John Cole (Canadian politician)
Canadian politician
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John E. Cole (born 4 August 1942) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was an optometrist by career.
Preceded byRiding established
Succeeded byKaren Kraft Sloan
John E. Cole | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for York—Simcoe | |
| In office 1988–1993 | |
| Preceded by | Riding established |
| Succeeded by | Karen Kraft Sloan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 August 1942 |
| Party | Progressive Conservative |
| Profession | optometrist |
He represented the Ontario riding of York—Simcoe where he was elected in the 1988 federal election and served in the 34th Canadian Parliament. Cole left federal politics in the 1993 federal election after his loss to Karen Kraft Sloan of the Liberal party.
Electoral results
| 1993 Canadian federal election: York—Simcoe | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Karen Kraft Sloan | 26,972 | 38.9 | +3.8 | ||||
| Reform | Paul Pivato | 22,325 | 32.2 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | John E. Cole | 16,139 | 23.3 | -23.9 | ||||
| New Democratic | Steve Pliakes | 1,768 | 2.5 | -10.7 | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Ian Knight | 958 | 1.4 | -2.5 | ||||
| National | Ronald Fletcher | 673 | 1.0 | |||||
| Natural Law | Ian Roberts | 416 | 0.6 | |||||
| Abolitionist | Gary George Brewer | 95 | 0.1 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 69,346 | 100.0 | ||||||
| 1988 Canadian federal election: York—Simcoe | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | John E. Cole | 26,732 | 47.2 | |||||
| Liberal | Frank Stronach | 19,906 | 35.1 | |||||
| New Democratic | Judy Darcy | 7,489 | 13.2 | |||||
| Christian Heritage | Klass Stel | 2,203 | 3.9 | |||||
| Libertarian | Maureen E. McAleese | 335 | 0.6 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 56,665 | 100.0 | ||||||
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