Howard Hampton

Howard Hampton
Hampton in 2003
Leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party
In office
June 22, 1996 – March 7, 2009
Preceded byBob Rae
Succeeded byAndrea Horwath
Ontario MPP
In office
1999–2011
Preceded byRiding established
Succeeded bySarah Campbell
ConstituencyKenora—Rainy River
In office
1987–1999
Preceded byJack Pierce
Succeeded byRiding abolished
ConstituencyRainy River
Personal details
Born
Howard George Hampton

(1952-05-17) May 17, 1952 (age 72)
Fort Frances, Ontario, Canada
Political partyOntario New Democratic
SpouseShelley Martel
ChildrenSarah Hampton
Jonathan Hampton
RelativesElie Martel (father-in-law)
Residence(s)Toronto, Ontario, Canada
OccupationLawyer

Howard George Hampton (born May 17, 1952) is a politician who was a member of Provincial Parliament for the province of Ontario. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada, from 1987 to 1999 in the electoral district of Rainy River, and from 1999 to 2011 in the redistributed electoral district of Kenora—Rainy River. A member of the Ontario New Democratic Party, he was also the party's leader from 1996 to 2009. Hampton retired from the legislature at the 2011 Ontario provincial election[1] and subsequently joined Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP as a member of the law firm's corporate social responsibility and aboriginal affairs groups.[2]

His wife, Shelley Martel, was also an MPP until 2007, representing Nickel Belt.[3]

Early life, education, and early career

Hampton was born in Fort Frances, Ontario to a blue collar family, George (April 17, 1928 - January 2, 2006) and Elsie (November 8, 1931 - April 18, 2016) Hampton.[4] [5]He was a good student, but also athletically gifted and politically active. He first joined the NDP when he was a teenager.

Hampton took an undergraduate degree in philosophy and religion from Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, where he played varsity hockey for the school's Division I NCAA ice hockey team.[6] He later obtained a degree in education from the University of Toronto and a law degree from the University of Ottawa. He worked as a lawyer for the Canadian Labour Congress, and for the provincial NDP government of Allan Blakeney in Saskatchewan.

Enters provincial politics

Hampton sought election to the Ontario legislature under the NDP banner in the 1977 provincial election, placing third against incumbent Liberal Pat Reid and Progressive Conservative Gordon Armstrong in Rainy River.[7] He ran for the riding again in the 1985 provincial election, and lost to Progressive Conservative candidate Jack Pierce by 278 votes.[8]

Cabinet minister

Hampton was elected to Queen's Park on his third attempt, in the provincial election of 1987.[9] He was re-elected in the 1990 provincial election, in which the NDP won a majority government.[10] On October 1, 1990, he was appointed Attorney General in the government of Bob Rae.[11]

By all accounts, Hampton and Rae were not cabinet allies. Hampton disapproved of many of the Rae government's centrist policies; in particular, he opposed Rae's decision to retreat from an election pledge to introduce public automobile insurance in the province. Journalist Thomas Walkom has argued that Rae deliberately undermined Hampton's control over the Attorney General's office, staffing the ministry with bureaucrats to which he was ideologically incompatible. However, Walkom has also noted that Hampton supported Rae's decision to impose a Social Contract of wage restraints and cost-saving measures on Ontario public servants.

Following a cabinet shuffle on February 3, 1993, Hampton was demoted to Minister of Natural Resources, responsible for Native Affairs. Marion Boyd replaced him as Attorney General.[12] The NDP was defeated in the provincial election of 1995, and Hampton was re-elected over Progressive Conservative Lynn Beyak by only 205 votes.[13]

Cabinet posts

Ontario provincial government of Bob Rae
Cabinet posts (2)
Predecessor Office Successor
Bud Wildman Minister of Natural Resources
1993–1995
Also Responsible for Native Affairs 		Chris Hodgson
Ian Scott Attorney General
1990–1993 		Marion Boyd

Ontario NDP Leader

Howard Hampton at Queen's Park addressing CUPE 3903 members protesting against back to work legislation during a York University strike

After Rae retired from provincial politics, Hampton became the leader of the NDP on June 22, 1996, beating Frances Lankin, who was seen as a Rae ally and whom many had considered the front-runner, on the third ballot. Leadership candidate Peter Kormos and his support generally went to Hampton rather than Lankin, which was seen as important to Hampton's victory. Tony Silipo also ran for the leadership and would become Hampton's Deputy Leader until 1999.[4]

In the 1999 Ontario election, some progressives and union leaders, who had been a crucial source of NDP support before 1995, attempted to defeat Mike Harris, the Progressive Conservative premier, by abandoning the NDP for the Liberals. This tactical voting, commonly called "strategic voting," did not succeed in ousting the Harris government, but nearly decimated the NDP, as they took just nine seats and 12 per cent of the popular vote in their worst election showing since the 1950s. As Hampton was not judged to have been at fault, he stayed on as leader. Hampton himself faced a challenging re-election; the Harris government had reduced the number of ridings in Ontario from 130 to 103, and Hampton faced off against Frank Miclash, the Liberal MPP for the adjoining Kenora riding, in the amalgamated riding of Kenora-Rainy River. Hampton defeated Miclash by 3,000 votes.

Howard Hampton shares the stage at Mohamed Boudjenane's nomination meeting with fellow NDP politicians and candidates. Pictured from left to right; Rosario Marchese, MPP Trinity–Spadina; Mohamed Boudjenane, provincial candidate for Etobicoke North; Howard Hampton, Ontario NDP Leader; and Ali Naqvi, federal NDP candidate for Etobicoke North.July 9, 2007.

Hampton endorsed Bill Blaikie in the latter's unsuccessful bid for the federal New Democratic Party leadership in 2002. This decision was unpopular with some other members of his caucus, including Deputy Leader Marilyn Churley who was a leading supporter of Jack Layton.

In Harris' second term, the government unveiled plans to privatize the public electricity utility, Ontario Hydro. Hampton quickly distinguished himself as an advocate of maintaining public ownership of the utility, and published a book on the subject, Public Power, in 2003. Harris' successor as premier, Ernie Eves, ultimately reached the decision not to sell the hydro utility.

Hampton and the NDP won only seven seats in the 2003 Ontario election, losing official party status for the first time since 1963. However, Hampton retained his seat and the party increased its share of the popular vote by 2 per cent. After intense lobbying to lower the minimum number of seats for party status, a compromise was reached which allowed additional funding for the NDP and more inquiry opportunities during Question Period.

Ultimately, this controversy was all for nought as on May 13, 2004, the NDP regained official party status in a by-election in Hamilton East, where city councillor Andrea Horwath was elected to fill the vacancy left by the death of Liberal member Dominic Agostino. When Marilyn Churley resigned her Toronto—Danforth seat in May 2005, the NDP was granted official party status at first until the by-election, and then until the 2007 provincial election; NDP candidate Peter Tabuns won the seat.

The Ontario NDP increased its seat count to nine in September 2006, when well-known local United Church minister Cheri DiNovo won a byelection. The seat became vacant when Liberal MPP Gerard Kennedy resigned to seek the Liberal Party of Canada leadership.

Hampton launched the Ontario NDP's 2007 provincial election campaign at the party's Fresh Ideas New Energy January 2007 policy convention. Hampton's keynote speech focused on the party's campaign to raise the minimum wage to $10 an hour, and signalled the NDP's renewed focus on matters of economic justice.[14] The NDP also unveiled a new logo and look.[15]

Hampton's NDP increased its seat count to 10 in February 2007, when businessman and community activist Paul Ferreira defeated star Liberal candidate Laura Albanese in a byelection in the Toronto riding of York South-Weston. The seat became vacant when Liberal cabinet minister Joe Cordiano resigned. The NDP's campaign for the $10 minimum wage and its opposition to a controversial 25 per cent pay raise for MPPs were cited as key factors in the upset win.[16]

Despite several encouraging opinion polls that predicted a gain of several seats, Hampton's NDP failed to increase its seat count beyond 10 in the 2007 provincial election. While there was speculation following the election that he may retire, Hampton announced at the November 24, 2007, NDP provincial council that he was staying as party leader.[17] However, in April 2008, he indicated he was considering his political future[18] and, on June 14, 2008, he announced that he would not stand for re-election as party leader at the March 2009 party convention.[19] He remained an MPP for the remainder of his parliamentary mandate, but did not run in the 2011 election.

Recent career

Hampton currently lives Fort Frances. He and his wife Shelley Martel are separated.

