Catherine Fife
| Catherine Fife MPP |
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| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Kitchener—Waterloo |
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| Assumed office September 6, 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Elizabeth Witmer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1969 (age 54–55) |
| Political party | New Democrat |
| Spouse(s) | Dale Fife |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario |
| Occupation | Research coordinator |
Catherine Fife (born c. 1969) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She is a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who represents the riding of Kitchener—Waterloo. She has been an MPP since 2012.
Background
Prior to entering politics, she spent 10 years with the Toronto District School Board as an educational assistant, a school community advisor and a settlement worker for new immigrants. She was the research coordinator for the Partnerships for Children and Families Project at Wilfrid Laurier University. She lives in Kitchener-Waterloo with her husband Dale and their two children.
Politics
Fife was elected to represent Waterloo/Wilmot as a trustee for the Waterloo Region District School Board in 2003, and was re-elected in 2006 and 2010.
In the 2007 provincial election, Fife ran as the New Democrat candidate in the riding of Kitchener—Waterloo. She came in third behind incumbent Progressive Conservative Elizabeth Witmer and Liberal candidate Louis Ervin.[1]
After Witmer resigned to take a position with the Workplace Safety & Insurance Board, Fife ran in a by-election on September 6, 2012 to replace her. She defeated Progressive Conservative candidate Tracey Weiler by 3,748 votes.[2][3] She was re-elected in the 2014 provincial election defeating Liberal candidate Jamie Burton by 3,843 votes.[4]
She is the party's critic for Finance and the Treasury Board.[5]
Election results
| Ontario general election, 2014: Kitchener—Waterloo | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| New Democratic | Catherine Fife | 20,536 | 37.43 | -2.44 | ||||
| Liberal | Jamie Burton | 16,534 | 30.14 | +6.15 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Tracey Weiler | 14,450 | 26.34 | -5.49 | ||||
| Green | Stacey Danckert | 2,859 | 5.21 | +1.94 | ||||
| Libertarian | James Schulz | 481 | 0.88 | +0.55 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 54,860 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 623 | 1.12 | ||||||
| Turnout | 55,483 | 54.95 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 100,972 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | -4.29 | ||||||
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Ontario provincial by-election, September 6, 2012: Kitchener—Waterloo Resignation of Elizabeth Witmer |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| New Democratic | Catherine Fife | 18,599 | 39.87 | +23.20 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Tracey Weiler | 14,851 | 31.83 | -11.94 | ||||
| Liberal | Eric Davis | 11,194 | 23.99 | -12.05 | ||||
| Green | Stacey Danckert | 1,525 | 3.27 | +0.63 | ||||
| Libertarian | Allan Dettweiler | 156 | 0.33 | |||||
| Freedom | David Driver | 95 | 0.20 | -0.05 | ||||
| Communist | Elizabeth Rowley | 85 | 0.18 | |||||
| Independent | Garnet Bruce | 77 | 0.17 | |||||
| People's Political Party | Kevin Clarke | 48 | 0.10 | |||||
| Pauper | John Turmel | 23 | 0.05 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 46,653 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 128 | 0.27 | ||||||
| Turnout | 46,781 | 47.00 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 99,544 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +17.57 | ||||||
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| Ontario general election, 2007 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Elizabeth Witmer | 20,748 | 40.84 | -2.24 | ||||
| Liberal | Louise Ervin | 15,848 | 31.20 | -9.18 | ||||
| New Democratic | Catherine Fife | 8,902 | 17.52 | +6.58 | ||||
| Green | Judy Greenwood-Speers | 4,707 | 9.27 | +6.08 | ||||
| Family Coalition | Louis Reitzel | 598 | 1.18 | -0.53 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 50,803 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 313 | |||||||
| Turnout | 51,116 | 53.63 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 95,319 | – | – | |||||
References
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- ↑ "Ontario NDP’s by-election win leaves majority outside Liberals’ grasp". The Globe and Mail, September 6, 2012.
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