John Eakins

John Eakins
Ontario MPP
In office 1975–1990
Preceded by	Ronald Glen Hodgson
Succeeded by	Dennis Drainville
Constituency	Victoria-Haliburton
Personal details
Born	1923/24 Mariposa Township, Victoria County, Ontario
Died	September 16, 1998 (aged 75)
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Iris
Children	3
Occupation	Barber

John F. Eakins (born 1923 or 1924 in Mariposa Township in Victoria County, Ontario; died September 16, 1998) was a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal from 1975 to 1990, and was a cabinet minister in the government of David Peterson.

Eakins was educated in Lindsay, Ontario. Eakins was a barber and hairdresser. Eakin was predeceased by his wife, Iris, who died in the mid-1980s and they had three children.

He served as a councillor in Lindsay for three years, and as mayor for six. As Mayor, he led the twinning of the Town of Lindsay with Nayoro, Hokkaido, Japan, in 1969. Eakins was also a governor of Fleming College, and a member of the Royal Canadian Legion. He also served as Warden of Victoria County, Ontario.

He first sought election to the Ontario legislature in the 1967 provincial election, but lost to Progressive Conservative Glen Hodgson by 2,016 votes in Victoria—Haliburton. He ran again in the 1971 election, and lost to Hodgson by 2,119 votes.

The Ontario Liberal Party increased its legislative representation in the 1975 provincial election, and Eakins defeated Hodgson by 1,023 votes in his third attempt. He was re-elected by greater margins in the elections of 1977,1981,1985 and 1987.

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