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For the fictional detective, see <a href="/wiki/Joe_Fontana_(Law_%26_Order)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe Fontana (Law & Order)">Joe Fontana (Law & Order)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="honorific-prefix" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/The_Honourable" title="The Honourable">The Honourable</a></div><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Joe Fontana</div><div class="honorific-suffix" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Privy_Council_for_Canada" title="King's Privy Council for Canada">PC</a></span></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Joe_Fontana_2012.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Joe_Fontana_2012.jpg/230px-Joe_Fontana_2012.jpg" decoding="async" width="230" height="213" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Joe_Fontana_2012.jpg/345px-Joe_Fontana_2012.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Joe_Fontana_2012.jpg/460px-Joe_Fontana_2012.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2075" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Fontana in 2012</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">61st <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_London,_Ontario" class="mw-redirect" title="Mayor of London, Ontario">Mayor of London</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />December 1, 2010 – June 19, 2014</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Anne_Marie_DeCicco-Best" title="Anne Marie DeCicco-Best">Anne Marie DeCicco-Best</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Joni Baechler</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(Canada)" title="Member of Parliament (Canada)">Member of Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/London_North_Centre_(federal_electoral_district)" title="London North Centre (federal electoral district)">London North Centre</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />June 2, 1997 – September 20, 2006</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>District created</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Glen_Pearson" title="Glen Pearson">Glen Pearson</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(Canada)" title="Member of Parliament (Canada)">Member of Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/London_East" title="London East">London East</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />November 21, 1988 – June 1, 1997</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Jepson" title="Jim Jepson">Jim Jepson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>District abolished</i></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1950-01-13</span>) </span>January 13, 1950<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 74)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Cellara" title="Cellara">Cellara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Cosenza" title="Province of Cosenza">Cosenza</a>, Italy</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Joseph Frank Fontana</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Privy_Council_for_Canada" title="King's Privy Council for Canada">PC</a></span></span> (born January 13, 1950) is an Italian-born Canadian politician. He was a <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> member of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_Canada" title="House of Commons of Canada">House of Commons of Canada</a> from 1987 to 2006, and mayor of <a href="/wiki/London,_Ontario" title="London, Ontario">London</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a> from 2010 until his 2014 convictions for <a href="/wiki/Fraud" title="Fraud">fraud</a> and <a href="/wiki/Forgery" title="Forgery">forgery</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life_and_career">Life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Fontana&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fontana was born in <a href="/wiki/Cellara" title="Cellara">Cellara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Cosenza" title="Province of Cosenza">Cosenza</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> in 1950, and moved to Canada with his parents at the age of four. </p><p>He studied chemical engineering at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Waterloo" title="University of Waterloo">University of Waterloo</a>, but left school after becoming the drummer in a rock band. He later moved to London and briefly returned to school at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Western_Ontario" title="University of Western Ontario">University of Western Ontario</a>, but left to work in real estate and the insurance industry. </p><p>He opposed the building of a federal prison in London and soon became involved in local politics. In 1976 he ran for <a href="/wiki/London_City_Council" title="London City Council">city council</a>, representing Ward 3, but lost; in 1978 he also lost the Liberal nomination for the federal riding of London-Middlesex, but was elected to London City Council later in the year and served there until 1988, sitting on London's Board of Control from 1985 to 1988. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="As_Member_of_Parliament">As Member of Parliament</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Fontana&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: As Member of Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1988 he was elected to the House of Commons as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Official_Opposition_(Canada)" title="Official Opposition (Canada)">opposition</a> and served as Critic for Urban Affairs and Housing. He also formed the band "True Grit" with several Liberals including <a href="/wiki/Roger_Gallaway" title="Roger Gallaway">Roger Gallaway</a> and future prime minister <a href="/wiki/Jean_Chr%C3%A9tien" title="Jean Chrétien">Jean Chrétien</a> (who played trombone). He became the <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a> chair of the Liberal caucus and was involved in the Task Force on <a href="/wiki/Via_Rail" title="Via Rail">Via Rail</a> and the Task Force on the Economy and Recession. In 1990 he supported <a href="/wiki/Paul_Martin" title="Paul Martin">Paul Martin</a>'s attempt to become leader of the Liberal Party. </p><p>He was re-elected in 1993 and became parliamentary secretary to