Robert Walter Elliot (October 17, 1933 – June 4, 2020) was a politician in
Ontario
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, Canada. He was a
Liberal
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member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 1990. He represented the riding of
Halton North.
Background
Elliot was educated at Kitchener-Waterloo College,
Brock University
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and
McMaster University
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, receiving a
Master of Education
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degree. He worked as a high-school math teacher and principal before entering political life, and was a
Freemason.
Politics
He first ran for the Ontario legislature in the
1977 provincial election, but lost to
Progressive Conservative incumbent
James Snow
James Wilfred Snow (July 12, 1929 – September 13, 2008) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1967 to 1985 who represented the GTA ridings of Halton ...
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.
Elliot was a backbench supporter of
David Peterson
David Robert Peterson (born December 28, 1943) is a Canadian lawyer and former politician who served as the 20th premier of Ontario from 1985 to 1990. He was the first Liberal officeholder in 42 years, ending the so-called Tory dynasty.
Backgr ...
's government after the election, and served as a
parliamentary assistant
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to the
Minister of Housing in 1989-90.
The Liberals were defeated by the
New Democratic Party in the
1990 provincial election, and Elliot lost his seat to NDP candidate
Noel Duignan
Noel Duignan (born December 20, 1948) is former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1995.
Background
Before running for office, Duignan was an executive assis ...
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