Derek Fletcher (born c. 1951) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1995, representing Guelph.
Derek Fletcher | |
|---|---|
| Ontario MPP | |
| In office 1990–1995 | |
| Preceded by | Rick Ferraro |
| Succeeded by | Brenda Elliott |
| Constituency | Guelph |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1951 (age 72–73) |
| Political party | New Democrat |
| Occupation | Press operator |
Background
editFletcher was born in England and moved to Canada with has family at the age of six. He worked as a flexographic press operator for sixteen years at Macmillan Bathurst Industries in Guelph, Ontario. He served as president of the Guelph and District Labour Council from 1984 to 1988, and was a school board trustee on the Wellington County Public School Board from 1985 to 1990.[1]
Politics
editFletcher ran for the Ontario legislature in the 1985 provincial election, finishing a distant third in the riding of Wellington South.[2] In the 1987 provincial election, he finished second in the redistributed riding of Guelph.[3] In both cases, the winning candidate was Liberal Rick Ferraro.
The NDP won a majority government in the 1990 provincial election, and Fletcher defeated Ferraro by 3,107 votes in his third run for office.[4] He served as a parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Consumer and Commercial Relations from 1990 to 1993.[5] For the remainder of the term he was parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Citizenship.[6]
The NDP were defeated in the 1995 provincial election, and Fletcher finished third in his bid for re-election. The winning candidate was Brenda Elliott of the Progressive Conservatives.[7]
References
edit- ^ Thompson, Catherine (December 19, 1990). "Guelph MPP bent on re-election Rookie Fletcher sets his sights on long career". Kitchener - Waterloo Record. p. B3.
- ^ "Results of vote in Ontario election". The Globe and Mail. May 3, 1985. p. 13.
- ^ "Results from individual ridings". The Windsor Star. September 11, 1987. p. F2.
- ^ "Ontario election: Riding-by-riding voting results". The Globe and Mail. September 7, 1990. p. A12.
- ^ "Municipal Affairs job pleases Ferguson". Kitchener - Waterloo Record. October 2, 1990. p. A5.
- ^ "MPPs reassigned by Premier Rae". Kitchener - Waterloo Record. February 25, 1993. p. B1.
- ^ "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. June 8, 1995. Archived from the original on March 6, 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-02.