Raymond Bonin
Template:Short description Template:Use Canadian English Template:Infobox officeholder Raymond C. "Ray" Bonin (born November 20, 1942) is a former Canadian politician. He was a Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada, representing the riding of Nickel Belt, from 1993 to 2008. Prior to entering politics, he was a teacher at Sudbury's Cambrian College. He was also chairman of the French Catholic school board from 1976 to 1985, and was a city councillor from 1988 to 1991.
On November 16, 2006, Bonin announced that he would not run for reelection in the 2008 federal election.<ref>"MP Ray Bonin doesn't plan to run again". Northern Life, November 16, 2006.</ref> Former Greater Sudbury city councillor Louise Portelance won the nomination to stand as the new Liberal candidate for Nickel Belt,<ref>Portelance wins federal Liberal nomination in Nickel Belt. Northern Life, April 23, 2007.</ref> but was defeated by Claude Gravelle of the New Democratic Party on election day.
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- Living people
- Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario
- Sudbury, Ontario city councillors
- 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada
- 21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada
- 20th-century Canadian municipal councillors