Ronald E. F. Eddy (born ) is a politician in

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, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the

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from 1992 to 1995. He represented the riding of

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, and the mayor of the

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from 1999 to 2018.

Background

Eddy was born in

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and raised on a farm near

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. He worked as a farmer and municipal administrator. He was a clerk-administrator in

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from 1955 to 1973, and for Middlesex County from 1974 to 1992. He was reeve of South Dumfries Township from 1978 to 1991, and was a councillor in Brant County. On one occasion, he served as president of the

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. In 1990, Eddy was president of an international plowing competition.

Politics

He was elected to the Ontario legislature in a

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held on March 5, 1992, following the resignation of former Liberal leader Robert Nixon in

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. Eddy was elected over Progressive Conservative candidate David Timms by almost 5,000 votes. The Progressive Conservatives won a majority government in the 1995 provincial election, and Eddy lost his seat to PC candidate

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by about 3,500 votes. In 1999, Eddy returned to municipal politics and became the mayor of the

. He also serves on the board of directors for Brant County Power and is vice-president of the Children's Aid Society of Brant. Eddy lost re-election to businessman David Bailey in

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Electoral record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Eddy, Ronald 1931 births Living people Ontario Liberal Party MPPs People from the County of Brant 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario 20th-century mayors of places in Ontario 21st-century mayors of places in Ontario