Margaret Elizabeth Hill ( Dubois; May 12, 1937 – November 4, 2013) was a Canadian pre-amalgamation municipal politician in

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. She was the reeve of

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and following amalgamation in 1974, was mayor of

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until 1981. She also sat on the council of the

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. In 1994, she was elected to Ottawa-Carleton Regional Council, two years after getting a law degree. She won election by just 75 votes. She represented

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, which covered Goulbourn, Rideau and West Carleton Townships. She was re-elected by acclamation in 1997. In 1997, Hill ran for the

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in Nepean-Carleton, but disagreed with party leader

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over calling Quebec a 'distinct society'. She finished third in the race with 19.0%. A "firebrand conservative", Hill opposed bilingualism in her career, was a fierce francophobe (source: Riley, Susan, 'Tory cheer belies huge electoral challenge, The Ottawa Citizen; Ottawa, Ont. ttawa, Ont 10 Mar 1997: D.4.), was a tax hawk, supported suburban developments and opposed social projects. Prior to Ottawa's amalgamation in 2001, Hill ran 2000 municipal elections for the new

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, but lost to Goulbourn Mayor

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. Hill died from diabetes complications on November 4, 2013, at the age of 76.

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