Kim Craitor was born on September 22,1946 and is a politician in Ontario, Canada.
13 Facts About Kim Craitor
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Kim Craitor is a former member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the constituency of Niagara Falls for the Ontario Liberal Party from 2003 to 2013.
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Kim Craitor was executive director of the Niagara Falls Employment Help Centre, and was a human relations officer and investigation and control officer at Human Resources Development Canada for 26 years.
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Kim Craitor was elected as an alderman to the Niagara Falls City Council in 1990, and served in that capacity until 2003, often quarrelling with Mayor Wayne Thomson.
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Kim Craitor served for ten years on the Niagara Falls Chamber of Commerce.
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Kim Craitor was successful in the general election, defeating Progressive Conservative incumbent Bart Maves by about 3,500 votes.
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In March 2006, Kim Craitor was named parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Service and has served as parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Energy and Infrastructure.
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Kim Craitor was the parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Tourism and Culture from 2010 to February 2013 and then returned to his previous position as parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services from February 2013 until his retirement from provincial politics.
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Kim Craitor was re-elected in the 2007 provincial election and was elected to a third term as member for Niagara Falls in the 2011 Ontario provincial election, defeating Progressive Conservative candidate George Lepp by 551 votes.
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On September 24,2013, Kim Craitor announced his resignation as MPP citing mental exhaustion and saying he wanted to focus on his health and family.
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Kim Craitor supported me in his own way [when Craitor first ran for MPP in 2003].
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Kim Craitor was elected to Niagara Falls City Council in the 2014 municipal election.
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Kim Craitor was approached by the New Democratic Party to run in the federal riding of Niagara Falls in the 2015 federal election, but opted to remain at city council.