Howard George Hampton is a politician who was a Member of Provincial Parliament for the province of Ontario. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario,Canada,from 1987 to 1999 in the electoral district of Rainy River,and from 1999 to 2011 in the redistributed electoral district of Kenora—Rainy River. A member of the Ontario New Democratic Party,he was also the party's leader from 1996 to 2009. Hampton retired from the legislature at the 2011 Ontario provincial election and subsequently joined Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP as a member of the law firm's corporate social responsibility and aboriginal affairs groups.
The Ontario New Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in Ontario,Canada. The party currently forms the Official Opposition in Ontario following the 2018 general election. It is a provincial section of the federal New Democratic Party. It was formed in October 1961 from the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL).
Anthony A. Martin is a Canadian politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 2003,representing the constituency of Sault Ste. Marie for the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP). Thereafter,he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 2004,representing Sault Ste. Marie until 2011.
Richard Frank Johnston is a retired Canadian provincial politician,educator and administrator.
Tony Silipo was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1999 representing the New Democratic Party in the downtown Toronto riding of Dovercourt. In 1999 he was appointed to the Workplace Safety and Insurance appeals tribunal. He died in 2012 from a brain cancer.
Michael Liam Farnan is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 1995,and was a cabinet minister in the government of Bob Rae.
Ruth Anna Grier is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. She was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1985 to 1995,and served as a high-profile cabinet minister in the government of Bob Rae.
Edward Thomas Philip is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1975 to 1995 who represented the west Toronto riding of Etobicoke. From 1990 to 1995 he was a cabinet minister in the government of Bob Rae.
Robert Warren (Bob) Mackenzie was a politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1975 to 1995,and a prominent cabinet minister in the government of Bob Rae.
Brian Albert Charlton is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1977 to 1995 who represented the riding of Hamilton Mountain. He served as a cabinet minister in the government of Bob Rae. He serves on the board of directors of a sustainable living non-profit called Green Venture.
Elmer Buchanan is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1995 who represented the eastern Ontario riding of Hastings—Peterborough. He was a cabinet minister in the government of Bob Rae. Buchanan left the NDP to support Bob Rae's 2006 Liberal party leadership bid.
Elaine Ziemba is a Canadian former politician in Ontario,Canada. She was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1995,and served as a cabinet minister in the government of Bob Rae.
Evelyn Adelaide Gigantes is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. She served as a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario on three occasions between 1975 and 1995,and was a prominent cabinet minister in the government of Bob Rae.
Jenny Carter is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. She was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1995,and served as a cabinet minister in the government of Bob Rae.
David William Warner is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario on three separate occasions between 1975 and 1995,and served as Speaker of the Assembly during Bob Rae's administration.
Anne Swarbrick is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. She was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1995 who represented the Toronto riding of Scarborough West. She served as a cabinet minister in the government of Bob Rae.
David R. Reville is a former politician in Ontario,Canada,and an activist and educator active in Mad Pride,mad studies,and disability studies. Reville was a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1985 to 1990 who represented the downtown Toronto riding of Riverdale. Between 1990 and 1995 he was an advisor to the government of Bob Rae.
The 2009 Ontario New Democratic Party leadership election was held in Hamilton,from March 6 to 8,2009 to elect a successor to Howard Hampton as leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP). On June 15,2008,Hampton informed the party's provincial council that he would not stand for re-election as leader at the next party convention in a year's time. While a leadership vote was held at each biennial convention of the Ontario NDP until and including the last regular convention in 2007,there is normally not a contested vote unless there is a vacancy,therefore,the 2009 vote was the party's first leadership convention since Hampton was elected in 1996 to succeed Bob Rae.
Olivia Chow is a Canadian retired politician who was a federal New Democratic Party (NDP) member of Parliament (MP) representing Trinity—Spadina from 2006 to 2014. Chow ran in the 2014 Toronto mayoral election,placing third behind winner John Tory and runner-up Doug Ford,and served on the Metro Toronto Council from 1991 to the 1998 amalgamation and subsequently on Toronto City Council until 2005,when she ran for MP.
Han P. Dong is a Chinese-Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Don Valley North in the 2019 federal election as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. He was the Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Trinity—Spadina from 2014 until 2018.
