Given the question: Facts: - profession: lawyer - birth name: john philip gerretsen - successor: sophie kiwala helen cooper - party: liberal - spouse: assunta - predecessor: gary wilson ken keyes - office: ontario mpp 90th mayor of kingston , ontario - term end: 2014 1988 - constituency: kingston and the islands - term start: 1995 1980 - birth date: 9 june 1942 - name: john gerretsen - birth place: hilversum , netherlands Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john gerretsen .
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john philip gerretsen -lrb- born june 9 , 1942 -rrb- is a former politician in ontario , canada .he was a liberal member of the legislative assembly of ontario from 1995 to 2014 who represented the eastern ontario riding of kingston and the islands .he served as a minister in the cabinets of premiers dalton mcguinty and kathleen wynne .