Jay Aspin (born August 19, 1949) is a
Canadian politician who served as the
Member of Parliament for the
riding of
Nipissing—Timiskaming from 2011 to 2015.
Aspin was elected to the
House of Commons of Canada
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for the
Conservative Party of Canada
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in the
2011 election. He finished just 14 votes ahead of
Liberal incumbent
Anthony Rota
Anthony Michael Gerard Rota (born May 15, 1961) is a Canadian politician who is the 37th and current speaker of the House of Commons of Canada since 2019. A member of the Liberal Party, he currently serves as the member of Parliament (MP) for ...
in the initial count, triggering an automatic judicial recount which ultimately confirmed his victory by a margin of just 18 votes.
Prior to his election, Aspin had served as a city councillor for
North Bay City Council, as well as a trustee for the
Near North District School Board and its predecessor, the Nipissing Board of Education. He also worked as a business consultant and for the
Ontario Northland Transportation Commission.
Aspin was defeated in the
2015 federal election by Anthony Rota, whom Aspin previously defeated in 2011. Aspin lost by approximately 11,000 votes, garnering 14,000 votes in total.
In the
2018 North Bay Municipal Election, Aspin stood as a candidate for one of the four public school trustee positions in North Bay for the
Near North District School Board. Aspin finished first among eight candidates and was elected to the board for the 2018–2022 term.
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1949 births
Anglophone Quebec people
Conservative Party of Canada MPs
Living people
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario
North Bay, Ontario city councillors
People from Westmount, Quebec
Ontario school board trustees
21st-century Canadian politicians
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