After leaving politics, Hampton worked for several years for the Toronto law firm Fasken Martineau.[20]

In November 2014, Hampton was appointed as a consultant to federal NDP leader Thomas Mulcair on the Northern Ontario Ring of Fire mining development. After several months of being encouraged by the party to run as its candidate in Kenora against federal Natural Resources minister Greg Rickford,[20] Hampton announced that he would seek the party's nomination in the riding for the October 19, 2015 federal election; he subsequently won the nomination. The federal riding includes much of Hampton's old provincial riding.[21] Hampton finished second behind the Liberal candidate, former MP and cabinet minister Bob Nault, pushing Rickford into third place.[22]

Election results

2015 Canadian federal election: Kenora
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Bob Nault 10,898 35.39
New Democratic Howard Hampton 10,379 33.71
Conservative Greg Rickford 8,760 28.45
Green Ember C. McKilop 501 1.63
Independent Kelvin Boucher-Chicago 162 0.53
Total valid votes 30,791 100.00
2007 Ontario general election: Kenora-Rainy River
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Howard Hampton 14,281 60.62 +0.87
Liberal Mike Wood 5,752 24.42 -1.31
Progressive Conservative Penny Lucas 2,757 11.70 -1.05
Green Jo Jo Holiday 769 3.26 +1.49
Total valid votes 23,559 100.00
  New Democrat hold Swing +1.09

^ Change is from redistributed results

2003 Ontario general election: Kenora-Rainy River
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Howard Hampton 15,666 60.12 +15.38
Liberal Geoff McClain 6,746 25.69 -9.45
Progressive Conservative Cathe Hoszowski 3,343 12.83 -4.36
Green Dan King 305 1.17
Total valid votes 26,060 100.0
1999 Ontario general election: Kenora-Rainy River
Party Candidate Votes %
New Democratic Howard Hampton 14,269 44.74
Liberal Frank Miclash 11,209 35.14
Progressive Conservative Lynn Beyak 5,483 17.19
Independent Richard Bruyere 934 2.93
Total valid votes 31,895 100.0

References

  1. ^ Robert, Benzie (30 July 2011). "Former NDP leader Howard Hampton quits". The Toronto Star. Toronto. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  2. ^ Gray, Jeff (19 October 2011). "Former Ontario A-G joins Fasken Martineau". Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on 23 December 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  3. ^ George Hampton, Ontario NDP leader's father, dies of heart attack, Niagara Falls Review (ON). Canada, Wednesday, January 4, 2006, p. A8. accessed on October 6, 2006.
  4. ^ a b Howard Hampton's father dies, Barrie Examiner (ON). News, Wednesday, January 4, 2006, p. A8. accessed on October 6, 2006.
  5. ^ https://memorials.northridgefuneralhome.com/elsa-hampton/2478584/obituary.php
  6. ^ "The Internet Hockey Database - Howie Hampton". HockeyDB.com. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Ontario provincial election results riding by riding". The Globe and Mail. 10 June 1977. p. D9.
  8. ^ "Results of vote in Ontario election". The Globe and Mail. 3 May 1985. p. 13.
  9. ^ "Results from individual ridings". The Windsor Star. 11 September 1987. p. F2.
  10. ^ "Ontario election: Riding-by-riding voting results". The Globe and Mail. 7 September 1990. p. A12.
  11. ^ "Ontario cabinet". The Windsor Star. 1 October 1990. p. A4.
  12. ^ Walker, William (3 February 1993). "Rae chops 10 ministries 'leaner' cabinet sworn in". Toronto Star. p. A1.
  13. ^ "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. 8 June 1995.[permanent dead link‍]
  14. ^ Kerry Gillespie, "NDP leader wants $10 wage vote Archived 2012-10-13 at the Wayback Machine", Toronto Star, January 28, 2007
  15. ^ Canada News Wire, "Ontario's NDP moves forward with confidence, new look Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine", January 26, 2007
  16. ^ Rob Ferguson, "NDP pulls upset", Toronto Star, February 8, 2007
  17. ^ Stuffco, Jared (25 November 2007). "Hampton to stay at NDP helm". Toronto Star. Toronto, Ontario. The Canadian Press. Archived from the original on 13 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  18. ^ "Hampton to outline political future". North Bay Nugget. Toronto, Ontario. The Canadian Press. 7 April 2008. p. A7. Retrieved 13 January 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  19. ^ Keith Leslie, "Hampton to step down as NDP leader: Sources", Toronto Star. June 13, 2008.
  20. ^ a b "NDP seeking Howard Hampton's return to politics". CBC News. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  21. ^ Smith, Jamie (29 May 2015). "Former Ontario NDP leader makes jump into federal politics". TBNewswatch. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  22. ^ "Liberals defeat Conservative cabinet minister in Kenora". CBC News. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.

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