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Northern Ontario
Northern Ontario is a primary geographic and quasi-administrative region of the Canadian province of Ontario, the other primary region being Southern Ontario. Most of the core geographic region is located on part of the Superior Geological Province of the Canadian Shield, a vast rocky plateau located mainly north of Lake Huron (including Georgian Bay), the French River, Lake Nipissing, and the Mattawa River. The statistical region extends south of the Mattawa River to include all of the District of Nipissing. The southern section of this district lies on part of the Grenville Geological Province of the Shield which occupies the transitional area between Northern and Southern Ontario. The extended federal and provincial quasi-administrative regions of Northern Ontario have their own boundaries even further south in the transitional area that vary according to their respective government policies and requirements. Ontario government departments and agencies such as the Growth Pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ontario French
Franco-Ontarians (french: Franco-Ontariens or if female, sometimes known as ''Ontarois'' and ''Ontaroises'') are Francophone Canadians that reside in the province of Ontario. Most are French Canadians from Ontario. In 2016, the Government of Ontario calculated that there are approximately 622,415 francophones residing in the province. The majority of Franco-Ontarians in the province reside in Eastern Ontario, Northeastern Ontario, and Central Ontario, although small francophone communities may be found in other regions of the province. The first francophones to settle in Ontario did so during the early 17th century, when most of it was part of the ''Pays d'en Haut'' region of New France. However, French settlement into the area remained limited until the 19th century. The late 19th century and early 20th century saw attempts by the provincial government to assimilate the Franco-Ontarian population into the anglophone majority with the introduction of regulations that promoted th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Serré
Marc G. Serré (born January 28, 1967) is a Canadian Liberal politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Nickel Belt in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election. He is the son of Gaetan Serré, who represented Nickel Belt from 1968 to 1972 under the government of Pierre Trudeau, and the nephew of another former Liberal Member of Parliament Benoît Serré. Prior to his election to the House of Commons, Serré was manager of business services for EastLink's operations in Ontario,"Serre gets nod in Nickel Belt" '''', February 22, 2015. and served on the municipal council of |
John Vanthof
John Vanthof (born ) 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. Background Vanthof was born and raised on a dairy farm near New Liskeard, Ontario. He is the nephew of veteran Progressive Conservative MPP Ernie Hardeman. Prior to entering politics he was president of the Temiskaming Federation of Agriculture, a farmer's lobby group. He was a vocal opponent of the proposal to ship garbage from Toronto and bury it at Adams Mine. 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 Liberal or liberalism may refer to: Politics * a supporter of liberalism ** Liberalism by country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross Romano
Rosario "Ross" Romano (born 1979) is a Canadian politician who serves as Chief Government Whip in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. A member of the Progressive Conservative (PC) Party, Romano has held a number of portfolios since the PCs formed government in 2018, including as minister of government and consumer services, and minister of colleges and universities. He represents the riding of Sault Ste. Marie. Political career He was first elected in a by-election on June 1, 2017 and became the first Conservative to represent the district in 32 years. A lawyer by profession, Romano began his political career upon being elected to the Sault Ste. Marie City Council The Corporation of the City of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario is run by a city council of 10 Councillors, representing five Ward (electoral subdivision), wards, and a mayor. Prior to the 2018 Ontario municipal elections, 2018 m ... in 2014. Romano was re-elected on June 7, 2018. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Rickford
Greg Rickford (born September 24, 1967) is a Canadian politician. He is the Minister of Northern Development and Minister of Indigenous Affairs in the Executive Council of Ontario under Premier Doug Ford. He represents the Kenora-Rainy River riding in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Rickford previously served as the federal Minister of Natural Resources and as the Minister of State for Science and Technology in the cabinet of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. He was elected to the House of Commons in the 2008 federal election and represented the electoral district of Kenora as a member of the Conservative Party until his defeat in the 2015 election. Birth, nursing and law Rickford was born in Paris, Ontario on September 24, 1967. He worked as a nurse and lawyer in the remote First Nations communities of the Kenora District. Federal politics Rickford was elected to represent the Ontario electoral district of Kenora in the 2008 federal election and re-elected in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judith Monteith-Farrell
Judith Monteith-Farrell is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election. CBC Thunder Bay, June 7, 2018. She represented the electoral district of Thunder Bay—Atikokan as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party ...
