Maria Van Bommel

Maria Van Bommel
MPP for Lambton—Kent—Middlesex
In office October 2, 2003 – 2011
Preceded by	Marcel Beaubien
Succeeded by	Monte McNaughton
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Political party	Liberal

Maria Van Bommel is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the London area riding of Lambton—Kent—Middlesex for the Ontario Liberal Party.

Van Bommel attended the Centralia College of Agricultural Technology, Fanshawe College and the University of Western Ontario. Before entering public life, Van Bommel worked in farming, accounting and small business. She currently owns a poultry farm near Strathroy, Ontario. Van Bommel has served as a provincial director of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, and was a founding member of the Ontario Farm Women's Network and the Canadian Farm Women's Network. She also served for nine years on the Strathroy Middlesex General Hospital Board.

Van Bommel entered her political career at the municipal level, serving for two terms in East William Township. In the 2003 provincial election, she defeated incumbent Progressive Conservative Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) Marcel Beaubien by about 3500 votes in Lambton—Kent—Middlesex, a predominantly rural riding in the southwest region of the province.

Van Bommel is currently the parliamentary assistant to the Ontario Minister of Children and Youth Services,^[1] and serves as co-chair of an "Industrial Pollution Action Team" formed by the provincial government. She has served as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, and Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing.

Van Bommel is known to hold some socially conservative views. She opposed same-sex marriage during the 2003 campaign, and is also a vocal opponent of euthanasia.

Electoral record

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Maria van Bommel	18,191	43.2
	Progressive Conservative	Monte McNaughton	15,281	36.3
	New Democrat	Joyce Jolliffe	4,522	10.8
	Green	James Armstrong	3,326	7.9
	Family Coalition	Bill McMaster	547	1.3
	Reform	Brad Harness	208	0.5

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Maria Van Bommel	18,533	45.11	+2.17
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Beaubien	15,060	36.66	-8.34
	New Democrat	Joyce Jolliffe	4,523	11.01	+1.42
	Green	Tim Van Bodegom	1,133	+2.76
	Independent	James Armstrong	1,053	+2.56
	Freedom	Wayne Forbes	780	1.9	-0.58

References

1. ^ "Maria van Bommel - Biography". http://www.mariavanbommel.onmpp.ca/biography.htm. "Maria is currently the Parliamentary Assistant to the Honourable Deb Matthews, Minister of Children and Youth Services." 

External links

• Maria Van Bommel's official MPP Site
• Maria Van Bommel's Ontario Liberal Party biography
• Legislative Assembly of Ontario biography

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