• Elected the Member of Parliament for Hamilton East—Stoney Creek in 2006
• Retired in 1995 after 20 years as a technician with Bell Canada
• President of the Hamilton and District Labour Council for the past 11 years
• Ward 5 Trustee on the Hamilton Wentworth District School Board since 2000 and member of the Special Education Advisory Committee
• Member of the Board of Directors of the Hamilton Tourism Board, the Strengthening Hamilton Community Initiative, the Hamilton Downtown Partnership, and the Mohawk College Labour Advisory Committee
• Chair of the Worker Education Centre and the McMaster University Labour Studies Advisory Committee
• Member of the Ontario Federation of Labour Executive Council
• Lives in Hamilton with his wife Barbara

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