Robert Walter Elliot (October 17, 1933 – June 4, 2020) was a politician in
Ontario, Canada. He was a
Liberal member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
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from 1987 to 1990. He represented the riding of
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Background
Elliot was educated at Kitchener-Waterloo College,
Brock University and
McMaster University, receiving a
Master of Education degree. He worked as a high-school math teacher and principal before entering political life, and was a
Freemason
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Politics
He first ran for the Ontario legislature in the
1977 provincial election, but lost to
Progressive Conservative incumbent
James Snow by about 6,500 votes in the constituency of
Oakville.
He ran again in the
1981 election, and lost to Snow by an even greater margin.
He was elected in the
1987 election, defeating PC candidate Dave Whitling by 4,724 votes in the redistributed riding of
Halton North Halton North was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It existed from 1987 to 1999, when it was abolished when ridings were redistributed to match their federal counterpart. It consisted of the northern areas of Halton Region.
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Elliot was a backbench supporter of
David Peterson's government after the election, and served as a
parliamentary assistant to the
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in 1989-90.
The Liberals were defeated by the
New Democratic Party
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in the
1990 provincial election, and Elliot lost his seat to NDP candidate
Noel Duignan by 548 votes.
He sought a comeback to the legislature in the
1995 election, but lost to Progressive Conservative candidate
Ted Chudleigh in a landslide.
Later life
Elliot later served as fundraising chair for the Halton Museum. He died on June 4, 2020, at the age of 86.
Robert Walter ELLIOT Obituary - Milton, ON
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1933 births
Brock University alumni
2020 deaths
Ontario Liberal Party MPPs