Howard George Hampton
Howard Hampton at Paul Ferreira's York South—Weston victory party, February 8, 2007. Paul Ferreira (born January 7, 1973 in the Azores) is a Canadian Social democratic Politician and one of the first York South—Weston is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons By-elections were held on February 8, 2007, in Ontario, Canada, to fill three vacancies in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Leader of the Ontario NDP
In office June 22, 1996 – Incumbent
Preceded by	Bob Rae
Constituency	Ontario
Member of Provincial Parliament
In office June 3, 1999 – Incumbent
Preceded by	New electoral district
Constituency	Kenora—Rainy River (provincial electoral district), Ontario
Member of Provincial Parliament
In office September 10, 1987 – June 3, 1999
Preceded by	Jack Pierce Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
Succeeded by	Electoral district disbanded
Constituency	Rainy River, Ontario
Born	May 17, 1952 (1952-05-17) (age 56) Fort Frances, Ontario
Political party	New Democratic Party
Spouse	Shelley Martel
Relations	Elie Martel, father-in-law
Children	Sarah and Jonathan
Residence	Fort Francis & Toronto, Ontario
Occupation	Lawyer
Religion	United Church of Canada

Howard George Hampton, MPP (born May 17, 1952) is the leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP). The Ontario New Democratic Party, formally known as New Democratic Party of Ontario, is a Social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada Events 217 BC - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Robert Keith "Bob" Rae PC OC QC OOnt MP (born August 2, 1948) is a Canadian Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec A Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP is an elected member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) For the current federal electoral district see Kenora—Rainy River Kenora—Rainy River is a provincial electoral district (riding Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec A Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP is an elected member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada. Franklin Jack Pierce ( May 24, 1937 — is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. The Ontario PC Party, formally known as the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (in french Parti progressiste-conservateur de l'Ontario) is a Right-of-centre Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Fort Frances Ontario is a Town located in the northwestern part of Ontario, Canada. Principles policies and electoral achievement The NDP grew from populist, agrarian and democratic socialist roots Shelley Dawn Marie Martel (born April 8, 1963, in Sudbury, Ontario) is a Canadian Politician. Elie Walter Martel (born November 26, 1934 in Capreol, Ontario) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. Fort Frances Ontario is a Town located in the northwestern part of Ontario, Canada. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec The United Church of Canada was founded in 1925 as a merger of four Christian denominations two thirds of the Presbyterian Church in Canada (then the largest Canadian Protestant A Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP is an elected member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada. Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Ontario New Democratic Party, formally known as New Democratic Party of Ontario, is a Social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada He has served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada, since 1987 as the Member of Provincial Parliament from the northern riding of Kenora—Rainy River. See also Politics of Ontario The Legislative Assembly of Ontario (also known as Ontario Legislative Assembly or OntLA) is the Legislature Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page A Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP is an elected member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada. An electoral district (also known as a Constituency or a riding in the Canadian English political Jargon) is a geographically-based For the current federal electoral district see Kenora—Rainy River Kenora—Rainy River is a provincial electoral district (riding

Hampton's wife, Shelley Martel, was also an MPP until 2007, representing Nickel Belt. Shelley Dawn Marie Martel (born April 8, 1963, in Sudbury, Ontario) is a Canadian Politician. Nickel Belt is a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Ontario ^[1]

Biography

Background and early career

Hampton was born in Fort Frances, Ontario to a blue collar family, George (1928? - January 2, 2006) and Elsie (b. Fort Frances Ontario is a Town located in the northwestern part of Ontario, Canada. Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. [ ]?) Hampton. ^[2] He was a good student, but also athletically gifted and politically active. He first joined the NDP when he was a teenager.

Hampton took an undergraduate degree in philosophy and religion from Dartmouth College, an Ivy League institution in New Hampshire, where he played for the school's D-I NCAA hockey team. Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence knowledge truth beauty justice validity mind and language A religion is a set of Tenets and practices often centered upon specific Supernatural and moral claims about Reality, the Cosmos Dartmouth College ( is a private, Coeducational University located in Hanover, New Hampshire, U The Ivy League is an Athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. He later obtained a degree in education from the University of Toronto and a law degree from the University of Ottawa. This article is about the University of Toronto's St George Campus A Law degree is the degree conferred on someone who successfully completes studies in law For the university in Ottawa Kansas see Ottawa University. The University of Ottawa or Université d'Ottawa in French He worked as a lawyer for the Canadian Labour Congress, and for the provincial NDP government of Allan Blakeney in Saskatchewan. A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law as an attorney, Counsel or Solicitor; a person The Canadian Labour Congress, or CLC (in French "le Congrès du travail du Canada The Saskatchewan New Democratic Party (NDP (formerly the Saskatchewan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) is a Social democratic Political party Allan Emrys Blakeney, PC, OC, SOM, QC, FRSC (born September 7, 1925) was the Premier of the Saskatchewan (səˈskætʃəwən) is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of 588276