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Michael Mantha
Michael E. Mantha is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a Ontario New Democratic Party, New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who was first elected in 2011 Ontario general election, 2011. He represents the riding of Algoma—Manitoulin (provincial electoral district), Algoma—Manitoulin. Background Prior to his election, Mantha was a staffer in the riding office of Carol Hughes (politician), Carol Hughes, the federal Member of Parliament for Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing. He lives in Elliot Lake, Ontario with his wife Pauline and their two sons. Politics Mantha ran in the 2011 Ontario general election, 2011 provincial election as the Ontario New Democratic Party, New Democratic candidate in the riding of Algoma—Manitoulin (provincial electoral district), Algoma—Manitoulin. He defeated Liberal Party of Ontario, Liberal incumbent Michael A. Brown (Canadian politician), Mike Brown by 4,188 votes. He was re-elected in the 2014 Ontario general elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sol Mamakwa
Sol Mamakwa (Oji-Cree: ᓴᐧᓬ ᒣᒣᑫᐧ) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election. He represents the riding of Kiiwetinoong as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party (ONDP). Mamakwa is currently the Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on Justice Policy. Mamakwa is a member of the Kingfisher Lake First Nation and speaks Oji-Cree as a first language. Prior to his election to the legislature, he worked for the Nishnawbe Aski Nation in Sioux Lookout. Mamakwa was one of three MPPs of Indigenous heritage elected in 2018, alongside ONDP colleagues Suze Morrison and Guy Bourgouin, and the second person of full First Nations descent elected to the assembly after Peter North in 1990. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Gravelle
Michael Gravelle (born January 23, 1949) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who represented the riding of Thunder Bay—Superior North from 1995 to 2022 (known as Port Arthur from 1995 to 1999). He served as a member of cabinet during the Dalton McGuinty and Kathleen Wynne governments. Background Gravelle was born in Port Arthur, which is now a part of Thunder Bay, the son of Edmund Gravelle and Jan Shepherd. He was educated at the Port Arthur Collegiate Institute and Lakehead University, receiving a degree from the latter institution 1968. He was an assistant to Liberal politicians Robert Andras, Stuart Smith and Joe Comuzzi. He also worked as a publicist for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and was a founder of the ''North of Superior Film Association''. Politics Gravelle was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1995 provincial election, defeating incumbent New Democrat Shelley Wark-Martyn by al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France Gélinas
France Gélinas is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She is a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who was elected in 2007. She represents the riding of Nickel Belt. Background Gélinas was born and raised in Shawinigan, Quebec. She is trained as a physiotherapist and has been the executive director of the Community Health Centre of Sudbury, on the United Way's Citizens' Advisory Panel, served as president of the Francophone Reference Group of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine. She lives in the Naughton neighbourhood of Sudbury with her family. Politics She ran in the 2007 provincial election as the New Democratic candidate in the riding of Nickel Belt. She defeated Liberal candidate Ron Dupuis by 2,762 votes. She was re-elected in the 2011, and 2014 elections. In May 2008, she joined caucus colleagues Michael Prue and Peter Tabuns in calling on the provincial government to crack down on private hydroelectricity marketers. She has been an o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vic Fedeli
Victor Anthony Fedeli (born August 8, 1956) is a Canadian politician who has been the Ontario minister of economic development, job creation and trade since 2019 and chair of Cabinet since 2018. He is the Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Nipissing, and has held his seat for the Progressive Conservative (PC) party of Ontario since the 2011 provincial election. Fedeli has previously served as the province's minister of finance, Opposition leader, and interim PC party leader. He stood as a candidate in the 2015 Ontario PC leadership race, but ultimately withdrew and endorsed Christine Elliott. Prior to his entry into politics, Fedeli founded the advertising company Fedeli Advertising in his hometown of North Bay. He was active in the local community, serving on the municipal police board, and in the local chamber of commerce. Fedeli was mayor of North Bay, Ontario from 2003 to 2010. Background Personal life Fedeli was born and raised in North Bay, to Lena (née Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Bourgouin
Guy Bourgouin is a Canadians, Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 Ontario general election, 2018 provincial election. He represents the riding of Mushkegowuk—James Bay as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party. Bourgouin, of Métis people, Métis background, was born and raised in Dubreuilville, Ontario."Guy Bourgouin to seek NDP nomination" ''Village Media, Timmins Today'', January 11, 2018. At the time of his campaign for election to the legislature, he was president of a United Steelworkers local in Kapuskasing. He was one of three MPPs of indigenous heritage elected in 2018, alongside NDP caucus colleagues Suze Morrison and Sol Mamakwa. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
