Catherine Fife
| Catherine Fife MPP | |
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| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Kitchener—Waterloo | |
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Assumed office September 6, 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Elizabeth Witmer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1969 (age 46–47) |
| Political party | New Democrat |
| Spouse(s) | Dale Fife |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario |
| Occupation | Research coordinator |
Catherine Fife (born c. 1969) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She is a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who represents the riding of Kitchener—Waterloo. She has been an MPP since 2012.
Background
Prior to entering politics, she spent 10 years with the Toronto District School Board as an educational assistant, a school community advisor and a settlement worker for new immigrants. She was the research coordinator for the Partnerships for Children and Families Project at Wilfrid Laurier University. She lives in Kitchener-Waterloo with her husband Dale and their two children.
Politics
Fife was elected to represent Waterloo/Wilmot as a trustee for the Waterloo Region District School Board in 2003, and was re-elected in 2006 and 2010.
In the 2007 provincial election, Fife ran as the New Democrat candidate in the riding of Kitchener—Waterloo. She came in third behind incumbent Progressive Conservative Elizabeth Witmer and Liberal candidate Louis Ervin.[1]
After Witmer resigned to take a position with the Workplace Safety & Insurance Board, Fife ran in a by-election on September 6, 2012 to replace her. She defeated Progressive Conservative candidate Tracey Weiler by 3,748 votes.[2][3] She was re-elected in the 2014 provincial election defeating Liberal candidate Jamie Burton by 3,843 votes.[4]
She is the party's critic for Finance and the Treasury Board.[5]
Election results
| Ontario general election, 2014: Kitchener—Waterloo | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| New Democratic | Catherine Fife | 20,536 | 37.43 | -2.44 | ||||
| Liberal | Jamie Burton | 16,534 | 30.14 | +6.15 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Tracey Weiler | 14,450 | 26.34 | -5.49 | ||||
| Green | Stacey Danckert | 2,859 | 5.21 | +1.94 | ||||
| Libertarian | James Schulz | 481 | 0.88 | +0.55 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 54,860 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 623 | 1.12 | ||||||
| Turnout | 55,483 | 54.95 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 100,972 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | -4.29 | ||||||
Source(s)
Elections Ontario (2014). "Official Returns from the Records, 039 Kitchener—Waterloo" (PDF). Retrieved 23 August 2015. | ||||||||
| Ontario provincial by-election, September 6, 2012: Kitchener—Waterloo Resignation of Elizabeth Witmer | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| New Democratic | Catherine Fife | 18,599 | 39.87 | +23.20 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Tracey Weiler | 14,851 | 31.83 | -11.94 | ||||
| Liberal | Eric Davis | 11,194 | 23.99 | -12.05 | ||||
| Green | Stacey Danckert | 1,525 | 3.27 | +0.63 | ||||
| Libertarian | Allan Dettweiler | 156 | 0.33 | |||||
| Freedom | David Driver | 95 | 0.20 | -0.05 | ||||
| Communist | Elizabeth Rowley | 85 | 0.18 | |||||
| Independent | Garnet Bruce | 77 | 0.17 | |||||
| People's Political Party | Kevin Clarke | 48 | 0.10 | |||||
| Pauper | John Turmel | 23 | 0.05 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 46,653 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 128 | 0.27 | ||||||
| Turnout | 46,781 | 47.00 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 99,544 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +17.57 | ||||||
Source(s)
Elections Ontario (2012). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Kitchener—Waterloo by-election" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2014. | ||||||||
| Ontario general election, 2007 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Elizabeth Witmer | 20,748 | 40.84 | -2.24 | ||||
| Liberal | Louise Ervin | 15,848 | 31.20 | -9.18 | ||||
| New Democratic | Catherine Fife | 8,902 | 17.52 | +6.58 | ||||
| Green | Judy Greenwood-Speers | 4,707 | 9.27 | +6.08 | ||||
| Family Coalition | Louis Reitzel | 598 | 1.18 | -0.53 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 50,803 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 313 | |||||||
| Turnout | 51,116 | 53.63 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 95,319 | – | – | |||||
References
- ↑ "Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. October 10, 2007. p. 7 (xvi). Retrieved 2014-03-02.
- ↑ "Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. September 6, 2012. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-05-01.
- ↑ "Ontario NDP’s by-election win leaves majority outside Liberals’ grasp". The Globe and Mail, September 6, 2012.
- ↑ "General Election by District: Kitchener-Waterloo". Elections Ontario. June 12, 2014.
- ↑ Reevely, David (June 25, 2014). "Horwath sticks around, names NDP shadow cabinet".