Norm Sterling
Norm Sterling | |
|---|---|
Ontario MPP | |
| In office 2007–2011 | |
| Preceded by | New riding |
| Succeeded by | Jack MacLaren |
| Constituency | Carleton—Mississippi Mills |
| In office 1999–2007 | |
| Preceded by | New riding |
| Succeeded by | Riding abolished |
| Constituency | Lanark—Carleton |
| In office 1987–1999 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Mitchell |
| Succeeded by | Riding abolished |
| Constituency | Carleton |
| In office 1977–1987 | |
| Preceded by | Donald Roy Irvine |
| Succeeded by | Riding abolished |
| Constituency | Carleton—Grenville |
| 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.
Background
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.
Politics
Davis government
Sterling ran unsuccessfully for a
Sterling was returned without difficulty in the
In opposition
The Progressive Conservatives lost power following the 1985 election, although Sterling had no difficulty being re-elected in his own riding.[7] There was another Progressive Conservative leadership convention in late 1985. On this occasion, Sterling broke with Timbrell (describing the latter's post-election opposition to Catholic school funding as an opportunistic volte-face), and supported Larry Grossman.
In the Liberal landslide of 1987, however, he was only able to defeat Liberal candidate Roly Armitage by about 500 votes in the redistributed riding of Carleton.[8]
Sterling was re-elected in the provincial elections of
Harris government
In the
In the
Eves government
On April 15, 2002, after
In opposition (2nd time)
The Progressive Conservatives were defeated in the 2003 provincial election, although Sterling was able to defeat Liberal Marianne Wilkinson by about 6,000 votes.[16][17]
In the 2004 leadership race, Sterling supported Jim Flaherty's unsuccessful bid to lead the Progressive Conservative Party.
In 2004, Sterling opposed parts of the legislation to create the GTA-area Greenbelt that did not allow easily removing protected status from designated land, and voted against the bill in 2005.[12]
Lanark-Carleton was redistributed prior to the 2007 provincial election, and Sterling ran for re-election in the newly created riding of Carleton-Mississippi Mills, which had been created out of the eastern two-thirds of his old riding. He won by a convincing margin, defeating Liberal Megan Cornell by over 7,000 votes.[18]
In the
In March 2011, Sterling was defeated in the race for his riding’s PC nomination for the 2011 Ontario general election by Jack MacLaren, the former president of the Ontario Landowners Association, and left politics upon his term running out.[12][19]
Sterling held multiple shadow cabinet portfolios during his second stint in opposition, such as critic for Democratic Renewal, critic for Health Promotion, critic for Intergovernmental Affairs, and Finance critic. He also served as the chair of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts during this period.[3]
After politics
In April 2021, Sterling was appointed by Premier Doug Ford as chair of the Greenbelt Council, replacing David Crombie, who resigned along with six other council members in December 2020 over Ford's intention to reduce the power of conservation authorities. Sterling will be in charge of Ford's plan to expand the Greenbelt, which was announced after public blowback from Crombie's resignation.[12]
References
- ^ Fritz, Theresa (April 14, 2011). "Norm Sterling clarifies his remarks". Carleton Place EMC. p. 4.
- ^ "Ontario provincial election results riding by riding". The Globe and Mail. June 10, 1977. p. D9.
- ^ Ontario Legislative Assembly. 9 June 1977. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
- ^ Canadian Press (1981-03-20). "Election results for Metro Toronto ridings". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. 22. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
- ^ Stead, Sylvia; Speirs, Rosemary; Matas, Robert (February 13, 1982). "Grossman to Health Ontario Cabinet shuffled by Davis". The Globe and Mail. p. 1.
- ^ Speirs, Rosemary; Stead, Sylvia; Cruikshank, John (July 6, 1983). "Shuffle gives Treasury job to Grossman". The Globe and Mail. pp. 1, 2.
- ^ "Results of vote in Ontario election". The Globe and Mail. May 3, 1985. p. 13.
- ^ "Results from individual ridings". The Windsor Star. September 11, 1987. p. F2.
- ^ "Ontario election: Riding-by-riding voting results". The Globe and Mail. September 7, 1990. p. A12.
- ^ "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. June 8, 1995. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
- ^ "Mike Harris' cabinet". The Spectator. Hamilton, Ont. June 27, 1995. p. A7.
- ^ National Observer. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
- ^ "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. June 3, 1999. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
- ^ "Ontario Cabinet". The Spectator. Hamilton, Ont. June 18, 1999. p. C8.
- ^ "Ont-Cabinet". Toronto, Ont: Canadian Press NewsWire. April 15, 2002.
- ^ "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. October 2, 2003. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
- ^ Lofaro, Tony; Stone, Laura (October 11, 2007). "'I feel great,' Sterling says after 9th win". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved April 21, 2017.
- ^ "Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. October 10, 2007. p. <insert page here>. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 7, 2009. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
- ^ Sibley, Robert (April 1, 2011). "MacLaren upsets Sterling". Ottawa Citizen. p. 1.