{{short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Randy Hope | image = Randyhope.jpg | image_size = 150px | caption = | office1 = Mayor of Chatham-Kent, Ontario | term_start1 = 2006 | term_end1 = November 30, 2018 | predecessor1 = Diane Gagner | successor1 = Darrin Canniff | office2 = Ontario MPP | term_start2 = 1990 | term_end2 = 1995 | predecessor2 = Maurice Bossy | successor2 = Jack Carroll | constituency2 = Chatham—Kent | party = New Democratic Party | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1959}} | birth_place = Kent County, Ontario | occupation = Labour executive }}
'''Randy R. Hope''' (born {{circa|1959}}) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was the mayor of the Municipality of Chatham-Kent, Ontario from 2006 to 2018. He also served as a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1995.
==Background== Hope was involved in the labour movement before entering political life. He served as a plant worker at Rockwell International, and was president of the Canadian Auto Workers Local 1941 in Tilbury, Ontario from 1985 to 1990.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rockwell workers support strike |newspaper=The Windsor Star |date=April 18, 1988 |page=A5}}</ref> He also served as president of the Chatham and District Labour Council from 1988 to 1990, and was an area coordinator of the Coalition for Social Justice.
==Provincial politics== Hope was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1990 provincial election. He defeated Maurice Bossy, the Liberal Party incumbent, by almost 4,000 votes in Chatham—Kent.<ref name="1990 results">{{cite news |title=Ontario election: Riding-by-riding voting results |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=September 7, 1990 |page=A12}}</ref> The NDP won a majority government and Hope served as a parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Community and Social Services from 1990 to 1995.<ref>{{cite news |title=16,000 in Ontario to remain jobless after recession, Chatham MPP says |last=Barrick |first=Frances |newspaper=Kitchener - Waterloo Record |date=May 10, 1991 |page=B4}}</ref> In March 1995, he announced a government grant of $2.9 million in Kent County. Hope also supported the domestic production of ethanol during his time in government.
In the 1995 provincial election Hope was defeated finishing third behind winner Progressive Conservative Jack Carroll.<ref name="1995 results">{{cite web |url=http://results.elections.on.ca/results/1995_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=36&rec=0&district=chatham&flag=E&layout=G |title=Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=June 8, 1995 |accessdate=2014-03-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306091856/http://results.elections.on.ca/results/1995_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=36&rec=0&district=chatham&flag=E&layout=G |archivedate=March 6, 2014 }}</ref>
==Municipal politics== In 2006, Hope was elected mayor of the Municipality of Chatham-Kent, Ontario.<ref>{{cite news |title=Asian power firm wooed |last=Williamson |first=Doug |newspaper=The Windsor Star |date=November 18, 2006 |page=A2}}</ref> He was re-elected in 2010.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.chathamdailynews.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2816297 |first=Trevor |last=Terfloth |title=Hope wins second term |newspaper=Chatham Daily News |date=October 27, 2010}}</ref> He was defeated in the 2018 municipal election, finishing a distant third behind one-term Ward 6 (Chatham) councillor, Darrin Canniff and newcomer Alysson Storey. He garnered 14% of the vote.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Ontario MPP biography|id=randy-r-hope}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hope, Randy}} Category:1959 births Category:Canadian Auto Workers people Category:Living people Category:Mayors of Chatham-Kent Category:Ontario New Democratic Party MPPs Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario Category:21st-century mayors of places in Ontario