Noel Duignan is former politician

Politician

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 in Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

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. He was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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 from 1990 to 1995.

Background

Before running for office, Duignan was an executive assistant to federal New Democratic Party

New Democratic Party

The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...

 MP

Member of Parliament

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s Derek Blackburn

Derek Blackburn

Derek Nigel Ernest Blackburn was a Canadian Member of Parliament from 1972 to 1993. He was elected as a candidate of the New Democratic Party in the riding of Brant in Ontario...

 and Lyle Kristiansen

Lyle Kristiansen

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. He is a recipient of the Canada Medal.

Politics

Duignan was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1990 provincial election

Ontario general election, 1990

The Ontario general election of 1990 was held on September 6, 1990, to elect members of the 35th Legislative Assembly of the province of Ontario, Canada....

, defeating incumbent Liberal

Ontario Liberal Party

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 Walt Elliot

Walt Elliot

Walter R. Elliot is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 1990....

 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 the 1995 provincial election

Ontario general election, 1995

The Ontario general election of 1995 was held on June 8, 1995, to elect members of the 36th Legislative Assembly of the province of Ontario, Canada...

 Duignan was defeated finishing third against Progressive Conservative candidate Ted Chudleigh

Ted Chudleigh

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. He ran for re-election in the 1999 provincial election

Ontario general election, 1999

An Ontario general election was held on June 3, 1999, to elect members of the 37th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada....

 in the riding of Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey

Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey

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, but finished third against Progressive Conservative incumbent David Tilson

David Tilson

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. He was also a candidate of the federal NDP in the 2004 Canadian election

Canadian federal election, 2004

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, but finished third against Conservative

Conservative Party of Canada

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 Michael Chong

Michael Chong

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 in the riding of Wellington—Halton Hills

Wellington—Halton Hills

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Later life

Duignan trained in mediation with J.P. Ryan and Associates and the Law Society of Upper Canada

Law Society of Upper Canada

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 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

Brantford, Ontario

Brantford is a city located on the Grand River in Southern Ontario, Canada. While geographically surrounded by the County of Brant, the city is politically independent...

. 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

Georgetown, Ontario

Georgetown is a community in the town of Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada and is part of the Regional Municipality of Halton. It is situated on the Credit River, located approximately 60 km west of Toronto making it part of the Greater Toronto Area...

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