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 MPP
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Timiskaming—Cochrane
Incumbent
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

1. https://www.facebook.com/OntarioNDP/
2. 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.
3. "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.
4. "Residents fighting incinerator victims of bad laws". Sudbury Star. August 5, 2002. p. A1.
5. "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.
6. "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.
7. Whitehouse, Mike (October 6, 2011). "Liberals take it on the chin in Northern Ontario". Sudbury Star.
8. "General Election by District: Timiskaming-Cochrane". Elections Ontario. June 12, 2014. Archived from the original on June 14, 2014. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
9. 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.
10. "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.
11. Elections Ontario (2014). "General Election Results by District, 092 Timiskaming-Cochrane". Archived from the original on 14 June 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
12. Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Timiskaming—Cochrane" (PDF). Retrieved 1 June 2014.

External links

• Official website
• Ontario Legislative Assembly parliamentary history (archived)