Please answer the following question: Facts:   - successor: gilles pouliot '' riding abolished ''    - party: new democrat    - death date: 08 january 2000    - predecessor: '' new riding '' '' new riding ''    - office: ontario mpp      - term end: 1985 1975    - constituency: lake nipigon thunder bay    - term start: 1975 1967    - birth date: 17 february 1923    - name: jack stokes    - birth place: schreiber , ontario    - occupation: railway conductor   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jack stokes .
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john edward -lrb- jack -rrb- stokes -lrb- february 17 , 1923 -- january 8 , 2000 -rrb- was a canadian politician .he served in the legislative assembly of ontario from 1967 to 1985 , and was speaker of the legislature from 1977 to 1981 .stokes was a member of the new democratic party .