Facts: - successor: gilles pouliot '' riding abolished '' - party: new democrat - death date: 08 january 2000 - predecessor: '' new riding '' '' new riding '' - office: ontario mpp - term end: 1985 1975 - constituency: lake nipigon thunder bay - term start: 1975 1967 - birth date: 17 february 1923 - name: jack stokes - birth place: schreiber , ontario - occupation: railway conductor Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jack stokes .
john edward -lrb- jack -rrb- stokes -lrb- february 17 , 1923 -- january 8 , 2000 -rrb- was a canadian politician .he served in the legislative assembly of ontario from 1967 to 1985 , and was speaker of the legislature from 1977 to 1981 .stokes was a member of the new democratic party .