Trevor Pettit
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Trevor Pettit (born March 14, 1951) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Ontario legislature from 1995 to 1999 who represented the riding of Hamilton Mountain.
Background
Pettit was born in Hamilton. He worked as a sales director for a manufacturing company in neighbouring Dundas which is now part of Hamilton. He is married with two children.[1]
Politics
He was elected to the provincial legislature in the 1995 provincial election, defeating Liberal Marie Bountrogianni and incumbent New Democrat Brian Charlton finished third.[2] He sat in the backbenches of Mike Harris's government during his time in the legislature. He advocated the amalgamation of Hamilton with neighbouring municipalities, a policy initiative which was passed during the Harris government's second term.[3]
Pettit lost to Bountrigianni by about 2,500 votes in the 1999 provincial election.[4]
In 2010, he attempted to unseat incumbent Scott Duvall for the position of Hamilton city councillor in Ward Seven, but was unsuccessful.[5]
Electoral record
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| Candidate | Popular vote | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | ||||||||||
| Scott Duvall (incumbent) | 9,027 | 57.61% | +28.05% | |||||||||
| Trevor Pettit | 3,938 | 25.13% | n/a | |||||||||
| John Gallagher | 1,899 | 12.12% | +2.91% | |||||||||
| Keith Beck | 805 | 5.14% | n/a | |||||||||
| Total votes | 16,173 | 100% | ||||||||||
| Registered voters | 40,571 | 39.9 % | +2.97% | |||||||||
| Note: All Hamilton Municipal Elections are officially non-partisan. Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.) and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. | ||||||||||||
| Sources: Hamilton, Ontario, City Clerk's Office | ||||||||||||
Later life
As of 2010, Pettit works as a government relations-energy consultant. He also an occasional guest columnist for local Hamilton newspapers.[6][7] In 2014, he retired to Costa Rica.
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