riding predecessor parliament birth_place party profession birth_date term_start spouse article_title name
thunder bay -- rainy river ken boshcoff canadian wingham , ontario new democratic party instructor , teacher , small business owner 3 july 1953 2008 pamela cain john rafferty -lrb- canadian politician -rrb-
 john rafferty
john rafferty -lrb- canadian politician -rrb-

john rafferty -lrb- born july 3 , 1953 in wingham , ontario -rrb- is a canadian politician , who was first elected to represent the electoral district of thunder bay -- rainy river in the 2008 canadian federal election .
he is a member of the new democratic party .
rafferty was previously the party 's candidate in thunder bay -- superior north for the 2000 federal election , in thunder bay -- rainy river for the 2004 and 2006 federal elections , and in thunder bay -- atikokan in the 2003 and 2007 provincial elections .
provincially , he lost to incumbent mpp bill mauro by a margin of just 50 votes in 2007 .
rafferty worked as a radio broadcaster for ckpr in thunder bay before leaving to pursue his first election campaign .
he subsequently launched his own business producing voiceovers for educational and training videos .
rafferty has introduced one piece of legislation : the `` national strategy for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder act '' .
he first introduced it on september 30 , 2010 , in the third session of the 40th parliament as a private member 's bill .
he re-introduced it in june 2011 , during the first session of the 41st parliament .
