David Tilson
David Allan Tilson MP |
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Member of the Canadian Parliament for Dufferin—Caledon |
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Assumed office June 28, 2004 |
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Preceded by | Murray Calder |
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey Dufferin—Peel (1990-1999) |
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In office September 6, 1990 – April 2, 2002 |
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Preceded by | Mavis Wilson |
Succeeded by | Ernie Eves |
Chair of the Standing Committee on Citizenship & Immigration |
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In office February 3, 2009 – August 2, 2015 |
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Minister | Jason Kenney Chris Alexander |
Preceded by | Norman Doyle |
Succeeded by | TBD |
Personal details | |
Born | Toronto, Ontario |
March 19, 1941
Political party | Progressive Conservative, 1990-2002 Conservative, 2002-Present |
Spouse(s) | Judith Tilson |
Residence | Orangeville, Ontario |
Profession | Lawyer |
David Allan Tilson, MP (born March 19, 1941) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 2002, and was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a Conservative Member of Parliament in 2004. He is currently the oldest serving MP in the 42nd Parliament.
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Background[edit]
Tilson was educated at the University of New Brunswick and Queen's University, and began practicing law in Orangeville, Ontario in 1970. He served as a trustee on the Dufferin County Board of Education for two terms, and then as a municipal councillor in Orangeville for six years. In the latter capacity, he was the founding Chair of Orangeville's Blue Box program and a Director of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario. He also served on the board of Westminster United Church.
Ontario politics[edit]
Tilson was elected to the Ontario legislature in the provincial election of 1990, defeating incumbent Liberal Mavis Wilson in Dufferin—Peel by 572 votes.[1] The New Democratic Party won this election, and Tilson spent the next five years as an opposition member.
The Ontario Tories won a majority government in the provincial election of 1995, and Tilson greatly increased his margin of victory, defeating Wilson by almost 15,000 votes in a rematch.[2] He was appointed chair of the government caucus in November 1997.
Tilson won another landslide re-election victory for the new riding of Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey in the 1999 election.[3] On April 2, 2002, he resigned his seat in the legislature to allow Premier Ernie Eves (who had been elected party leader without holding a seat) to run as a parachute candidate in a by-election. In 2003-04, he served as vice-chair of the Ontario Municipal Board.
Federal politics[edit]
Tilson ran for the Canadian House of Commons in the federal election of 2004 and defeated incumbent Liberal Murray Calder by a margin of 43% to 39% in the new riding of Dufferin—Caledon.[4]
Tilson supported plans to cut farm support programs, including the AgriRecovery Program, by $2 billion over the next year.[5]
Electoral record[edit]
Federal[edit]
Canadian federal election, 2015 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | David Tilson | 27,977 | 46.3 | -12.7 | – | |||
Liberal | Ed Crewson | 23,643 | 39.1 | +26.0 | – | |||
Green | Nancy Urekar | 4,433 | 7.3 | -7.3 | – | |||
New Democratic | Rehya Yazbek | 4,398 | 7.3 | -5.9 | – | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 60,451 | 100.0 | $233,489.35 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 232 | – | – | |||||
Turnout | 60,683 | 65.63 | +4.32 | |||||
Eligible voters | 92,461 | |||||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -19.35 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[6][7] |
Canadian federal election, 2011 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | David Tilson | 28,647 | 59.00 | +5.85 | ||||
Green | Ard Van Leeuwen | 7,132 | 14.69 | -2.11 | ||||
New Democratic | Leslie Parsons | 6,409 | 13.20 | +3.21 | ||||
Liberal | Bill Prout | 6,361 | 13.10 | -6.25 | ||||
Total valid votes | 48,549 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 187 | 0.38 | 0.00 | |||||
Turnout | 48,736 | 60.91 | +3.20 | |||||
Eligible voters | 80,019 | – | ||||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.98 |
Canadian federal election, 2008 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | David Tilson | 23,363 | 53.21 | +5.28 | $61,440 | |||
Liberal | Rebecca Finch | 8,495 | 19.35 | -10.58 | $18,089 | |||
Green | Ard Van Leeuwen | 7,377 | 16.80 | +6.80 | $66,728 | |||
New Democratic | Jason Bissett | 4,385 | 9.99 | -2.14 | ||||
Canadian Action | Dean Woods | 284 | 0.65 | * | $384 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 43,904 | 100.00 | $84,072 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 168 | 0.38 | ||||||
Turnout | 44,072 | 57.71 | ||||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +7.93 |
Canadian federal election, 2006 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | David Tilson | 23,641 | 47.93 | +1.01 | $49,542 | |||
Liberal | Garry Moore | 14,777 | 29.93 | -12.82 | $34,414 | |||
New Democratic | Chris Marquis | 5,983 | 12.13 | +2.88 | $3,352 | |||
Green | Ted Alexander | 4,912 | 10.00 | +0.39 | $10,218 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 49,313 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 166 | 0.34 | ||||||
Turnout | 49,479 | 64.94 | ||||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.9 |
Canadian federal election, 2004 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | David Tilson | 19,270 | 42.81 | -5.00 | ||||
Liberal | Murray Calder | 17,557 | 39.00 | -6.93 | ||||
Green | Ted Alexander | 3,947 | 8.77 | +5.53 | ||||
New Democratic | Rita Landry | 3,798 | 8.44 | +5.42 | ||||
Christian Heritage | Ursula Ellis | 443 | 0.98 | - | ||||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 45,015 | 100.00 | ||||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.0 |
Provincial[edit]
Ontario general election, 1999: Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Progressive Conservative | David Tilson | 30,532 | 64.76 | |||||
Liberal | Steve White | 13,591 | 28.83 | |||||
New Democratic | Noel Duignan | 1,871 | 3.97 | |||||
Green | Richard Procter | 1,156 | 2.45 | |||||
Total valid votes/ | 47,150 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 342 | – | ||||||
Turnout | 49,492 | 58.6 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 81,020 | |||||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | – |
Ontario general election, 1995: Dufferin—Peel | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | David Tilson | 23,239 | 66.00 | +31.30 | ||||
Liberal | Mavis Wilson | 8,501 | 24.14 | -8.66 | ||||
New Democratic | Sandra Crane | 3,470 | 9.85 | -17.55 | ||||
Total valid votes/ | 35,210 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 204 | – | ||||||
Turnout | 35,414 | 65.2 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 54,176 | |||||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +19.98 |
Ontario general election, 1990: Dufferin—Peel | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | David Tilson | 10,899 | 34.70 | +3.41 | ||||
Liberal | Mavis Wilson | 10,327 | 32.80 | -20.26 | ||||
New Democratic | Sandra Crane | 8,627 | 27.40 | +11.76 | ||||
Libertarian | Bob Shapton | 1,594 | 5.10 | – | ||||
Total valid votes/ | 35,210 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 204 | – | ||||||
Turnout | 35,414 | |||||||
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +11.84 |
References[edit]
- ^ "Ontario election: Riding-by-riding voting results". The Globe and Mail. September 7, 1990. p. A12.
- ^ "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. June 8, 1995. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
- ^ "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. June 3, 1999. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
- ^ "Election results...riding by riding". The Globe and Mail. June 29, 2004. p. A14.
- ^ Valeriote, Frank. "Drought inspires Conservatives to cut farm relief". The Caledon Citizen. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
- ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Dufferin—Caledon, 30 September 2015
- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
External links[edit]
- David Tilson – Parliament of Canada biography
- Official website
- Ontario Legislative Assembly Parliamentarian History
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