Background and Elections
Stoffer was born in Heerlen, Netherlands, where his parents worked in the coal mines. After the mines closed down in 1956, they decided to move to Canada. His father became a mail carrier, and later worked as the head of a center for the disabled.
In 1997, Stoffer won his seat by 39 votes. Subsequently, however, he increased his margin of victory, in the 2004 election, his plurality was over 6,000 votes. In 2006, he took 53 per cent of the vote, the second placed candidate was over 12,000 votes behind. He was the only Nova Scotia NDP Member of Parliament elected in 1997 to have retained his seat, other than McDonough. In the federal election of 2008, Stoffer received 24,290 votes or 61.5 per cent of the total votes cast. He was more than 16,000 votes ahead of the candidate in second place.
Stoffer lives in Fall River, Nova Scotia with his wife Andrea, his two daughters (Jasmin and Amber) and his dogs Angel and Buddy.
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