Norm Sterling
| Norm Sterling | |
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| Ontario MPP | |
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In office 2007–2011 |
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| Preceded by | New riding |
| Succeeded by | Jack MacLaren |
| Constituency | Carleton—Mississippi Mills |
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In office 1999–2007 |
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| Preceded by | New riding |
| Succeeded by | Riding abolished |
| Constituency | Lanark—Carleton |
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In office 1987–1999 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Mitchell |
| Succeeded by | Riding abolished |
| Constituency | Carleton |
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In office 1977–1987 |
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| Preceded by | Donald Roy Irvine |
| Succeeded by | Riding abolished |
| Constituency | Grenville—Carleton |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Norman William Sterling February 19, 1942 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Norman William "Norm" Sterling (born February 19, 1942) is a Canadian politician, who served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1977 to 2011.
Sterling attended Carleton University and the University of Ottawa, and worked as a lawyer and engineer before entering public life. He was a partner in the Sterling & Young law firm, and in 1974 became president of the Manotick Home & School Association.
Sterling ran unsuccessfully for a Progressive Conservative nomination in 1971, at age 29. He tried again, successfully, in 1977, and was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1977 provincial election in the safe eastern Ontario riding of Grenville—Carleton. He served as parliamentary assistant to the Attorney General in 1978, but was not appointed to the cabinet of Bill Davis in his first term as a Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP).
Sterling was returned without difficulty in the 1981 election, and served as a minister without portfolio from April 10, 1981 to February 13, 1982. He was appointed as Provincial Secretary for Justice on February 13, 1982. On July 6, 1983, he was named as Provincial Secretary for Justice. Sterling, who represents a predominantly rural and Protestant region of Ontario, disagreed with the Davis government's decision to fully fund Ontario's Catholic school system and insisted that his protest be entered into the official minutes of the executive council. Sterling initially supported Dennis Timbrell to replace Davis as party leader, but crossed to Frank Miller on the last ballot after Timbrell was eliminated.
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