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David Tilson
Canadian politician
David Allan Tilson (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 served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Dufferin—Caledon from 2004 to 2019 as a member of the Conservative Party. When he left office, he was the oldest serving MP in the 42nd Parliament.
David Allan Tilson | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Dufferin—Caledon | |
| In office June 28, 2004 – September 11, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Murray Calder |
| Succeeded by | Kyle Seeback |
| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey Dufferin—Peel (1990-1999) | |
| In office September 6, 1990 – April 2, 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Mavis Wilson |
| Succeeded by | Ernie Eves |
| Chair of the Standing Committee on Citizenship & Immigration | |
| In office February 3, 2009 – August 2, 2015 | |
| Minister | Jason Kenney Chris Alexander |
| Preceded by | Norman Doyle |
| Succeeded by | Borys Wrzesnewskyj |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1941-03-19) March 19, 1941 (age 83) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative, 1990-2002 Conservative, 2002-Present |
| Spouse | Judith Tilson |
| Residence | Orangeville, Ontario |
| Profession | Lawyer |
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.
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.
Tilson ran for the House of Commons of Canada 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]
Tilson did not run for reelection in the 2019 federal election.[6]
Federal
| 2015 Canadian federal election: Dufferin—Caledon | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | David Tilson | 27,977 | 46.28 | -12.73 | $89,524.29 | |||
| Liberal | Ed Crewson | 23,643 | 39.11 | +26.01 | $98,995.67 | |||
| Green | Nancy Urekar | 4,433 | 7.33 | -7.36 | $29,801.14 | |||
| New Democratic | Rehya Yazbek | 4,398 | 7.28 | -5.92 | $9,127.01 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 60,451 | 100.00 | $234,924.06 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 232 | 0.38 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 60,683 | 65.63 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 92,461 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -19.37 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[7][8] | ||||||||
| 2011 Canadian federal election: Dufferin—Caledon | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
| 2008 Canadian federal election: Dufferin—Caledon | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
| 2006 Canadian federal election: Dufferin—Caledon | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
| 2004 Canadian federal election: Dufferin—Caledon | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
Change is based on redistributed results from part of Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey in the 2000 election. Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative votes.
Provincial
| 1999 Ontario general election: Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | – | ||||||
| 1995 Ontario general election: Dufferin—Peel | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
| 1990 Ontario general election: Dufferin—Peel | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
- "Ontario election: Riding-by-riding voting results". The Globe and Mail. 7 September 1990. p. A12.
- "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. 8 June 1995. Archived from the original on 27 April 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
- "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. 3 June 1999. Retrieved 2 March 2014.[permanent dead link]
- "Election results...riding by riding". The Globe and Mail. 29 June 2004. p. A14.
- Valeriote, Frank. "Drought inspires Conservatives to cut farm relief". The Caledon Citizen. Archived from the original on 18 January 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
- Mike Baker (25 March 2019). "Harzadan Singh Khattra local Tories' surprise pick to succeed David Tilson". Orangeville Citizen.
- "Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Dufferin—Caledon, 30 September 2015". Archived from the original on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine