he was considering his political future, and would make an announcement later in 2008 as to whether or not he would stay on further as the party leader. On June 14, 2008, Hampton announced that he would not stand for re-election as party leader at the March 2009 party convention. He remained an MPP for the remainder of his parliamentary mandate, but did not run in the October 6, 2011 general election. Recent career Hampton currently lives Fort Frances. He and his wife Shelley Martel are separated. After leaving politics, Hampton worked for several years for the Toronto law firm Fasken Martineau. In November 2014, Hampton was appointed as a consultant to federal NDP leader Thomas Mulcair on the Northern Ontario Ring of Fire mining development. After several months of being encouraged by the party to run as its candidate in Kenora against federal Natural Resources minister Greg Rickford, Hampton announced that he would seek the party's nomination in the riding for the October 19, 2015 federal election; he subsequently won the nomination. The federal riding includes much of Hampton's old provincial riding. Hampton finished second behind the Liberal candidate, former MP and cabinet minister Bob Nault, pushing Rickford into third place. Hampton did spend time playing competitive hockey at the senior level. Although he was known for his stalwart penalty killing skills, his powerplay abilities were and still remain below average. Election results |align="left" colspan=2|New Democrat hold |align="right"|Swing |align="right"| +1.09 ^ Change is from redistributed results References External links 1952 births Attorneys General of Ontario Canadian ice hockey players Canadian non-fiction writers Dartmouth College alumni Lawyers in Ontario Leaders of the Ontario New Democratic Party Living people Members of the Executive Council of Ontario New Democratic Party candidates for the Canadian House of Commons Ontario candidates for Member of Parliament Ontario New Democratic Party MPPs People from Fort Frances University of Ottawa alumni University of Toronto alumni University of Ottawa Faculty of Law alumni 21st-century Canadian politicians