John O'Toole | |
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 O'Toole in 2013 | |
| Member of theOntario Provincial Parliament forDurham (Durham East 1995—1999) | |
| In office June 8, 1995 – June 13, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Gord Mills |
| Succeeded by | Granville Anderson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1944 (age 80–81) Peterborough, Ontario, Canada |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Spouses |
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| Children | Erin O'Toole |
| Residence(s) | Bowmanville,Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Business manager |
John O'Toole (bornc. 1944) is a retiredpolitician inOntario, Canada. He was a member of theLegislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2014, representing the riding ofDurham for theProgressive Conservative Party.
O'Toole is the son of Ruth Annabel (Driscoll) and Claire Michael O'Toole.[1] His ancestors arrived in Canada in 1845, fleeing theGreat Famine of Ireland.[citation needed] He was born inPeterborough, Ontario, and has aBachelor of Arts degree from theUniversity of Toronto. After graduation he worked in upper management forGeneral Motors of Canada in Ontario andQuebec. With his English-born late wife, Molly (Hall),[2][3] his son is politicianErin O'Toole, former leader of the Conservative Party, who was elected to theHouse of Commons of Canada in aby-election on November 26, 2012, to represent the federal riding ofDurham.[4]
O'Toole was elected as a school trustee in the Peterborough-Victoria-Northumberland district in 1982, and in the Newcastle district in 1988. In 1991, O'Toole was elected as a municipal councillor inBowmanville, Ontario, and in 1994, he was elected as councillor for Durham Region.
O'Toole scored a significant victory over incumbentNew DemocratGord Mills in theprovincial election of 1995, scoring 62 per cent of the popular vote.[5] He was re-elected in the1999 election, again without difficulty.[6] He was appointed asparliamentary assistant to several ministers including Consumer and Commercial Relations, Finance, and Health and Long-Term Care.
The Progressive Conservatives were defeated in the2003 provincial election, although O'Toole managed to retain his own riding.[7] In 2004, O'Toole endorsedJohn Tory's successful bid to lead the Progressive Conservative party (even though his riding is adjacent to that of Tory's main rival,Jim Flaherty).
In February 2014, O'Toole announced that he would not run for re-election.[8]
In September 2014, O'Toole announced his intentions to run for mayor ofClarington in the2014 municipal election. He officially filed his papers just before the deadline on September 2, 2014.[9] On October 27, he was defeated by incumbent mayorAdrian Foster by 1,362 votes.[10]
On May 12, 2003, O'Toole was caught on camera in theOntario Legislature making amiddle-finger gesture at NDP House LeaderPeter Kormos. He initially denied what he did to media, only to apologize minutes later after he learned it was caught on the legislature video broadcast feed.[11]
| 2014 Clarington Municipal Election, Mayor of Clarington | ||
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Adrian Foster | 10,093 | 53.62 |
| John O'Toole | 8,731 | 46.38 |
| Total | 18,824 | 100.00 |
| 2011 Ontario general election:Durham | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John O'Toole | 22,393 | 49.07 | +2.14 | ||||
| Liberal | Betty Somerville | 13,394 | 29.35 | −2.83 | ||||
| New Democratic | James Terry | 8,027 | 17.59 | +5.53 | ||||
| Green | Edward Yaghledjian | 1,221 | 2.68 | −6.15 | ||||
| Libertarian | Blaize Barnicoat | 424 | 0.93 | |||||
| Freedom | David Strutt | 172 | 0.38 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 45,631 | 100.0 | −0.41 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 173 | 0.38 | −0.14 | |||||
| Turnout | 45,804 | 49.74 | −4.60 | |||||
| Eligible Voters | 92,906 | +9.62 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservativehold | Swing | +2.49 | ||||||
Source(s) "Summary of valid votes cast for each candidate – October 6, 2011 General Election"(PDF).Elections Ontario. Nov 18, 2011. RetrievedMay 5, 2014.  XLS Spreadsheet).Elections Ontario. Oct 1, 2013. RetrievedMay 5, 2014. | ||||||||
| 2007 Ontario general election:Durham | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John O'Toole | 21,515 | 46.96 | −0.14 | ||||
| Liberal | Betty Somerville | 14,730 | 32.15 | −4.61 | ||||
| New Democratic | Catherine Robinson | 5,521 | 12.05 | −0.36 | ||||
| Green | June Davies | 4,053 | 8.85 | +6.51 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 45,819 | 100.0 | −9.39 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 240 | 0.52 | −0.22 | |||||
| Voter turnout | 46,059 | 54.34 | −4.06 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 84,755 | −2.85 | ||||||
| Sources:"Summary of valid votes cast for each candidate – October 10, 2007 General Election"(PDF).Elections Ontario. Aug 14, 2008. RetrievedMay 21, 2014. "Statistical Summary — General Elections 2007"(PDF).Elections Ontario. May 8, 2008. RetrievedMay 21, 2014. | ||||||||
| 2003 Ontario general election:Durham | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John O'Toole | 23,814 | 47.09 | −9.98 | ||||
| Liberal | Garry Minnie | 18,590 | 36.76 | +4.64 | ||||
| New Democratic | Teresa Williams | 6,274 | 12.41 | +3.15 | ||||
| Green | Gordon H. Macdonald | 1,183 | 2.34 | +1.32 | ||||
| Freedom | Cathy McKeever | 707 | 1.40 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 50,568 | 100.0 | +10.55 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 378 | 0.74 | +0.19 | |||||
| Voter turnout | 50,946 | 58.40 | −0.11 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 87,237 | +10.98 | ||||||
| Sources:"Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate – General Election of October 2, 2003".Elections Ontario. RetrievedMay 22, 2014. "Statistical Summary — General Elections of October 2, 2003".Elections Ontario. RetrievedMay 22, 2014. | ||||||||
| 1999 Ontario general election:Durham | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | John O'Toole | 26,103 | 57.07 | |||||
| Liberal | Garry Minnie | 14,694 | 32.12 | |||||
| New Democratic | Jim Morrison | 4,235 | 9.26 | |||||
| Green | Gail Thompson | 467 | 1.02 | |||||
| Natural Law | Jacinthe Millaire | 242 | 0.53 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 45,741 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 253 | 0.55 | ||||||
| Voter turnout | 45,994 | 58.51 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 78,608 | |||||||
| Sources:"Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate – General Election June 3 1999".Elections Ontario. RetrievedMay 22, 2014. "Statistical Summary — General Election of June 3 1999".Elections Ontario. RetrievedMay 22, 2014. | ||||||||