Bill Vankoughnet
| Bill Vankoughnet | |
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| Ontario MPP | |
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In office 1995–1999 |
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| Preceded by | Fred Wilson |
| Succeeded by | Riding abolished |
| Constituency | Frontenac—Addington |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Hastings—Frontenac (1979-1983), Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington (1984-1993) |
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In office 1979–1993 |
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| Preceded by | Re-established riding |
| Succeeded by | Larry McCormick |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 7, 1943 Kingston, Ontario |
| Political party |
PC (Canada) (1979-1993) PC (Ontario) (1995-1999) |
| Occupation | Municipal administrator |
William John "Bill" Vankoughnet (born January 7, 1943) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1993, and a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 1999.
Vankoughnet was educated at Loyalist College and Queen's University, and subsequently worked as a municipal administrator. He was also an active freemason and shriner, and is a life member of the Monarchist League of Canada and the Royal Canadian Legion.
He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1979 federal election, defeating Liberal candidate Ron Vastokas by about 6,500 votes in the rural riding of Hastings—Frontenac, near Kingston. He was re-elected over Vastokas by a narrower margin in the 1980 election, and by a greater margin in the 1984 election in the renamed riding of Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington. In the 1988 election, he defeated Liberal candidate Earl Smith by fewer than 1,000 votes. During his fourteen years in parliament, Vankoughnet never held an official legislative position. Unlike most Progressive Conservative MPs, Vankoughnet opposed the Meech Lake constitutional accord.
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