Norman Allan Miller (born 1956) is a

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, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of

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for the Progressive Conservative Party from 2001 to 2022. His father,

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, was also a Progressive Conservative MPP from the region for 11 years, and briefly served as Premier of Ontario in 1985.

Background

Miller started a Muskoka Young Progressive Conservative organization in 1975, and has been active in the party since this time. He is a commercial pilot and has served as president of Muskoka Tourism. Miller along with his wife Chris, and their children Abigail, Renne, Winston and Stuart owned and operated a lodge called Patterson Kaye between the 1980s until 2005.

Politics

Miller was elected to the Ontario legislature in a 2001

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, called after

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resigned his seat in the legislature; he defeated

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Evelyn Brown by about 4000 votes. In April 2002, Miller was appointed as

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to the Minister of Northern Development and Mines. Miller was re-elected by an increased margin in the 2003 provincial election, although the Progressive Conservatives were reduced to only 24 out of 103 seats in the legislature as the Liberals won a commanding majority. In 2004, he supported

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in the latter's successful bid to succeed Eves as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party. He was re-elected in 2007, 2011, 2014 and 2018.

Electoral record

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