John Vanthof (born ) is a politician in

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, Canada. He is a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who was elected in 2011. He represents the riding of

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. On August 23, 2018 he was named one of the party's two Deputy Leaders alongside

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, and critic for Agriculture and Food, and for Rural Development.

Background

Vanthof was born and raised on a dairy farm near New Liskeard,

. He is the nephew of veteran Progressive Conservative MPP

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. 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

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Politics

In the 2007 provincial election, Vanthof ran as the

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candidate in the riding of

. He was defeated by incumbent

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David Ramsay by 634 votes. He tried again in 2011 this time winning against Liberal candidate Denis Bonin by 6,101 votes. He was re-elected in the 2014 provincial election defeating Liberal candidate Sébastien Goyer by 8,490 votes. In the 2018 provincial election he was re-elected by a margin of 10,646 votes over Progressive Conservative Margaret Williams. Vanthof was re-elected for a third time in the 2022 provincial election, defeating Progressive Conservative candidate Bill Foy. In opposition, he served as his party's critic for Natural Resources and Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.

Electoral record

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vanthof, John 1963 births Living people Ontario New Democratic Party MPPs People from Timiskaming District 21st-century Canadian politicians