[1] He also served as president of the Chatham and District Labour Council from 1988 to 1990, and was an area coordinator of the Coalition for Social Justice.

[2] The NDP won a majority government and Hope served as a parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Community and Social Services from 1990 to 1995.

[3] In March 1995, he announced a government grant of $2.9 million in Kent County.

In the 1995 provincial election Hope was defeated finishing third behind winner Progressive Conservative Jack Carroll.

[6] He was defeated in the 2018 municipal election, finishing a distant third behind one-term Ward 6 (Chatham) councillor, Darrin Canniff and newcomer Alysson Storey.