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Revision as of 23:16, 17 September 2007
The New Democratic Party of Ontario is one of three major political parties in Ontario, Canada running in the 2007 Ontario provincial election. It has served as a third party in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1995, having previously formed a majority government in 1990.
The party will be running a full state of 107 candidates. Though several candidates have their own biography pages, information about others may be found here.
Candidates
Bala Thavarajasoorier (Ajax—Pickering)
Peter Denley (Algoma—Manitoulin)
A columnist for the Sault Star newspaper, based in Sault Ste. Marie. A professional outdoorsman, and has written extensively about hunting. Criticized the decision of Mike Harris's government to cancel the spring bear hunt in Ontario, claiming the decision was not based on science. Also teaches fly-fishing. President of the Sault Ste. Marie NDP in 2004.
Ran in 2003 and received 9,459 votes finishing in second place with 31.7% of the vote.
Juanita Maldonado (Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale)
Has worked as NDP MP Wayne Marston's assistant since his election in 2006. In the past, she has been a labour activist, CEP union reprentative and bargianing representative.[1]
Glenn Crowe (Bramalea—Gore—Malton)
Was born in Scarborough, Ontario but lived most of his life in Brampton, Ontario. Graduated from Bramalea Secondary School and from Humber College in 1994 with a diploma in Environmental Systems Engineering Technology / Energy Management. Since 1997, he has worked for a Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning company; currently he provides technical support and training to Customer Service Specialists. He is married to Joanna.
Website: Elect Glenn Crowe for MPP
Mani Singh (Brampton—Springdale)
Immigrated to Canada in 1981, and lived in Brampton, Ontario ever since. Is a graduate of Lincoln Alexander Secondary School. He studied Industrial/Labour Relations at Humber College and Political Economy and International Relations at York University. Since 1989, he has been a liscensed real estate salesperson with Re/Max Realty in Toronto. He is a former president of the Association of Concerned Guyanese.
He is married and has four children.
Website: Mani Singh, Brampton Springdale, New Democratic Party
Garth Bobb (Brampton West)
Brian Van Tilborg (Brant)
Life long reisdent of the riding. Is a former manufacturing worker with GenFest and is currently the co-ordinator of the GenFest Labour Action Centre.
Paul Johnstone (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound)
Born and raised in the riding. He has been an agent of the correctional services at the Penitentary of Owen Sound since 1991. He has been an active member of his trade union since 1997.
He currently lives with his wife and two sons.
Cory Judson (Burlington)
On January 12, 2007, Cory was nominated as the Ontario New Democratic Party's candidate for the provincial by-election, on February 8, 2007.[1][2][3][4] At the time of his nomination, Judson was 30 years of age, a public school teacher, youth worker, coach, and community advocate.[5] He has co-ordinated fundraising events for organizations such as the Terry Fox Foundation, and been active in the Elementary Teachers’ Federation.[6] Judson Judson spent 5 years working with a non-profit organization called S.T.A.R. that provides free recreation and educational programming to children from low-income communities. In the 2006 by-election, he finished with 1,310 votes or 5.8%.
Mitchell Healey (Cambridge)
Michael Hadskis (Carleton—Mississippi Mills)
Murray Gaudreau (Chatham-Kent—Essex)
A farmer, he was born and raised in Romney Township, Ontario. Joined the National Farmers' Union in 1991, and has been a member of its board. He has in the past worked for MPPs Pat Hayes and Ellen MacKinnon. He has volunteered for Tilbury, Ontario's Information and Help Centre, the Chatham-Kent Environmental Alliance, and the AIDS Committee of Windsor, Ontario.
Peter Ferreira (Davenport)
Is an educator and advocate for new Canadians. He has served as the chair of the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board. He is also the President of the Portuguese Canadian National Congress and the First Portuguese Cultural Centre. He has volunteered with the Ontario Mental Health Foundation and the Canadian Ethnocultural Council. He has also won the Governor General of Canada Commemorative Medal for community service.
