Daryl Kramp (born June 14, 1947) is a

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. He served as the

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member of the

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for the riding of Prince Edward—Hastings. He also served as the Progressive Conservative Member of Provincial Parliament for the riding of

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Personal life

Kramp is a former investigator with the

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. He has been a municipal councillor and deputy reeve in the municipality of Madoc, Ontario where he currently lives. He works in the retail, wholesale and hospitality sectors. He has also organized junior-level

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tours, and is a part-time instructor at St. Lawrence College, Kingston.

Federal politics

Kramp lost two federal election bids before his victory in 2004. In the 1997 election, he ran as a Progressive Conservative in the riding of Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington, finishing second against

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Larry McCormick. He ran in the same riding for the 2000 election, and this time finished third against McCormick and

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candidate Sean McAdam. The Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservatives merged in 2003 as the Conservative Party of Canada. In the 2004 election, Kramp ran as a Conservative in Prince Edward—Hastings, and narrowly defeated Liberal Bruce Knutson. The seat was previously held by Liberal cabinet minister Lyle Vanclief, who was not seeking re-election. He was re-elected in 2006 by a much larger margin. Kramp described himself as a

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, although his voting record was in line with the party's direction. Kramp was a member of the Canada-China Legislative Association (CCLA) which provides a forum for discussing bilateral and multilateral issues facing both Canada and China. He was unseated by

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in 2015, when he decided to run in the new riding of

which contains part of his old riding, the

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Provincial politics

On October 3, 2016, Kramp announced he would be seeking the Ontario Progressive Conservative nomination in the newly created provincial riding of Hastings-Lennox and Addington. On November 26, Kramp won the nomination. On June 7, 2018, Kramp was elected to the Legislative Assembly of

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. In the 2021 Canadian federal election, Kramp's daughter Shelby won the Conservative nomination and federal election in Hastings-Lennox-Addington, the same riding Kramp ran in 2015.

Electoral record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kramp, Daryl Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Conservative Party of Canada MPs 1947 births Living people People from Hastings County People from Kirkland Lake 21st-century Canadian politicians Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs