John Vanthof
John Vanthof (born c. 1963) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who was elected in 2011. He represents the riding of Timiskaming—Cochrane. On August 23, 2018 he was named one of the party's two Deputy Leaders alongside Sara Singh, and critic for Agriculture and Food, and for Rural Development.[1]
John Vanthof | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Timiskaming—Cochrane | |
| Assumed office October 6, 2011 | |
| Preceded by | David Ramsay |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1963 (age 57–58) New Liskeard, Ontario |
| Political party | New Democratic |
| Relations | Ernie Hardeman, uncle |
| Residence | Earlton, Ontario |
| Occupation | Dairy farmer |
| Portfolio | Deputy Leader and critic for Agriculture and Food, and for Rural Development (2018-) |
Background
Vanthof was born and raised on a dairy farm near New Liskeard, Ontario.[2] He is the nephew of veteran Progressive Conservative MPP Ernie Hardeman.[3] Prior to entering politics he was president of the Temiskaming Federation of Agriculture, a farmer's lobby group.[4] He was a vocal opponent of the proposal to ship garbage from Toronto and bury it at Adams Mine.[2]
Politics
In the 2007 provincial election, Vanthof ran as the New Democrat candidate in the riding of Timiskaming—Cochrane. He was defeated by incumbent Liberal David Ramsay by 634 votes.[5] He tried again in 2011 this time winning against Liberal candidate Denis Bonin by 6,101 votes.[6][7] He was re-elected in the 2014 provincial election defeating Liberal candidate Sébastien Goyer by 8,490 votes.[8] In the 2018 provincial election he was re-elected by a margin of 10,646 votes over Progressive Conservative Margaret Williams.
In opposition, he served as his party's critic for Natural Resources and Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.[9]
Electoral record
| 2018 Ontario general election: Timiskaming—Cochrane | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | John Vanthof | 16,806 | 61.20 | +6.17 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Margaret Williams | 6,160 | 22.43 | +4.94 | ||||
| Liberal | Brian A. Johnson | 2,476 | 9.02 | -14.12 | ||||
| Northern Ontario | Shawn Poirier | 1,105 | 4.02 | +1.67 | ||||
| Green | Casey Lalonde | 723 | 2.63 | +0.64 | ||||
| Libertarian | Lawrence Schnarr | 191 | 0.70 | -0.05 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 27,461 | 100.0 | ||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | |||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[10] | ||||||||
| 2014 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | John Vanthof | 14,651 | 55.03 | +4.91 | ||||
| Liberal | Sébastien Goyer | 6,161 | 23.14 | -2.78 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Peter Politis | 4,656 | 17.49 | -3.69 | ||||
| Northern Ontario Heritage | Gino Chitaroni | 625 | 2.35 | +0.80 | ||||
| Green | Cody Fraser | 529 | 1.99 | +0.75 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 26,622 | 100.00 | ||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +3.85 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[11] | ||||||||
| 2011 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | John Vanthof | 12,633 | 50.12 | +9.57 | ||||
| Liberal | Denis Bonin | 6,532 | 25.92 | -16.98 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Randy Aulbrook | 5,337 | 21.18 | +7.63 | ||||
| Northern Ontario Heritage | Gerry Courville | 391 | 1.55 | |||||
| Green | Tina Danese | 312 | 1.24 | -1.76 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 25,205 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 91 | 0.36 | ||||||
| Turnout | 25,296 | 50.04 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 50,554 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | +13.28 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[12] | ||||||||
| 2007 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | David Ramsay | 11,588 | 42.90 | -16.66 | ||||
| New Democratic | John Vanthof | 10,954 | 40.55 | +22.07 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Doug Shearer | 3,659 | 13.55 | -6.83 | ||||
| Green | Patrick East | 811 | 3.00 | +1.43 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 27,012 | 100.00 | ||||||
References
- https://www.facebook.com/OntarioNDP/
- Nickle, David (June 29, 2003). "On top of the heap; SPECIAL REPORT; Difficulties shipping waste to U.S. landfill, political jockeying put talk of Adams Mine back...". North York Mirror. p. 1.
- "The Agenda with Steve Paikin: Ernie Hardeman and John Vanthof: All in the Family". TV Ontario. Archived from the original on 2 March 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
- "Residents fighting incinerator victims of bad laws". Sudbury Star. August 5, 2002. p. A1.
- "Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. October 10, 2007. p. 15 (xxiv). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 7, 2009. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
- "Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. October 6, 2011. p. 17. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 30, 2013. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
- Whitehouse, Mike (October 6, 2011). "Liberals take it on the chin in Northern Ontario". Sudbury Star.
- "General Election by District: Timiskaming-Cochrane". Elections Ontario. June 12, 2014. Archived from the original on June 14, 2014. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
- Nolan, Daniel (October 26, 2011). "Child, youth services has Hamilton flavour: Local rookie MPPs Taylor, McKenna to hold Liberal minister Hoskins to account in 'top priority' ministry". The Hamilton Spectator. p. A7.
- "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- Elections Ontario (2014). "General Election Results by District, 092 Timiskaming-Cochrane". Archived from the original on 14 June 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
- Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Timiskaming—Cochrane" (PDF). Retrieved 1 June 2014.