Mark Morrow
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Mark Morrow
| image =
| caption =
| office = Ontario MPP
| term_start = 1990
| term_end = 1995
| predecessor = Shirley Collins
| successor = Ed Doyle
| constituency = Wentworth East
| party = New Democrat
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|04|02}}
| birth_place = Hamilton, Ontario
| residence =
| occupation = Lathe Operator
}}
Mark Morrow (born April 2, 1960) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1995.
Background
Morrow graduated High School from Scott Park Secondary, he then proceeded to take some college business courses.{{cite news |title=Risk-taker: Former MPP Mark Morrow has no law practice to fall back on like so many other ex-politicians, but that's OK |last=Barlow |first=Kate |newspaper=The Spectator |location=Hamilton, Ont |date=October 25, 1995 |page=B2}} Prior to his election, he was a shipper receiver and also worked in places such as Stelco, Dofasco and other industrial jobs.{{cite news |title=Profile Wentworth East |last=Arnold |first=Steve |newspaper=The Spectator |location=Hamilton, Ont |date=June 2, 1995 |page=B2}}
Politics
He was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1990 provincial election, defeating Liberal incumbent Shirley Collins by 3,147 votes in the Hamilton-area riding of Wentworth East.{{cite news |title=Ontario election: Riding-by-riding voting results |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=September 7, 1990 |page=A12}} The NDP formed a majority government and Morrow served as a government backbencher during his time in office.
Morrow quickly emerged as a leading ally of maverick left-wing Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) Peter Kormos within the NDP caucus. Like Kormos, Morrow was a vocal opponent of the Rae government's decision to back away from its pledge to introduce public automobile insurance to the province.{{cite news |title=2 NDP MPs vote against auto insurance changes |newspaper=Kitchener - Waterloo Record |date=October 14, 1992 |page=D6}} In 1993, Morrow, Kormos and Karen Haslam were the only members of the NDP caucus to vote against the Rae government's Social Contract legislation, which restructured the province's labour laws and introduced unpaid leave days for some workers.{{cite news |title=Unions rail against NDP as wage-freeze bill passes |first1=Derek |last1=Ferguson |first2=William |last2=Walker |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=July 8, 1993 |page=A2}}
The NDP were defeated in the 1995 provincial election. Notwithstanding his maverick status, Morrow was unable to overcome the provincial trend and finished third in Wentworth East against Progressive Conservative Ed Doyle.{{cite web |url=http://results.elections.on.ca/results/1995_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=36&rec=0&district=wentworth+east&flag=E&layout=G |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209202434/https://results.elections.on.ca/results/1995_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=36&rec=0&district=wentworth+east&flag=E&layout=G |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 9, 2019 |title=Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=June 8, 1995 |accessdate=2014-02-03 }}
References
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External links
- {{OntarioMPPbio|id=mark-morrow}}
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Category:Ontario New Democratic Party MPPs
Category:Politicians from Hamilton, Ontario
Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario