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Leonard Mackenzie Reilly (July 12, 1912 – May 21, 2008) was a Canadian politician and businessman. ==Background== Reilly was born to Protestant Irish immigrants, the 13th of 16 children of James Reilly and Mary Jane Whiteside, and his family settled in Toronto and ran a grocery store. His wife, Hilda Beulah Huffman, died in 1978. He was the father of Lenore, Lynne and stepson, Nick, and he was predeceased by daughter Lois. Before politics, he was a locksmith, taking on a career after high school and learning from an older brother who had opened Reilly Lock on Yonge Street. He ultimately went on to manage and co-own the business, which grew to become one of the largest locksmithing companies in Toronto, with over 40 employees. Reilly had a keen interest in public speaking and Reilly developed and owned the ''Reilly Institute of Effective Public Speaking''.〔Advertisement. Toronto Daily Star. September 14, 1945.〕 During the late 1940s and 1950s, Reilly was a City of Toronto alderman. He was licensed as a private pilot and, on March 17, 1958, while flying a small plane in Florida, the plane experienced an engine failure and he was forced to land on the beach at Ft. Lauderdale. He passed his last driver's license test at age 95.〔"http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/house-proceedings/house_detail.do?locale=en&Date=2010-05-19&detailPage=/house-proceedings/transcripts/files_html/19-MAY-2010_L035A.htm#P623_151676| Tribute in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, May 19, 2010"〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Leonard Mackenzie Reilly」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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