the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Transport_(Canada)" title="Minister of Transport (Canada)">Minister of Transport</a>, playing a key role in, among other things, the introduction of the National Airports Policy. From 1996 to 1999 he served a record three times as chair of the national Liberal caucus and in 1999 became chair of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration and the chair of the Southwestern Ontario Liberal caucus. </p><p>He served as <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Labour_(Canada)" title="Minister of Labour (Canada)">Minister of Labour</a> in Paul Martin's <a href="/wiki/Minority_government" title="Minority government">minority government</a> until February 6, 2006, when <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Harper" title="Stephen Harper">Stephen Harper</a> was sworn in as Prime Minister. </p><p>He was re-elected in 1997, 2000, 2004, and 2006. Appointed as the critic for Science and Research within the Liberal shadow cabinet, Mr. Fontana was strongly speculated to be considering a run for leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, though he ultimately did not seek the post, supporting <a href="/wiki/Gerard_Kennedy" title="Gerard Kennedy">Gerard Kennedy</a> instead. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Election_as_mayor">Election as mayor</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Fontana&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Election as mayor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On September 8, 2006, Fontana announced that he would run for mayor in London against mayor <a href="/wiki/Anne_Marie_DeCicco-Best" title="Anne Marie DeCicco-Best">Anne Marie DeCicco-Best</a>. On September 20, 2006, Fontana formally resigned his seat in the House of Commons in order to run for mayor.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was unsuccessful, losing badly to Mayor DeCicco-Best. </p><p>He subsequently announced he would run in the <a href="/wiki/2010_Ontario_municipal_elections" title="2010 Ontario municipal elections">2010 London mayoral election</a>, again against DeCicco-Best. Fontana won the mayoralty in that election. </p><p>As a member of the <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_of_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Privy Council of Canada">Privy Council of Canada</a>, Fontana automatically received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Criminal_convictions">Criminal convictions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Fontana&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Criminal convictions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In October 2012, calls for Fontana's resignation as mayor were made amid allegations of misuse of government funds used to pay for his son's wedding. Some city councillors urged Fontana to step aside during the investigation. </p><p>On November 21, 2012, the London detachment of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Mounted_Police" title="Royal Canadian Mounted Police">Royal Canadian Mounted Police</a> issued a press release announcing that Fontana had been charged with breach of trust by a public officer; fraud under $5,000; and uttering forged documents.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 22, 2012, Fontana offered to resign from the London Police Services Board and his resignation was formally accepted. Under municipal law governing Ontario, Police Services cannot allow an individual who is under investigation for a criminal offences to take part in any police function.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the next meeting of council's Finance and Administrative Services Committee, its councillors asked that Fontanta step aside, voting by a 3–1 vote margin that he resign his council seat and duties as mayor, however the committee decision was not binding under the Municipal Act.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A council motion asking Fontana to leave office pending resolution of his criminal charges lost by a vote, 8–5.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Fontana was found guilty of the charges by the <a href="/wiki/Ontario_Superior_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="Ontario Superior Court">Ontario Superior Court</a> on June 13, 2014,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and sentenced to serve 4 months under house arrest and 18 months on probation.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On June 16, 2014, Fontana announced he would be stepping down as mayor of London.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He formally resigned on June 19,<sup id="cite_ref-resigned_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-resigned-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was temporarily succeeded by Ward 3 city councillor Joe Swan as <a href="/wiki/Acting_mayor" class="mw-redirect" title="Acting mayor">acting mayor</a> until a council vote the following week selected Joni Baechler as his formal successor until the <a href="/wiki/2014_Ontario_municipal_elections" title="2014 Ontario municipal elections">2014 municipal election</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_record">Electoral record</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Fontana&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Electoral record"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b><a href="/wiki/2010_Ontario_municipal_elections#London" title="2010 Ontario municipal elections">London mayoral election, 2010</a></b> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="200px">Mayoral Candidate <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.london.ca/d.aspx?s=/Elections/candidatelist_mayor.htm">[3]</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged December 2017">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup> </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px">Vote </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px">% </th></tr> <tr> <td>Joe Fontana</td> <td>48,626</td> <td>47.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Anne_Marie_DeCicco-Best" title="Anne Marie DeCicco-Best">Anne Marie DeCicco-Best</a> (X)</td> <td>46,089</td> <td>44.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Cynthia Etheridge</td> <td>4,402</td> <td>4.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Eric Southern</td> <td>644</td> <td>0.