Randy Hillier | |
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| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston (Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington; 2007–2018) | |
| In office October 30, 2007 – May 3, 2022[1] | |
| Preceded by | Riding formed |
| Succeeded by | John Jordan |
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| Born | 1958 (age 65–66) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Political party | Independent (2019–2022) |
| Other political affiliations | PPC (2021–2022) Progressive Conservative (2007–2019) |
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Randy Alexander Hillier[2] (born 1958) is a Canadian politician who served as a member of provincial parliament (MPP) in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2007-2022. Hillier represented the riding of Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston as an independent MPP from 2019 to 2022. This riding contains much of the dissolved riding of Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington, which he represented from 2007 to 2018.[3] Hillier was initially elected as a Progressive Conservative (PC) Party MPP, remaining a member until he was removed in 2019. Despite announcing that he would run for election under the banner of the Ontario First Party in November 2021, Hillier announced in March 2022 that he would not seek re-election.[4]
Hillier was a candidate in the 2009 PC leadership election and the interim leadership election in 2014.[5][6] He has formerly served as the PC critic for the Attorney General, Labour, Northern Development, and Mines and Forestry in the legislature.[3] Hillier was removed from the PC Party by Premier Doug Ford in 2019 after making disrespectful comments to parents of children with autism. He has been outspoken against the use of facemasks, vaccines, and lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic. He spent extensive time at the "Freedom Convoy", encouraging people to flood police phone lines during the clearance of protesters, and is currently on bail following nine charges related to his activity around the protest.[7][8]
He sat as an independent MPP until the dissolution of Parliament on May 3, 2022. As of August 2022, Hillier provides landscaping and excavation services.[9]
- ^ "Randy Hillier". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 10 October 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ @ONPARLeducation (13 July 2022). "Within the halls of the Legislature are walls that contain the names of every Member of Provincial Parliament elected to Ontario's Legislature since 1867. The names for the 42nd Parliament were recently added. For the first time a Member's name was inscribed in Oji-Cree syllabics" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ a b "Randy Hillier | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. 10 October 2007.
- ^ Neufeld, Abby (3 March 2022). "Ontario MPP Randy Hillier announces he will not run in June election". CTV News Toronto. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ "Eastern Ontario MPPs Hillier and Yakabuski seek interim Tory leadership". Ottawa Citizen.
- ^ "Hillier joins Klees in bid for PC leadership race". CTV News Toronto. The Canadian Press. 30 March 2009. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
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