Jim Bradley (politician)
Jim Bradley | |
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| Ontario MPP | |
| Assumed office 1977 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Mercer Johnston |
| Constituency | St. Catharines |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 19, 1945 Sudbury, Ontario |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Occupation | Teacher |
James J. (Jim) Bradley (born February 19, 1945) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a long-time Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who was elected in 1977. He represents the riding of St. Catharines. He has served in the provincial cabinets of David Peterson, Dalton McGuinty and Kathleen Wynne.
Background
Before entering politics, Bradley was a teacher with the Lincoln County Board of Education. He was elected to St. Catharines city council in 1970, but also remained in the classroom until 1977.
Politics
After failed bids in the elections of 1967[1] and 1971,[2] Bradley was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1977 election in the riding of St. Catharines,[3] and has served as MPP for that riding since that time. He fended off strong challenges from the New Democratic Party in the 1990 election and the Progressive Conservative Party in 1995 election.[4][5] On all other occasions since 1977, he has been re-elected without difficulty.
Peterson government
When the Liberals came to power under David Peterson following the 1985 election, Bradley became Minister of the Environment and held that position until the Liberals were defeated in the 1990 election.[6] He is generally regarded as Ontario's most effective Environment Minister, although some believe that his ambitions for the portfolio were undermined by Peterson and Finance Minister Robert Nixon. As Environment Minister, Bradley expanded Blue Box Recycling, making it a province-wide initiative, as well as instituting tough new penalties for polluters, enforced by a strengthened investigation and enforcement branch.
In opposition
Bradley was a vocal opponent of Peterson's plans to call an election in 1990, preferring that the party wait until 1992 before going to the polls. While the Liberals were defeated, Bradley was personally re-elected and had a prominent position in the Opposition benches.[4]
When Nixon, the interim leader of the Liberals, left Queen's Park to accept an appointment, he was replaced by Murray Elston. Elston resigned as interim leader to run in the 1992 leadership convention, and Bradley became interim leader of the party and interim Leader of the Opposition from November 1991 until the election of Lyn McLeod in February 1992. He remained an opposition stalwart until the Liberals won the 2003 election under Dalton McGuinty.
McGuinty government
There was some speculation that Bradley would be re-appointed Minister of the Environment in McGuinty's government, but this did not occur. Instead, he was named Minister of Tourism and Recreation on October 23, 2003.[7] He was also given ministerial responsibility for Seniors on June 29, 2005.[8] On October 11, 2005, Bradley was also appointed to replace Dwight Duncan as Government House Leader, following Duncan's appointment as Minister of Finance.[9] Bradley is also the province's wine secretary, as well as the minister responsible for the Greenbelt.
On October 30, 2007, Bradley was sworn in as Minister of Transportation in McGuinty's new cabinet.[10] As Transportation Minister, Bradley supervised the introduction of an Ontario Enhanced driver's licenses to be used at Canada/US border crossings. He introduced legislation to merge GO Transit and Metrolinx. Enacted tougher penalties for drivers who have a BAC of .05 or higher. Mandated that all commercial trucks that operate in Ontario be equipped with speed limiters to ensure heavy trucks don't exceed 105 km/h. And in April 2009, it was announced that GO Transit would be expanded to the Niagara region, with bus service to Burlington in September and with weekend rail service to Toronto starting at the end of June.