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ivan W. Kasiurak</td> <td>612</td> <td>0.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Christopher R. Foerster</td> <td>462</td> <td>0.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Aaron Broughm</td> <td>427</td> <td>0.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Wayne Ford</td> <td>375</td> <td>0.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Zak Young</td> <td>298</td> <td>0.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Stephen Elliott Beckles</td> <td>252</td> <td>0.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tomasz_Winnicki_(political_activist)" title="Tomasz Winnicki (political activist)">Tomasz Winnicki</a></td> <td>234</td> <td>0.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Dan Lenart</td> <td>173</td> <td>0.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tom Ha</td> <td>149</td> <td>0.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ma'in Sinan</td> <td>128</td> <td>0.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jonas Richard White</td> <td>83</td> <td>0.1 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b><a href="/wiki/2006_Ontario_municipal_elections#London" title="2006 Ontario municipal elections">London mayoral election, 2006</a></b> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="200px">Candidate </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF">Vote </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF">% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Anne_Marie_DeCicco-Best" title="Anne Marie DeCicco-Best">Anne Marie DeCicco-Best</a> (X)</td> <td>57,891</td> <td>57.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Joe Fontana</td> <td>35,083</td> <td>35.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Cynthia Etheridge</td> <td>2,561</td> <td>2.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ivan W. Kasiurak</td> <td>1,905</td> <td>1.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Arthur Majoor</td> <td>1,623</td> <td>1.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Matthew L. R. Shantz</td> <td>532</td> <td>0.5 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:758px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><a href="/wiki/2006_Canadian_federal_election" title="2006 Canadian federal election">2006 Canadian federal election</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2 style=" bgcolor="">Party </th> <th width="250px">Candidate </th> <th width="48px">Votes</th> <th width="43px">%</th> <th width="52px"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span></th> <th width="90px">Expenditures </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #EA6D6A; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a></td> <td>Joe Fontana</td> <td style="text-align:right;">24,109</td> <td style="text-align:right;">40.12</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-2.96</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$78,406 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #6495ED; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservative</a></td> <td>John Mazzilli</td> <td style="text-align:right;">17,968</td> <td style="text-align:right;">29.90</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+2.46</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$63,536 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #F4A460; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Party" title="New Democratic Party">New Democratic</a></td> <td>Stephen Maynard</td> <td style="text-align:right;">14,271</td> <td style="text-align:right;">23.75</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-0.39</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$20,817 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #99C955; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Canada" title="Green Party of Canada">Green</a></td> <td>Stuart Smith</td> <td style="text-align:right;">3,300</td> <td style="text-align:right;">5.49</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.72</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$2,442 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #6666CC; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Canadian_Party" title="Progressive Canadian Party">Progressive Canadian</a></td> <td>Rod Morley</td> <td style="text-align:right;">283</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.47</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.03</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$2,852 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #CD5C5C; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Canada_(Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist)" title="Communist Party of Canada (Marxist–Leninist)">Marxist–Leninist</a></td> <td>Margaret Mondaca</td> <td style="text-align:right;">160</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.27</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.14</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$0.00 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:668px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><a href="/wiki/2004_Canadian_federal_election" title="2004 Canadian federal election">2004 Canadian federal election</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2 style=" bgcolor="">Party </th> <th width="250px">Candidate </th> <th width="48px">Votes</th> <th width="43px">%</th> <th width="52px"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #EA6D6A; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a></td> <td>Joe Fontana</td> <td style="text-align:right;">21,472</td> <td style="text-align:right;">43.08</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-8.46 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #6495ED; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservative</a></td> <td>Tim Gatten</td> <td style="text-align:right;">13,677</td> <td style="text-align:right;">27.44</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-9.57 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #F4A460; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Party" title="New Democratic Party">New Democratic</a></td> <td>Joe Swan</td> <td style="text-align:right;">12,034</td> <td style="text-align:right;">24.14</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+15.24 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #99C955; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Canada" title="Green Party of