Gary John Fox (December 23, 1943 – December 8, 2022) was a Canadian politician in Ontario. He was a
Progressive Conservative member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
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from 1995 to 1999.
Background
Fox was educated at the
University of Guelph
, mottoeng = "to learn the reasons of realities"
, established = May 8, 1964 ()As constituents: OAC: (1874) Macdonald Institute: (1903) OVC: (1922)
, type = Public university
, chancellor ...
, and graduated from their Advanced Agriculture Leadership Program. He worked as a farmer after graduation, and became a senior partner in Fox Farms of
Bloomfield, Ontario.
Politics
Fox served as a councillor on the
Sophiasburgh township council and the
Prince Edward County Regional Council, and was a
reeve of Sophiasburgh.
He was elected to the Ontario legislature in the
1995 provincial election, defeating
Liberal
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candidate Robert Gentile and incumbent
New Democrat
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Paul Johnson by over 6,000 votes in the riding of
Prince Edward—Lennox-South Hastings.
He served as a backbench supporter of
Mike Harris
Michael Deane Harris (born January 23, 1945) is a Canadian retired politician who served as the 22nd premier of Ontario from 1995 to 2002 and leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (PC Party) from 1990 to 2002. During his time ...
's government for the next four years, and was chair of the PC Rural Caucus Advisory Committee.
Fox was upset by Liberal
Ernie Parsons
Ernie Parsons (born June 5, 1946) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Prince Edward—Hastings for the Ontario Liberal Party from 1999 to 2007. In 2007 he ...
in the
1999 provincial election, losing by only 56 votes in the redistributed riding of
Prince Edward—Hastings
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.
He sought the federal
Conservative Party of Canada
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nomination in
Prince Edward—Hastings for the
2004 federal election, but lost to
Daryl Kramp
Daryl Kramp (born June 14, 1947) is a Canadian politician. He served as the Conservative member of the Member of Parliament for the riding of Prince Edward—Hastings. He also served as the Progressive Conservative Member of Provincial Parliam ...
.
Later life and death
Fox thereafter continued to be a leading farmer in Prince Edward County, where he was considered to be a skilled sheepbreeder, and an expert evaluator of sale cattle.
Fox died on December 8, 2022, at the age of 79.
Former MPP Gary Fox Passes Away
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References
External links
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1943 births
2022 deaths
20th-century Canadian farmers
People from Prince Edward County, Ontario
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs