https://www.tbnewswatch.com/local-news/former-mp-john-rafferty-dies-1549147 https://www.tbnewswatch.com/local-news/former-mp-john-rafferty-dies-1549147
I really liked John, really easy-going fun-loving guy. Always voted for his constituents. If there was a contentious bill to be voted on in the future, everyone got a ballot in the mailbox to have their say. When it came to the long-gun registry, 96% of us voted to scrap it. He got treated like shit by the party for disobeying the leader. He is the only politician I have known that I would vote for regardless of party, because he always let the people decide, not the party.
"Born in Wingham, Ont. on July 3, 1953, Rafferty's time in Ottawa wasn't without controversy. He ran afoul of interim NDP leader Nicole Turmel, when he stood his ground and in 2011 voted against the repeal of the long-gun registry, saying at the time he was standing up for the constituents of his largely rural Northwestern Ontario riding.
Both Rafferty and fellow Thunder Bay-Superior North NDP MP Bruce Hyer were disciplined by Turmel, losing their critics roles and temporarily their right to ask questions or make statements in the House of Commons.
Hyer would later cross the floor to join the Green Party, while Rafferty had his status restored by newly anointed NDP leader Thomas Mulcair. "
I really liked John, really easy-going fun-loving guy. Always voted for his constituents. If there was a contentious bill to be voted on in the future, everyone got a ballot in the mailbox to have their say. When it came to the long-gun registry, 96% of us voted to scrap it. He got treated like shit by the party for disobeying the leader. He is the only politician I have known that I would vote for regardless of party, because he always let the people decide, not the party.
"Born in Wingham, Ont. on July 3, 1953, Rafferty's time in Ottawa wasn't without controversy. He ran afoul of interim NDP leader Nicole Turmel, when he stood his ground and in 2011 voted against the repeal of the long-gun registry, saying at the time he was standing up for the constituents of his largely rural Northwestern Ontario riding.
Both Rafferty and fellow Thunder Bay-Superior North NDP MP Bruce Hyer were disciplined by Turmel, losing their critics roles and temporarily their right to ask questions or make statements in the House of Commons.
Hyer would later cross the floor to join the Green Party, while Rafferty had his status restored by newly anointed NDP leader Thomas Mulcair. "
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