Mavis Wilson (born ) is a former

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, Canada. She was a

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member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 1990 who represented the riding of Dufferin—Peel. She served as a cabinet minister in the government of

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Background

Wilson and her husband Bruce manage a potato farm in the

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region. Together they raised three children Vanessa Wilson, Taylor Wilson and Hunter Wilson.

Politics

Wilson began her political career as a school trustee, served on the

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Board of Education for eleven years (including three as chair). She was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1987 provincial election, defeating her Progressive Conservative opponent by almost 6,000 votes in the riding of Dufferin—Peel.

's Liberals won a landslide majority in this election, and Wilson was appointed as a

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responsible for Senior Citizen's Affairs on September 10, 1987. On August 2, 1989, she was appointed Minister responsible for Women's Issues, a post she held until her defeat in the September 1990 election. The Liberals were defeated by the

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in the 1990 provincial election. Wilson lost her seat by 572 votes to

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of the

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. She attempted to regain the seat in the 1995 provincial election, but lost by almost 15,000 votes amid a Progressive Conservative majority government victory.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, Mavis 1949 births Women government ministers of Canada Living people Ontario Liberal Party MPPs Ontario school board trustees People from Orangeville, Ontario Women MPPs in Ontario