On January 18, 2010, Bradley moved to the position of Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing.[11] In August he was moved to the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services.[12]
On October 20, 2011, Bradley moved to become Minister of Environment once again in the wake of the 2011 election that saw the previous Minister of Environment, John Wilkinson, defeated.[13]
Wynne government
Bradley continued as Environment Minister in Kathleen Wynne's first cabinet after she won the leadership of the Liberal Party.[14] Following the 2014 provincial election, the 69-year-old Bradley became a minister without portfolio with the title of Chair of Cabinet and was also appointed Deputy Government House Leader.[15]
Electoral record
| 1977 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Jim Bradley | 12,392 | 38.89 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Eleanor Lancaster | 11,669 | 36.62 | |||||
| New Democratic | Fred Dickson | 7,556 | 23.71 | |||||
| Communist | Eric Blair | 247 | 0.78 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 31,864 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 213 | |||||||
| Turnout | 32,077 | 60.91 | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | (x)Jim Bradley | 16,509 | 51.85 | +12.96 | |
| Progressive Conservative | John Larocque | 10,273 | 32.26 | -4.36 | |
| New Democratic | Don Loucks | 4,927 | 15.47 | -8.24 | |
| Communist | Norman J. Newell | 132 | 0.41 | -0.37 | |
| Total valid votes | 31,841 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 181 | ||||
| Turnout | 32,022 | 57.20 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | (x)Jim Bradley | 20,605 | 57.94 | +6.09 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Elaine Herzog | 9,029 | 25.39 | -6.87 | |
| New Democratic | Michael Cormier | 5,624 | 15.81 | -0.34 | |
| Communist | Eric Blair | 305 | 0.86 | +0.45 | |
| Total valid votes | 35,563 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 201 | ||||
| Turnout | 35,764 | 61.65 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | (x)Jim Bradley | 17,584 | 63.30 | +5.36 | |
| New Democratic | Rob West | 5,566 | 20.04 | +4.23 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Chuck Bradley | 4,258 | 15.33 | -10.06 | |
| Communist | Eric Blair | 369 | 1.33 | +.29 | |
| Total valid votes | 27,777 | 100.00 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | (x)Jim Bradley | 11,565 | 38.76 | -24.54 | |
| New Democratic | Dave Kappele | 10,629 | 35.63 | +15.59 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Bruce Timms | 3,926 | 13.16 | -2.17 | |
| Confederation of Regions | Eva Longhurst | 2,384 | 7.99 | +7.99 | |
| Family Coalition | Bert Pynenburg | 1,331 | 4.46 | +4.46 | |
| Total valid votes | 29,835 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 337 | ||||
| Turnout | 30,172 | 66.77 | |||
| 2014 Ontario general election: St. Catharines | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Jim Bradley | 19,070 | 41.00 | +0.79 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mat Siscoe | 13,814 | 29.70 | -6.51 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jennie Stevens | 11,350 | 24.40 | +4.20 | ||||
| Green | Karen Fraser | 1,792 | 3.85 | +1.35 | ||||
| Libertarian | Nicholas Dushko | 223 | 0.48 | |||||
| Freedom | Dave Unrau | 170 | 0.37 | +0.24 | ||||
| Communist | Saleh Waziruddin | 95 | 0.20 | +0.04 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 46,514 | 100.0 | ||||||
Source(s)
"General Election Results by District, 076 St. Catharines". Elections Ontario. 2014. Retrieved June 24, 2014. | ||||||||
The 1999, 2003 and 2007 expenditure entries are taken from official candidate reports as listed by Elections Ontario. The figures cited are the Total Candidate's Campaign Expenses Subject to Limitation, and include transfers from constituency associations. The 1995 expenditures are taken from an official listing of election expenses published by Elections Ontario.
References
- ^ Canadian Press (October 18, 1967). "Tories win, but..." The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. B2. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
- ^ "Riding-by-riding returns in provincial election". The Globe and Mail. October 23, 1971. p. 10.
- ^ "Ontario provincial election results riding by riding". The Globe and Mail. June 10, 1977. p. D9.
- ^ a b "Ontario election: Riding-by-riding voting results". The Globe and Mail. September 7, 1990. p. A12.
- ^ "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. June 8, 1995. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
- ^ "Liberals pledge reform as they take over in Ontario". The Gazette. Montreal, Que. June 27, 1985. p. B1.
- ^ "Premier Dalton McGuinty and his 22-member cabinet were sworn in Thursday". Canadian Press NewsWire. October 23, 2003. p. 1.
- ^ "Cabinet shuffle focuses on health care, education; McGuinty to head new Research and Innovation ministry". The Kitchener Record. June 30, 2005. p. A5.
- ^ "Premier McGuinty announces changes to cabinet". Canada NewsWire. October 11, 2005. p. 1.
- ^ Ferguson, Rob; Benzie, Robert (October 31, 2007). "Premier goes for new blood; Expanded 28-member cabinet has eight ministers from Toronto, three from 905 area". Toronto Star. p. A13.
- ^ Kenyon, Wallace (January 19, 2010). "Sweeping changes hit Queen's Park; Liberal Cabinet". National Post. p. A8.
- ^ Aveling, Nick (August 18, 2010). "McGuinty moves 6, brings in 2 new faces in Ontario cabinet shuffle". Postmedia News.
- ^ "Ontario's new cabinet". Toronto Star. October 21, 2011. p. A18.
- ^ "Ontario's new cabinet". Waterloo Region Record. Kitchener, Ont. February 12, 2013. p. A3.
- ^ Richard Brennan; Robert Benzie; Rob Ferguson (June 24, 2014). "Kathleen Wynne warns financial cupboard is bare". Toronto Star.
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