death date and age|2024|1|5|1931|9|27|df=y}}
| death_place     = [[Thunder Bay, Ontario]], Canada
| constituency    =
| party           = [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
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'''John Gerald Masters''' (born '''John Gerald Mastrangelo''', 27 September 1931 – 5 January 2024) was a Canadian politician. He served as [[mayor]] of the city of [[Thunder Bay]], [[Ontario]], and as a federal [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|Member of Parliament]].

==Biography==
John Gerald Mastrangelo was born in [[Fort William, Ontario]] on 27 September 1931. He was elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]] as a [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] for the constituency of [[Thunder Bay—Nipigon]] in the [[1980 Canadian federal election|1980 federal election]] and served as the [[parliamentary secretary]] to the Minister of State (Mines) and the Minister of Communications in the final government of [[Pierre Trudeau]]. He was defeated in the [[1984 Canadian federal election|1984 federal election]] by [[Ernie Epp]]. Masters died in Thunder Bay on 5 January 2024, at the age of 92.<ref>{{cite web|title=Thunder Bay Icon passes at 92|url=https://www.tbnewswatch.com/local-news/thunder-bay-icon-passes-at-92-8066426|last=Hardy|first=Justin|date=6 January 2024|publisher=TBnewswatch|access-date=7 January 2024}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=3757}}

{{Mayors of Thunder Bay}}

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[[Category:1931 births]]
[[Category:2024 deaths]]
[[Category:Canadian people of Italian descent]]
[[Category:Mayors of Thunder Bay]]
[[Category:Liberal Party of Canada MPs]]
[[Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario]]
[[Category:20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada]]
[[Category:20th-century mayors of places in Ontario]]


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