Trevor Pettit (born March 14, 1951) is a former
politician
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in Ontario,
Canada
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. He was a
Progressive Conservative member of the
Ontario legislature
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from 1995 to 1999 who represented the riding of
Hamilton Mountain
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.
Background
Pettit was born in Hamilton. He worked as a sales director for a manufacturing company in neighbouring
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Places
Australia
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which is now part of Hamilton. He is married with two children.
Politics
He was elected to the provincial legislature in the
1995 provincial election, defeating Liberal
Marie Bountrogianni
Marie Bountrogianni (born December 10, 1956) is the former Dean of The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education at Ryerson University. She is also the former Chief psychologist of the Hamilton Board of Education, the former President and ...
and incumbent
New Democrat
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Brian Charlton
Brian Albert Charlton (born May 22, 1947) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1977 to 1995 who represented the riding of Hamilton Mountain. He served as a cabinet ...
finished third.
He sat in the backbenches 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 during his time in the legislature. He advocated the amalgamation of Hamilton with neighbouring municipalities, a policy initiative which was passed during the Harris government's second term.
Pettit lost to Bountrigianni by about 2,500 votes in the
1999 provincial election.
In 2010, he attempted to unseat incumbent Scott Duvall for the position of Hamilton city councillor in Ward Seven, but was unsuccessful.
Electoral record
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! Votes
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Scott Duvall
Scott Duvall is a retired Canadian politician who served as the member of Parliament for Hamilton Mountain from 2015 until 2021. He had previously served on Hamilton City Council representing Ward 7 (Central Mountain) from 2006 until he was el ...
(incumbent)
, style="text-align:right;" , 9,027
, style="text-align:right;" , 57.61%
, style="text-align:right;" , +28.05%
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, style="text-align:left;" , Trevor Pettit
, style="text-align:right;" , 3,938
, style="text-align:right;" , 25.13%
, style="text-align:right;" , ''n/a''
, -
, style="background-color:#FF003F;" ,
, style="text-align:left;" , John Gallagher
, style="text-align:right;" , 1,899
, style="text-align:right;" , 12.12%
, style="text-align:right;" , +2.91%
, -
, style="background-color:#aaf442;" ,
, style="text-align:left;" , Keith Beck
, style="text-align:right;" , 805
, style="text-align:right;" , 5.14%
, style="text-align:right;" , ''n/a''
, -
, style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" , Total votes
, style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" , 16,173
, style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" , 100%
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, style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" , Registered voters
, style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" , 40,571
, style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" , 39.9 %
, style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" , +2.97%
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Note: All Hamilton Municipal Elections are officially non-partisan.
Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.)
and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates.
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, style="text-align:left;" colspan="13" , Sources:''
Hamilton, Ontario, City Clerk's Office
Later life
As of 2010, Pettit works as a government relations-energy consultant. He also an occasional guest columnist for local Hamilton newspapers.
In 2014, he retired to Costa Rica.
References
External links
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1951 births
Living people
Politicians from Hamilton, Ontario
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs