advocate, Chief Superintendent of Education for Upper Canada Peter Stoffer, NDP MP Sackville-Eastern Shore from 1997 to 2015 Jacob Van Buskirk, Representative for Shelburne County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1805 to 1818 John van Dongen, Abbotsford, British Columbia Liberal MLA from 1995 to 2013 Anthony Van Egmond, Member of the Reform Movement in Upper Canada, a leader of the rebels in the Upper Canada Rebellion Dave Van Kesteren, Conservative MP, Chatham-Kent-Leamington Bill Vander Zalm, 28th Premier of British Columbia Adam Swart Vedder, Westminster-Chilliwhack, British Columbia MLA from 1897 to 1898 Elizabeth Witmer, former Progressive Conservative MPP, Ontario cabinet minister and Chair of Workplace Safety & Insurance Board of Ontario Sports Earl W. Bascom, rodeo pioneer, first rodeo champion inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame, "father of modern rodeo" Kyle Bekker, soccer player Ted-Jan Bloemen, Olympic speed skater, born in the Netherlands with a Canadian-born father Jeff Beukeboom, retired NHL ice hockey player Jay Bouwmeester, former NHL ice hockey player Petra Burka, Olympic figure skater, Dutch born Jason de Vos, retired professional soccer player Greg de Vries, former NHL ice hockey player Karl Dykhuis, ice hockey player; first cousin of Mark Brodwin, astrophysicist Dan Hamhuis, former NHL ice hockey player Harry Geris, wrestler Bill Hogaboam, retired NHL player for the Minnesota North Stars and Detroit Red Wings Ferdi Kadıoğlu, soccer player Slater Koekkoek, NHL player for the Edmonton Oilers Trevor Linden, retired ice hockey player and former General Manager in the NHL for the Vancouver Canucks Dwight Lodeweges, footballer, manager Dirk Jan De Vries*, South African cricket player. George Momberg, professional wrestler known by stage name "Killer Karl Krupp" Matt Murray, NHL goaltender for the Toronto Maple Leafs Jake Muzzin, defenseman for the Toronto Maple Leafs Joe Nieuwendyk, former ice hockey player in the NHL, Hockey Hall of Fame member and former General Manager of the Dallas Stars Beorn Nijenhuis, speed skater, who represents the Netherlands at the 2006 Winter Olympics Pete Peeters, former NHL ice hockey player Daniel Sprong, ice hockey player in the NHL for the Seattle Kraken Eric Staal, ice hockey player in the NHL for the Florida Panthers Jared Staal, ice hockey player formerly in the American Hockey League (AHL) for the Charlotte Checkers Jordan Staal, ice hockey player in the NHL for the Carolina Hurricanes Marc Staal, ice hockey player in the NHL for the Florida Panthers Evert van Benthem, speed