Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Hampton Ending Political Career

Former Ontario NDP Leader Howard Hampton says after 35 years in politics, 26 of them as the MPP for Kenora-Rainy River, it's time to move on.

Hampton stated last fall he'd plan to seek re-election this October.

But the 59-year-old Hampton says he's since had a chance of heart.

Hampton, who was attorney general and minister of natural resources in Bob Rae's government in the early 1990s, stepped down as Ontario NDP leader in 2009 after 13 years in the job.