Noel Duignan

Noel Duignan (born December 20, 1948) is former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1995.

Noel Duignan
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Halton North
In office 1990–1995
Preceded by	Walt Elliot
Succeeded by	Ted Chudleigh
Personal details
Born	(1948-12-20) December 20, 1948 Dublin, Ireland
Political party	New Democrat
Residence	Georgetown, Ontario
Occupation	Mediator, executive assistant

Background

Before running for office, Duignan was an executive assistant to federal New Democratic Party MPs Derek Blackburn and Lyle Kristiansen. He is a recipient of the Canada Medal.

Politics

Duignan was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1990 provincial election, defeating incumbent Liberal Walt Elliot by 548 votes in the riding of Halton North. The NDP won a majority government and Duignan served as a parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Consumer and Commercial Relations from 1993 to 1995.

In 1994, Duignan sponsored a private member's bill that banned landfills on the Niagara Escarpment. He said, "The Niagara Escarpment is simply the wrong place to put a landfill."

In the 1995 provincial election Duignan was defeated finishing third against Progressive Conservative candidate Ted Chudleigh. He ran for re-election in the 1999 provincial election in the riding of Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey, but finished third against Progressive Conservative incumbent David Tilson. He was also a candidate of the federal NDP in the 2004 Canadian election, but finished third against Conservative Michael Chong in the riding of Wellington—Halton Hills.

Later life

Duignan trained in mediation with J.P. Ryan and Associates and the Law Society of Upper Canada and is a member of mediate.ca. He works as a housing consultant and is a director of Brant Alcove Rehabilitation Services, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre based in Brantford, Ontario. Duignan is also a member of Family Mediation Canada, the Ontario Association for Family Mediation, Conflict Resolution Network Canada, and the Co-Operative Housing Federation of Canada. He lives in Georgetown, Ontario.

Electoral record

2004 Canadian federal election: Wellington—Halton Hills
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Michael Chong	21,479	42.81	–	$64,026
	Liberal	Bruce Hood	19,173	38.21	–	$73,831
	New Democratic	Noel Duignan	5,974	11.91	–	$13,863
	Green	Brent Bouteiller	2,725	5.43	–	$799
	Christian Heritage	Pat Woode	826	1.65	–	$2,304
Total valid votes			50,177	100.00		$75,799
	Conservative hold		Swing		6.01

1999 Ontario general election: Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	David Tilson	30,532	64.76
	Liberal	Steve White	13,591	28.83
	New Democratic	Noel Duignan	1,871	3.97
	Green	Richard Procter	1,156	2.45
Total valid votes			47,150	99.31
Total rejected ballots			342	0.69
Turnout			49,492	58.6

1995 Ontario general election: Halton North
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Ted Chudleigh	19,247	60.38
	Liberal	Walt Elliot	6,568	20.60
	New Democratic	Noel Duignan	4,362	13.68
	Family Coalition	Alex McKee	1,239	3.89
	Libertarian	John Shadbolt	461	1.45
Total valid votes			31,877

1990 Ontario general election: Halton North
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Noel Duignan	8,510	30.9
	Liberal	Walt Elliot	7,962	29.0
	Progressive Conservative	Dave Whiting	7,499	27.3
	Family Coalition	Giuseppe Gori	2,489	9.1
	Green	Patricia Kammerer	582	2.1
	Libertarian	John Shadbolt	461	1.7
Total valid votes			29,586

External links

• Ontario Legislative Assembly parliamentary history