Canada">Green</a></td> <td>Bronagh Joyce Morgan</td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,376</td> <td style="text-align:right;">4.77</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+3.23 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #6666CC; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Canadian_Party" title="Progressive Canadian Party">Progressive Canadian</a></td> <td>Rod Morley</td> <td style="text-align:right;">220</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.44</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #CD5C5C; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Canada_(Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist)" title="Communist Party of Canada (Marxist–Leninist)">Marxist–Leninist</a></td> <td>Gustavo Grandos-Ocon</td> <td style="text-align:right;">67</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.13</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>^ Conservative change is from combined Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative totals. </p> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:668px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><a href="/wiki/2000_Canadian_federal_election" title="2000 Canadian federal election">2000 Canadian federal election</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2 style=" bgcolor="">Party </th> <th width="250px">Candidate </th> <th width="48px">Votes</th> <th width="43px">%</th> <th width="52px"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #EA6D6A; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a></td> <td>Joe Fontana</td> <td style="text-align:right;">22,795</td> <td style="text-align:right;">51.54</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-0.18 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #5F9EA0; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Alliance" title="Canadian Alliance">Alliance</a></td> <td>Nancy Branscombe</td> <td style="text-align:right;">9,062</td> <td style="text-align:right;">20.49</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+5.30 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #9999FF; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Canada">Progressive Conservative</a></td> <td>Lorie Johnson</td> <td style="text-align:right;">7,305</td> <td style="text-align:right;">16.52</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-0.95 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #F4A460; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Party" title="New Democratic Party">New Democratic</a></td> <td>Colleen Redmond</td> <td style="text-align:right;">3,936</td> <td style="text-align:right;">8.90</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-3.39 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #99C955; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Canada" title="Green Party of Canada">Green</a></td> <td>Jeremy McNaughton</td> <td style="text-align:right;">681</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.54</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.06 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #D2B48C; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Marijuana_Party_(Canada)" title="Marijuana Party (Canada)">Marijuana</a></td> <td>Tim Berg</td> <td style="text-align:right;">453</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.02</td> <td style="text-align:right;">- </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>^ Canadian Alliance change is from Reform </p> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:668px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><a href="/wiki/1997_Canadian_federal_election" title="1997 Canadian federal election">1997 Canadian federal election</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2 style=" bgcolor="">Party </th> <th width="250px">Candidate </th> <th width="48px">Votes</th> <th width="43px">%</th> <th width="52px"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #EA6D6A; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a></td> <td>Joe Fontana</td> <td style="text-align:right;">23,891</td> <td style="text-align:right;">51.72</td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #9999FF; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Canada">Progressive Conservative</a></td> <td>Jim Henkel</td> <td style="text-align:right;">8,072</td> <td style="text-align:right;">17.47</td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #3CB371; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Reform_Party_of_Canada" title="Reform Party of Canada">Reform</a></td> <td>Tara Bingham</td> <td style="text-align:right;">7,016</td> <td style="text-align:right;">15.19</td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #F4A460; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Party" title="New Democratic Party">New Democratic</a></td> <td>Colleen Redmond</td> <td style="text-align:right;">5,679</td> <td style="text-align:right;">12.29</td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #99C955; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Canada" title="Green Party of Canada">Green</a></td> <td>Jeff Culbert</td> <td style="text-align:right;">685</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.48</td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #CC6699; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Christian_Heritage_Party_of_Canada" title="Christian Heritage Party of Canada">Christian Heritage</a></td> <td>Ken Devries</td> <td style="text-align:right;">375</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.81</td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician#Canada" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></td> <td>Michael Rubinoff</td> <td style="text-align:right;">336</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.73</td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #CD5C5C; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Canada_(Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist)" title="Communist Party of Canada (Marxist–Leninist)">Marxist–Leninist</a></td> <td>Vera Cruise</td> <td style="text-align:right;">138</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.30</td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:668px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><a href="/wiki/1993_Canadian_federal_election" title="1993 Canadian federal election">1993 Canadian federal election</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2 style=" bgcolor="">Party </th> <th width="250px">Candidate </th> <th width="48px">Votes</th> <th width="43px">%</th> <th width="52px"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #EA6D6A; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a></td> <td>Joe Fontana</td> <td style="text-align:right;">28,279</td> <td style="text-align:right;">55.8%</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+18.