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).
Elinor Caplan is a businesswoman and former politician in Ontario,Canada. She served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1985 to 1997,and was a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2004. A Liberal,she served as a cabinet minister in the provincial government of David Peterson and the federal government of Jean Chrétien.
Peter John North is former politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1999 who represented the southwestern Ontario riding of Elgin. He was a cabinet minister in the government of Bob Rae. In 1993 he left the New Democratic Party in an unsuccessful attempt to join the Progressive Conservative Party. For the next seven years he sat as an independent member.
Gerard Michael Kennedy is a Canadian politician in Ontario,Canada. He served as Ontario's minister of Education from 2003 to 2006,when he resigned to make an unsuccessful bid for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada. Kennedy previously ran for the leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party,losing to future premier Dalton McGuinty on the final ballot. He lost the 2013 Ontario Liberal leadership race.
James J. Bradley is a politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a long-serving Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario,sitting as an MPP from 1977 until 2018. He represented the riding of St. Catharines and served in the provincial cabinets of David Peterson,Dalton McGuinty and Kathleen Wynne. He was elected as a regional councillor in the St. Catharines municipal election of 2018. He is currently the Chair of the Regional Municipality of Niagara.
Joseph Cordiano is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1985 to 2006 who represented the riding of Downsview. He served as a cabinet minister in the government of Dalton McGuinty.
David James Ramsay was a Canadian politician in Ontario. He was elected as a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1985 who crossed the floor a year later to join the Liberal party. He represented the northern Ontario riding of Timiskaming from 1985 to 1999 and the redistributed riding of Timiskaming—Cochrane from 1999 to 2011. He served as a cabinet minister in the governments of David Peterson and Dalton McGuinty.
Gerry Phillips is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who represented the eastern Toronto riding of Scarborough—Agincourt from 1987 to 2011. He served as a cabinet minister in the governments of David Peterson and Dalton McGuinty.
Michael A. "Mike" Brown is a former politician in Ontario,Canada and was the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from October 2005 until October 2007. He sat in the Ontario legislature representing the northern riding of Algoma—Manitoulin for the Ontario Liberal Party from 1987 to 2011.
Claudio Polsinelli is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal from 1985 to 1990.
Leonard Austin Braithwaite was a Canadian lawyer and former politician in Ontario,Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a member of the Liberal Party from 1963 to 1975. He was the first Black Canadian to be elected to the Ontario Legislature.
The 1996 Ontario Liberal Party leadership convention,held between November 29 and December 1,1996 at the Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto,elected Dalton McGuinty as the new leader of the Ontario Liberal Party,replacing Lyn McLeod,who announced her resignation following the 1995 Ontario provincial election.
The 2011 Ontario general election was held on October 6,2011,to elect members of the 40th Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The Ontario Liberal Party was elected to a minority government,with the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario serving as the Official Opposition and the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP) serving as the third party. In the final result,Premier McGuinty's party fell one seat short of winning a majority government.
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.
Janusz Romwald Dukszta is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1971 to 1981. He represented the riding of Parkdale.
The 1999 Ontario general election was held on June 3,1999,to elect members of the 37th Legislative Assembly of the Canadian province Ontario.
Parkdale—High Park is a provincial electoral district in Toronto,Ontario,Canada,created in 1996 and represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999. It is located in the Toronto's west-end,bordering on the lakefront to the south,the Humber River to the west,and the Canadian Pacific Railway tracks essentially defining its northern and eastern borders. There are 107,035 residents in the district. Federally the electoral district is held by Member of Parliament (MP) Arif Virani,provincially by Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) Bhutila Karpoche and municipally by city councillor Gord Perks.
Jonah Schein is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a New Democratic Party member in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the Toronto Davenport riding from 2011 to 2014. Prior to winning the 2011 provincial election,he was also an unsuccessful candidate for municipal office in part of the same electoral district in the 2010 City of Toronto elections.
Bhutila Tenzin Karpoche is a Canadian politician who has served as the member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Parkdale—High Park since June 7,2018. A member of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP),she is the party's early childhood development critic,child care critic,and GTA issues critic. Born in Nepal,Karpoche is the first person of Tibetan descent ever elected to public office in North America.