Mary Trapani Hynes (Don Valley East)
Don Valley West
Dufferin—Caledon
Catherine Robinson (Durham)
Eglinton—Lawrence
Brad James (Elgin—Middlesex—London)
Essex
Anita Agrawal (Etobicoke Centre)
Etobicoke—Lakeshore
Josée Blanchette (Glengarry—Prescott—Russell)
Guelph
Jan Watson (Haldimand—Norfolk)
Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock
Halton
Hamilton East—Stoney Creek
Hamilton Mountain
Huron—Bruce
Kingston and the Islands
Kitchener Centre
Kitchener—Conestoga
Kitchener—Waterloo
Lambton—Kent—Middlesex
Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington
Leeds—Grenville
London—Fanshawe
London North Centre
London West
Markham—Unionville
Karan Pandher (Mississauga—Brampton South)
Mississauga East—Cooksville
Mississauga—Erindale
Mississauga South
Mississauga—Streetsville
Tristan Maack (Nepean—Carleton)
Newmarket—Aurora
Niagara Falls
Niagara West—Glanbrook
Nickel Belt
Nipissing
Northumberland—Quinte West
Oak Ridges—Markham
Tony Crawford (Oakville)
Oshawa
Ottawa Centre
Andrée Germain (Ottawa—Orléans)
Edelweiss D'Andrea (Ottawa South)
Nominated on September 8th. An artist, writer and editor, she has written on health and environmental issues since 2000. She is an environmental activist who helped to start Ottawa's Car Free Day and founded "Ottawa is Greener Than You Think". She has a B.Sc in Biology has an M.A. in Creative Writing from Concordia University. She is a vegitarian. She currently works for Statistics Canada.
Campaign website: Edelweiss D'Andrea Campaign
Ric Dagenais (Ottawa—Vanier)
A unionist. See article for more details.
Lynn Hamilton (Ottawa West—Nepean)
Defeated activist Tim Stutt for the nomination.
Oxford
Parry Sound—Muskoka
Perth—Wellington
Peterborough
Pickering—Scarborough East
Prince Edward—Hastings
Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke
Richmond Hill
Henry Bosch (St. Catharines)
St. Paul's
Sarnia—Lambton
Sault Ste. Marie
Scarborough—Agincourt
Scarborough Centre
Scarborough—Guildwood
Scarborough—Rouge River
Scarborough Southwest
Simcoe—Grey
Andrew Hill (Simcoe North)
Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry
Dave Battaino (Sudbury)
Thornhill
Thunder Bay—Atikokan
Thunder Bay—Superior North
Timiskaming—Cochrane
Toronto Centre
Vaughan
Whitby—Oshawa
Willowdale
Windsor—Tecumseh
Mariano Klimowicz (Windsor West)
Claudia Rodriguez (York Centre)
Born in Lima, Peru, immigrated to Canada when she was 5 years old. She is an advocate for human and tenant rights through activism and legal representation. She is also a shop steward with her union, the UFCW and is commited to educating workers as to their collective and individual rights. Her passion for human rights and social justice continues with her involvement with Amnesty International and the Regenesis Project, an environmental and humanitarian youth group with local documentary campaigns that expose the human ecological forces that make our city. She is bilingual in both English and Spanish.
Nancy Morrison (York—Simcoe)
Trained at the RCMP, Ontario and Toronto Police Colleges. She has been a supervisor for the South Simcoe Police Service since 2000. In 2005, she helped initiate the first Toronto Walk for Autism Research. For her efforts, she won the President's Award of Achievement from the Kinark Child and Family Services.
Morrison is the mother of twins Sean and Meredith and is married to Phil, owner of Sussex Home Improvements.
Antoni Shelton (York West)
A life long resident of the riding. He has worked as a Community Development Officer and Campaign Manager for the United Way, Special Assistant to the Minister of Community and Social Services, and Executive Director of the Urban Alliance on Race Relations. He has won the W.P. Hubbard Award (City of Toronto Race Relations Award), Andy Award (Advertising and Design Club of New York), Gold Clio (International Clio Organization), Gold Prize Advertising and Design Club of Canada, Cannes International Advertising Festival Certificate, Silver Cube New York Art Directors Club, and Ontario Government Volunteer Service Award.
He currently works as the Executive Assistant to the President of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE Ontario Division).
He has two children, Asha and Julian.
Notes
- ^ http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=hamilton/Layout/Article_Type1&call_pageid=1014656316146&c=Article&cid=1168816509012
- ^ Jason Misner, "Candidate says NDP offers real change," Burlington Post, January 26, 2007
- ^ "NDP go with teacher in byelection," Hamilton Spectator, January 15, 2007.
- ^ Walter Mulkewich, "A Contested NDP Nomination in Burlington,", Hamilton Spectator Blog, December 18, 2006.
- ^ http://ndp.meetup.com/2/members/2517230/
- ^ Cory Judson's Official Website