David Ramsay (Ontario politician)
| David Ramsay | |
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| Ontario MPP | |
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In office 1999–2011 |
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| Preceded by | New riding |
| Succeeded by | John Vanthof |
| Constituency | Timiskaming—Cochrane |
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In office 1985–1999 |
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| Preceded by | Ed Havrot |
| Succeeded by | Riding abolished |
| Constituency | Timiskaming |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
April 23, 1948 Sydney, Australia |
| Political party | New Democrat → Liberal |
| Residence | Belle Vallée, Ontario |
| Occupation | Farmer |
David James Ramsay (born April 23, 1948) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was elected as a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1985 who crossed the floor a year later to join the Liberal party. He represented the northern Ontario riding of Timiskaming from 1985 to 1999 and the redistributed riding of Timiskaming—Cochrane from 1999 to 2011. He served as a cabinet minister in the governments of David Peterson and Dalton McGuinty.
Born in Australia, Ramsay moved to Canada with his parents at age one after having been adopted in Sydney, and was raised in Oakville, Ontario. He attended Concordia University in Montreal, and after graduation worked as a farmer in New Liskeard and a clerk-treasurer in Casey Township, in northern Ontario. He later served as president of the Timiskaming Federation of Agriculture in 1984-85, was a founding member of the Timiskaming Grain Growers Board, and served as chair of the Timiskaming Hospital Board for a time.
In the 1985 provincial election he ran as the New Democrat candidate in the northern Ontario riding of Timiskaming. He defeated Progressive Conservative incumbent Ed Havrot by almost 3000 votes, as the once-powerful Tory machine in northern Ontario began to lose its support base. He served as a critic of Small Business, Financial Institutions, and Agriculture and Food.
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