Mike Sullivan (Canadian politician)

Born in Detroit, Michigan, Sullivan grew up in Windsor, Ontario.{{cite web |url=http://www.mikesullivan.ca/images/2011-04-04%20Mike%20Sullivan%20bio.pdf |title=Mike Sullivan official bio |accessdate=2013-12-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323132742/http://www.mikesullivan.ca/images/2011-04-04%20Mike%20Sullivan%20bio.pdf |archivedate=2012-03-23 }} He graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1973. From February 1974 to November 1984, he worked for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) where he was radio master control operator. From 1984 until his election to the House of Commons in 2011, Sullivan was a national representative for the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians (NABET) and later the Communications Energy and Paperworkers (CEP), where he worked with CBC as well as Sun Media and Torstar newspapers.

File:Megan Leslie, Rathika Sitsabaiesen and Mike Sullivan.jpg, Rathika Sitsabaiesan and Mike Sullivan at the New Democratic Party Caucus strategy session in Saskatoon]]

Sullivan first ran for the NDP in York South—Weston in the 2008 federal election. He lost to Liberal incumbent Alan Tonks by 6,430 votes.{{cite news|title=Greater Toronto Area Results|newspaper=The Toronto Star|date=October 15, 2008 |page=U2}} He ran again in 2011, this time defeating Tonks by 2,580 votes.{{cite news |title=Riding results from across Canada |newspaper=Edmonton Journal |date=May 3, 2011 |page=A6}}{{cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/places/ontario-ridings/election-fed2011/r35105/ |title=Election 2011: York South—Weston |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=May 2, 2011}}

He served as the NDP's Deputy Critic for Housing and Disability Issues in the 41st Canadian Parliament. In the 2015 election, Sullivan lost his seat to Liberal candidate Ahmed Hussen by 7,622 votes.{{cite news|title=Canada Votes|newspaper=The Toronto Star|date=October 20, 2015|pages=GT13–GT15}}

After losing his seat, he endorsed Charlie Angus in the 2017 New Democratic Party leadership election.{{cite news|last1=Grenier|first1=Éric|title=Who's backing whom in the NDP leadership race — and what that means|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/grenier-ndp-endorsements-1.4279788|access-date=September 20, 2017|work=CBC News|date=September 10, 2017}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2015|York South—Weston (federal electoral district){{!}}York South—Weston|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Ahmed Hussen|20,093|46.0|+13.2|–}}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Mike Sullivan|13,281|30.4|-9.7|–}}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|James Robinson|8,399|19.2|-5.1|–}}

{{CANelec|CA|Libertarian|Stephen Lepone|1,041|2.4|–|–}}

{{CANelec|CA|Green|John Johnson|892|2.0|-0.8|–}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/expense limit|43,706|100.0  | |$203,157.28}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|362|0.82|+0.02}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|44,068|62.63|+9.53}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|70,361}}

{{CANelec/gain|CA|Liberal|NDP|+11.45}}

{{CANelec/source|Source: Elections Canada[http://www.elections.ca/Scripts/vis/candidates?L=e&ED=35120&EV=41&EV_TYPE=1&PC=&PROV=ON&PROVID=35&MAPID=&QID=8&PAGEID=17&TPAGEID=&PD=&STAT_CODE_ID=-1 Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for York South—Weston, 30 September 2015][http://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=can&dir=cand/canlim&document=index&lang=e Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045200/http://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=can&dir=cand%2Fcanlim&document=index&lang=e |date=2016-03-04}}}}

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{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2011|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Mike Sullivan|14,122|40.1|+12.1|–}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Alan Tonks|11,542|32.8|-13.8|–}}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Jilian Saweczko |8,559|24.3|+3.9|–}}

{{CANelec|CA|Green|Sonny Day |975|2.8|-2.3|–}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/expense limit|35,198 |100.0|}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots| 288| 0.8| +0.1| }}

{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout| 35,486| 53.10| +2.4| }}

{{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters| 66,807 |–|–| }}

{{CANelec/gain|CA|NDP|Liberal|+12.95}}

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{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2008|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Alan Tonks |16,071|46.6|-10.5|$48,748}}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Mike Sullivan |9,641|28.0|+6.7|$46,118}}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Aydin Cocelli |7,021|20.4|+3.0|$27,300}}

{{CANelec|CA|Green|Andre Papadimitriou |1,757|5.1|+1.3|$2,977}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/expense limit|34,490| 100.0|$80,783}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|241| 0.7}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|34,731|50.7}}

{{CANelec/hold|CA|Liberal|-8.6}}

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