Kimble Sutherland
| Kim Sutherland | |
|---|---|
| Ontario MPP | |
| In office 1990–1995 | |
| Preceded by | Charlie Tatham |
| Succeeded by | Ernie Hardeman |
| Constituency | Oxford |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 15, 1966 London, Ontario |
| Political party | New Democratic Party |
| Occupation | Executive Director |
Kimble Sutherland (born May 15, 1966) is former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1995.[1]
Background
He first became active in politics in 1981, when he joined the local NDP riding executive during a provincial campaign.[2] Sutherland also had a labour background, having served as a shop steward with United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1977 while working at the Zehrs grocery store in Ingersoll.
Politics
Sutherland was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1990 provincial election in the rural constituency of Oxford,[1][3] defeating both Liberal incumbent Charlie Tatham and a Progressive Conservative candidate by over 2,500 votes. He was the first candidate of a social democratic party ever to win election in this riding.
The NDP under Bob Rae won a majority government in this election, and elected many Member of Provincial Parliament (MPPs) who had little experience in politics and no expectation of winning. Sutherland was only 24 years old at the time, and was studying Political Science at the University of Western Ontario. Sutherland had been elected student council president at UWO prior to his provincial election, and actually served in that position in the 1989-1990 year.[2] During the summer of 1990, his job had been as a vendor at London's Labatt Park, selling hot dogs at baseball games.[4] He agreed to run for the NDP in 1990, after a riding association member broached the possibility with him during a ball game.[2]
Sutherland served as a parliamentary assistant to three cabinet ministers from 1991-1995. There was some speculation that he would be appointed to cabinet late in the Rae government's mandate, but this never came to pass.[citation needed]
The NDP were defeated in the 1995 provincial election although Sutherland managed to achieve a credible second-place finish in Oxford against Progressive Conservative Ernie Hardeman.[3][4]
Later career
Sutherland served as the Executive Director of the United Way in Oxford and Brant from 1997 to 2007.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "MPP Kimble Sutherland". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Interview: Kimble Sutherland-From Student Council to Queen’s Park". Canadian Parliamentary Review 14 (3). 1991. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Ontario Votes 2007". CBC. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Ousted Ontario MPPs go searching for jobs". Waterloo Regional Record. June 13, 1995. Retrieved 23 January 2011.