John Wilkinson
Ontario MPP
In office
2007–2011
Preceded byRiding established
Succeeded byRandy Pettapiece
ConstituencyPerth—Wellington
In office
2003–2007
Preceded byBert Johnson
Succeeded byRiding abolished
ConstituencyPerth—Middlesex
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Personal details
Political partyLiberal
ProfessionFinancial planner

John Wilkinson is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, from 2003 to 2011 representing the predominantly rural ridings of Perth—Middlesex and Perth—Wellington for the Liberal Party. He served in cabinet as Minister of Research and Innovation, Revenue and Environment. He was defeated in the 2011 election by Conservative Randy Pettapiece.

Background

Before entering public life, Wilkinson was a financial planner in Stratford. He is a certified financial planner and a founder of Wilkinson & Keller Financial Planning Ltd,[1] he is also a former chair of the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation.[1] He also worked as the finance chair of his church organization for seven years. In 2002, he was awarded the Julia Award from the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Association for his volunteer work.[1] He is a member of the University of Waterloo Stratford Campus Advisory Board.[2]

Politics

Wilkinson ran for the Ontario legislature in the 1999 election, losing to Progressive Conservative incumbent Bert Johnson by over 6000 votes.[3] In the 2003 election, he defeated Johnson by about 1500 votes in a rematch.[3]

The Liberals won the election,[4] and on May 21, 2004 Wilkinson was named parliamentary assistant to Leona Dombrowsky, the Minister of the Environment.

He was re-elected in the 2007 provincial election,[5] and was named to provincial cabinet as Minister of Research and Innovation.[6] In a cabinet shuffle on June 24, 2009, he became the province's Minister of Revenue[6] and on August 18, 2010 became Minister of Environment.[6]

In the 2011 election he was narrowly defeated by Conservative Randy Pettapiece by 210 votes.

Cabinet positions

Electoral record

2011 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%[7]
Progressive ConservativeRandy Pettapiece14,84540.1+8.1
LiberalJohn Wilkinson14,63539.5-7.7
New DemocraticEllen Papenburg5,83615.8+5.7
GreenChris Desjardins9182.5-5.3
Family CoalitionIrma DeVries6271.7-0.3
FreedomRobby Smink1640.40.0
Total valid votes 37,025100.0 [7]
2007 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LiberalJohn Wilkinson[5]18,24947.2%
Progressive ConservativeJohn Rutherford12,39132.0%
New DemocraticDonna Hansen3,92210.1%
GreenAnita Payne2,9977.8%
Family CoalitionPat Bannon7602.0%
IndependentKevin Allman2160.6%
FreedomRobby Smink1430.4%
2003 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LiberalJohn Wilkinson[3]17,01742.71+6.35
Progressive ConservativeBert Johnson15,68039.36-12.64
New DemocraticJack Verhulst4,70311.8+4.61
GreenJohn Cowling1,2013.01
Family CoalitionPat Bannon8572.15-1.08
FreedomRobert Smink3840.96
1999 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive ConservativeBert Johnson22,06552
LiberalJohn Wilkinson[3]15,42836.36
New DemocraticWalter Edmund Vernon3,0537.19
Family CoalitionPat Bannon1,3693.23
FreedomRobert J.W. Smink5211.23

References

  1. 1 2 3 John Wilkinson | Biography Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "Advisory Board profiles". University of Waterloo. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Ontario votes | Results of 1999 and 2003 elections
  4. ↑ Mapleleaf Web | 2003 Ontario General Election
  5. 1 2 Ontario elections | 2007 results
  6. 1 2 3 "Legislative Assembly of Ontario - John Wilkinson".
  7. 1 2 http://www.wemakevotingeasy.ca/media/EO_Site/unofficial_244/ED070-F0244.pdf%5B%5D
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