Hampton sought election to the Ontario legislature under the NDP banner in the 1977 provincial election, placing third against incumbent Liberal Pat Reid and Progressive Conservative Gordon Thomson in Rainy River. The Ontario general election of 1977 was held on June 9, 1977, to elect the 125 members of the Legislative Assembly (Members of Provincial Parliament The Ontario Liberal Party is a Centrist provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. Patrick Robert Reid, MBE, MC ( 13 November 1910 &ndash 22 May 1990) was a British Army officer and noted The Ontario PC Party, formally known as the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (in french Parti progressiste-conservateur de l'Ontario) is a Right-of-centre Gordon Thomson (born March 3 1945) is a Canadian Actor who found great success on American Television in the ABC He ran for the riding again in the 1985 provincial election, and lost to Progressive Conservative candidate Jack Pierce by 278 votes. The Ontario general election of 1985 was held on May 2, 1985, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario,

Provincial politics

Hampton was elected to Queen's Park on his third attempt, in the provincial election of 1987. The Ontario general election of 1987 was held on September 10, 1987, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario He was re-elected in the 1990 provincial election, in which the NDP won an unexpected majority government. The Ontario general election of 1990 was held on September 6, 1990, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the province of Ontario On October 1, 1990, he was appointed Attorney General in the government of Bob Rae. Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) The Attorney General of Ontario is a senior member of the Executive Council of Ontario (or Cabinet) and governs the Ministry of the Attorney Robert Keith "Bob" Rae PC OC QC OOnt MP (born August 2, 1948) is a Canadian

By all accounts, Hampton and Rae were not cabinet allies. Hampton disapproved of many of the Rae government's centrist policies; in particular, he opposed Rae's decision to retreat from an election pledge to introduce public automobile insurance in the province. Journalist Thomas Walkom has argued that Rae deliberately undermined Hampton's control over the Attorney General's office, staffing the ministry with bureaucrats to which he was ideologically incompatible. However, Walkom has also noted that Hampton supported Rae's decision to impose a Social Contract of wage restraints and cost-saving measures on Ontario public servants. Social contract describes a broad class of republican theories whose subjects are implied agreements by which people form Nations and maintain a Social order

Following a cabinet shuffle on February 3, 1993, Hampton was demoted to Minister of Natural Resources, responsible for Native Affairs. Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) The Ministry of Natural Resources is a government agency of the Canadian province of Ontario that is responsible for managing and protecting Marion Boyd replaced him as Attorney General. Marion Boyd (born March 26, 1946 in Toronto, Ontario) is a former Canadian politician who represented the riding of The NDP were defeated in the provincial election of 1995, and Hampton re-elected over Progressive Conservative Lynn Beyak by only 205 votes. The Ontario general election of 1995 was held on June 8, 1995, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the province of Ontario

Ontario NDP Leader

After Rae retired from politics, Hampton became the leader of the NDP on June 22, 1996, beating Frances Lankin, who was seen as a Rae ally and whom many had considered the front-runner, on the third ballot. Events 217 BC - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Frances Lankin (born in London Ontario) is a Canadian administrator and a former politician and trade unionist Leadership candidate Peter Kormos and his support generally went to Hampton rather than Lankin, which was seen as important to Hampton's victory. Peter Kormos (born October 7, 1952 in Welland Ontario) is a Politician in Ontario, Canada. Tony Silipo also ran for the leadership and would become Hampton's Deputy Leader until 1999. Tony Silipo (born August 10, 1957 in Martone, Calabria, Italy) is a former Canadian politician ^[2]

In the 1999 Ontario election, some progressives and union leaders, who had been a crucial source of NDP support before 1995, attempted to defeat Mike Harris, the Progressive Conservative premier, by abandoning the NDP for the Liberals. An Ontario general election was held on June 3 1999, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada. Michael Deane Harris (born January 23, 1945, in Toronto Ontario) was the twenty-second Premier of Ontario from June 26, The Ontario PC Party, formally known as the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (in french Parti progressiste-conservateur de l'Ontario) is a Right-of-centre The Ontario Liberal Party is a Centrist provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. This tactical voting, commonly called "strategic voting," did not succeed in ousting the Harris government, but nearly decimated the NDP as they took just nine seats and 12 per cent of the popular vote in their poorest election showing since the 1950s. In Voting systems tactical voting (or strategic voting or sophisticated voting) occurs when a voter supports a candidate other than his or her As Hampton was not judged to have been at fault, he stayed on as leader. Hampton himself faced a challenging re-election against Liberal Frank Miclash, but was able to win fairly convincingly. Frank Randver Miclash (born May 16, 1953 in Kenora, Ontario) is a former Politician in Ontario Canada.

Howard Hampton shares the stage at Mohamed Boudjenane's nomination meeting with fellow NDP politicians and candidates. Pictured from left to right; Rosario Marchese, MPP Trinity–Spadina; Mohamed Boudjenane, provincial candidate for Etobicoke North; Howard Hampton, Ontario NDP Leader; and Ali Naqvi, federal NDP candidate for Etobicoke North. Rosario Marchese (born 1952 in Calabria, Italy) is a Politician in Ontario, Canada. Trinity–Spadina is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons Mohamed Boudjenane (July 3 1961 is a Moroccan -born Journalist and Social democratic Politician in Etobicoke, Ontario For the provincial electoral district see Etobicoke North (provincial electoral district Etobicoke North is a federal electoral Ali Naqvi is a Canadian Social democratic politician and lawyer July 9, 2007. Events 455 - Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

Hampton endorsed Bill Blaikie in the latter's unsuccessful bid for the federal New Democratic Party leadership in 2002. William Alexander "Bill" Blaikie, PC (born June 19, 1951) is the current Deputy Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons. Principles policies and electoral achievement The NDP grew from populist, agrarian and democratic socialist roots This decision was unpopular with some other members of his caucus, including Deputy Leader Marilyn Churley who was a leading supporter of Jack Layton. Marilyn Churley (born May 7, 1948 in Old Perlican, Newfoundland) is a Canadian politician who represented the riding of Toronto—Danforth John Gilbert "Jack" Layton PC MP (born July 18, 1950) is a social democratic Canadian Politician

In Harris' second term, the government unveiled plans to privatize the public electricity utility, Ontario Hydro. Ontario Hydro was the official name from 1974 of the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario which was established in 1906 by the provincial Power Commission Hampton quickly distinguished himself as an advocate of maintaining public ownership of the utility, and published a book on the subject, Public Power, in 2003. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Harris' successor as premier, Ernie Eves, ultimately reached the decision not to sell the hydro utility. Ernest Lawrence Eves (born June 17, 1946) was the twenty-third Premier of the province of Ontario, Canada, from April 15

Hampton and the NDP won only seven seats in the 2003 Ontario election, losing official party status for the first time since 1963. The Ontario general election of 2003 was held on October 2, 2003, to elect the 103 members of the 38th Legislative Assembly (Members of Provincial Official party status refers to the Canadian practice of recognizing political parties in the Parliament of Canada. The Ontario general election of 1963 was held on September 25, 1963, to elect the 108 members of the Legislative Assembly (Members of Provincial Parliament However, Hampton retained his seat and the party increased its share of the popular vote by 2%. After intense lobbying to lower the minimum number of seats for party status, a compromise was reached which allowed additional funding for the NDP and more inquiry opportunities during Question Period. Question Period, known officially as Oral Questions (questions orales occurs each sitting day in the Parliament of Canada.

Ultimately, this controversy was all for nought as on May 13, 2004, the NDP regained official party status in a by-election in Hamilton East, where city councillor Andrea Horwath was elected to fill the vacancy left by the death of Liberal member Dominic Agostino. A by-election or bye-election (called special election in the United States) is an Election held to fill a political office that has become vacant Hamilton East was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada. Andrea Horwath (pronounced Horvath is a Politician in Ontario, Canada. Dominic Agostino ( October 14, 1959 - March 24, 2004) was a Canadian politician who represented the riding of Hamilton When Marilyn Churley resigned her Toronto—Danforth seat in May 2005, the NDP was granted official party status at first until the by-election, and then until the 2007 provincial election; NDP candidate Peter Tabuns won the seat. Marilyn Churley (born May 7, 1948 in Old Perlican, Newfoundland) is a Canadian politician who represented the riding of Toronto—Danforth Toronto—Danforth (formerly Broadview—Greenwood) is a federal and provincial electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada The Ontario general election of 2007 was held on October 10 2007 to elect members ( MPPs) of the 39th Legislative Assembly of the Province Peter Tabuns (born October 3, 1951) is a Canadian Politician.

Recent polls suggest that the NDP may at long last be recovering its early 1990s levels of support. A July, 2006 Environics poll showed the Ontario NDP with 27% popular support, it's highest level recorded since March, 1992, when Bob Rae's government was still in power. ^[3] However, in the poll, the NDP still trailed the governing Liberals who received 35% support and the Opposition Progressive Conservatives who led with 36%. Other polls have shown the NDP with 20-23% support, further behind the frontrunning parties but still well ahead of the popular vote the Party received in 2003. ^[4] After losing party status in two successive elections, the pressure will be on Hampton to translate the NDP's recent resurgence into more seats in the next provincial election.

The Ontario NDP increased its seat count to nine in September 2006, when well-known local United Church minister Cheri DiNovo won a byelection. United and uniting churches are churches formed from the merger or other form of union of two or more different Protestant denominations. Cheri DiNovo, MPP, is a Canadian Social democratic politician The seat became vacant when Liberal MPP Gerard Kennedy resigned to seek the Liberal Party of Canada leadership. This article is about the politician For the actor see Gerard Kennedy (actor. The Liberal Party of Canada ( Parti libéral du Canada) colloquially known as the Grits (originally " Clear Grits " is a major Canadian political The Liberal Party of Canada leadership convention of 2006 was prompted by Paul Martin 's announcement that he would not lead the Liberal Party of Canada into another

Hampton launched the Ontario NDP's 2007 provincial election campaign at the party's Fresh Ideas New Energy January 2007 policy convention. Hampton's keynote speech focused on the party's campaign to raise the minimum wage to $10 an hour, and signalled the NDP's renewed focus on matters of economic justice. ^[5] The NDP also unveiled a new logo and look. ^[6]

Hampton's NDP increased its seat count to 10 in February 2007, when businessman and community activist Paul Ferreira defeated star Liberal candidate Laura Albanese in a byelection in the Toronto riding of York South-Weston. Paul Ferreira (born January 7, 1973 in the Azores) is a Canadian Social democratic Politician and one of the first Laura Albanese is a Canadian politician formerly a news anchor for Italian language news programming on Omni Television. York South—Weston is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons The seat became vacant when Liberal cabinet minister Joe Cordiano resigned. Joseph Cordiano (born October 30, 1957) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. The NDP's campaign for the $10 minimum wage and its opposition to a controversial 25% pay raise for MPPs are cited as key factors in the upset win. ^[7]

Despite several encouraging opinion polls that predicted a gain of several seats, Hampton's NDP failed to increase its seat count beyond 10 in the 2007 provincial election. The Ontario general election of 2007 was held on October 10 2007 to elect members ( MPPs) of the 39th Legislative Assembly of the Province While there was speculation following the election that he may retire Hampton announced at the November 24, 2007, NDP provincial council that he was staying as party leader. Provincial councils are organisational bodies within the Gaelic Athletic Association, each made up of several GAA counties. ^[8] He announced in April of 2008 that he was considering his political future, and would make an announcement later in 2008 as to whether or not he will stay on further as the party leader. ^[9]

References

1. ^ George Hampton, Ontario NDP leader's father, dies of heart attack, Niagara Falls Review (ON). Canada, Wednesday, January 4, 2006, p. A8. accessed on October 6, 2006.
2. ^ ^{a b} Howard Hampton's father dies, Barrie Examiner (ON). News, Wednesday, January 4, 2006, p. A8. accessed on October 6, 2006.
3. ^ Ontario Liberals tied with PCs as NDP support rises Environics News Release, July 18, 2006
4. ^ http://www.nodice.ca/elections/ontario/polls.php accessed on December 10, 2006
5. ^ Kerry Gillespie, "NDP leader wants $10 wage vote", Toronto Star, January 28, 2007
6. ^ Canada News Wire, "Ontario's NDP moves forward with confidence, new look", January 26, 2007
7. ^ Rob Ferguson, "NDP pulls upset", Toronto Star, February 8, 2007
8. ^ Jared Stuffco, "Hampton to stay at NDP helm", Toronto Star, November 25, 2007
9. ^ "NDP leader says he will soon reveal his political future", Canadian Press, April 5, 2008. The Canadian Press (often abbreviated as CP) is Canada 's national News agency established in 1917 as a vehicle to permit Canadian newspapers of the day Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common