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #9999FF; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Canada">Progressive Conservative</a></td> <td>Rob Alder</td> <td style="text-align:right;">9,237</td> <td style="text-align:right;">18.2%</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-19.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #3CB371; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Reform_Party_of_Canada" title="Reform Party of Canada">Reform</a></td> <td>Paul Cheng</td> <td style="text-align:right;">8,704</td> <td style="text-align:right;">17.2%</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+17.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #F4A460; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Party" title="New Democratic Party">New Democratic</a></td> <td>Alfredo Marroquin</td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,614</td> <td style="text-align:right;">5.2%</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-19.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #48D1CC; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Canada" title="National Party of Canada">National</a></td> <td>Bill Cecil-Smith</td> <td style="text-align:right;">830</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.6%</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+1.6% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #99C955; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Canada" title="Green Party of Canada">Green</a></td> <td>Jeff Culbert</td> <td style="text-align:right;">567</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.1%</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+1.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #E6E6FA; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Natural_Law_Party_of_Canada" title="Natural Law Party of Canada">Natural Law</a></td> <td>Jim Hill</td> <td style="text-align:right;">282</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.6%</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.6% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #FF0000; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Canada_Party" title="Canada Party">Canada Party</a></td> <td>Al Plumb</td> <td style="text-align:right;">108</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.2%</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #FFA07A; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Party_for_the_Commonwealth_of_Canada" title="Party for the Commonwealth of Canada">Commonwealth of Canada</a></td> <td>Sid Tarleton</td> <td style="text-align:right;">31</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.1%</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.1% </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:668px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><a href="/wiki/1988_Canadian_federal_election" title="1988 Canadian federal election">1988 Canadian federal election</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2 style=" bgcolor="">Party </th> <th width="250px">Candidate </th> <th width="48px">Votes</th> <th width="43px">%</th> <th width="52px"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #EA6D6A; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a></td> <td>Joe Fontana</td> <td style="text-align:right;">19,547</td> <td style="text-align:right;">37.7%</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+11.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #9999FF; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Canada">Progressive Conservative</a></td> <td>Jim Jepson</td> <td style="text-align:right;">19,445</td> <td style="text-align:right;">37.5%</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-9.7% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #F4A460; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Party" title="New Democratic Party">New Democratic</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marion_Boyd" title="Marion Boyd">Marion Boyd</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">12,667</td> <td style="text-align:right;">24.4%</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-2.5% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician#Canada" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></td> <td>Peter Ewart</td> <td style="text-align:right;">201</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.4%</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.4% </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Fontana&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_University_of_Waterloo_people" title="List of University of Waterloo people">List of University of Waterloo people</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Fontana&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Hansard" title="Hansard">Hansard</a>, 39th Parliament, 1st Session, Number 049, <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=39&Pub=hansard&Ses=1#SOB-1640752">[1]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160106171054/http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=39&Pub=hansard&Ses=1#SOB-1640752">Archived</a> 2016-01-06 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.police.london.ca/d.aspx?s=/Newsroom/2012475.htm">the original</a> on December 14, 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Resignation+of+Mayor+Joe+Fontana+from+the+London+Police+Services+Board&rft.pub=London+Police&rft.date=2012-11-22&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.police.london.ca%2Fd.aspx%3Fs%3D%2FNewsroom%2F2012475.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJoe+Fontana" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thespec.com/news/ontario/article/843568--motion-requesting-mayor-joe-fontana-to-leave-office-has-been-passed">"Motion requesting Mayor Joe Fontana to leave office has been passed"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Spectator" class="mw-redirect" title="Hamilton Spectator">Hamilton Spectator</a></i>. 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