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ON Legislative Assembly - Cochrane North - By-election
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| Office | MPP |
| Honorific | MPP - Abbr: MPP |
| Type | By-election |
| Filing Deadline | August 14, 1986 - 12:00pm Central |
| Polls Open | August 14, 1986 - 10:00am Central |
| Polls Close | August 14, 1986 - 10:00am Central |
| Term Start | August 14, 1986 - 12:00pm |
| Term End | September 10, 1987 - 12:00pm |
| Contributor | Campari_007 |
| Last Modified | Campari_007 August 04, 2023 12:59am |
| Data Sources | [Link] |
| Description |
In June 1986, opposition MPP Andy Brandt disclosed to the legislature that Fontaine had failed to disclose ownership of 17,000 shares in Golden Tiger, a mining company operating in Ontario and Quebec. Fontaine acknowledged his mistake, saying that he had forgotten to disclose the shares as required be Peterson's conflict-of-interest guidelines. He resigned both his portfolio and his seat in the legislature on June 26, stating that he wanted to be exonerated by the people of his riding in a by-election. The Progressive Conservatives and New Democratic Party refused to run candidates, and described the entire affair as farcical. Fontaine easily defeated a spread of minor candidates; he was not immediately re-appointed to cabinet, but served as a parliamentary assistant in the first part of 1987.
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