1. Timothy Patrick Hudak was born on November 1,1967 and is a former Canadian politician who led the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party from 2009 to 2014.
44 Facts About Tim Hudak
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Tim Hudak served as a cabinet minister in the governments of Mike Harris and Ernie Eves.
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Tim Hudak was born in Fort Erie, Ontario, to Anne Marie and Pat Tim Hudak.
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Tim Hudak's father was a high school principal whose parents came to Canada from Eastern Slovakia in advance of World War II.
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Tim Hudak's mother was a teacher, of Irish and French-Canadian descent.
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Tim Hudak attended the University of Western Ontario, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics in 1990.
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Tim Hudak then studied at the University of Washington in Seattle on a full scholarship.
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Tim Hudak received a master's degree in economics in 1993.
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Tim Hudak ran in the provincial election of 1995 in the riding of Niagara South.
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Aged 27, Tim Hudak was the second-youngest Member of Provincial Parliament elected in 1995, the youngest being John Baird.
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The Progressive Conservatives won a majority government under Mike Harris, and Tim Hudak was appointed Parliamentary Assistant to Minister of Health Jim Wilson.
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Tim Hudak later served as Parliamentary Assistant to Wilson's successor, Elizabeth Witmer.
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Immediately following the September 11 attacks in 2001, Tim Hudak called together leaders in the tourism industry and executed a plan that provided $14 million for marketing to help the industry recover.
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Tim Hudak supported Jim Flaherty's unsuccessful bid to become party leader in 2002.
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The Tories lost the provincial election of 2003, although Tim Hudak was easily re-elected by a margin of 4,058 votes.
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Tim Hudak was appointed as PC Caucus Chair and critic responsible for Public Infrastructure Renewal, and later elevated to the role of critic for both Municipal Affairs and Housing and Public Infrastructure Renewal.
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Tim Hudak proposed Bill 75, known as the Homestead Act, which aimed to cap residential property assessment increases at five per cent.
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Tim Hudak again supported Jim Flaherty's bid to become party leader in the 2004 PC leadership election.
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Tim Hudak was endorsed by federal Conservative cabinet ministers John Baird and Tony Clement, who had served alongside him in the cabinets of Harris and Eves.
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Tim Hudak placed first out of the four candidates defeating Frank Klees, Christine Elliott, and Randy Hillier.
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The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reported that a freedom-of-information request by Tim Hudak's Tories was behind the shakeup.
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On September 10,2009, Tim Hudak delivered his first major speech as Party leader to the Economic Club of Canada.
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On October 19,2009, Tim Hudak launched a petition to support the new West Lincoln Memorial Hospital in West Niagara.
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The Party's first year under Tim Hudak's leadership wrapped up with the Conservative's Northern Ontario jobs plan, a plan to restore jobs and economic growth to Ontario's vast north.
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Tim Hudak criticized the McGuinty government's approach to Ontario's nuclear industry.
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Tim Hudak said the amount of money paid out in six-figure salaries to LHIN executives and managers had nearly doubled since 2006 and promised to dissolve the LHINs if he were to win the Ontario general election in 2011.
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Tim Hudak vowed to eliminate the eco-tax, a fee on certain environmentally harmful products brought in by McGuinty, if he were elected Premier.
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On May 26,2011, Tim Hudak proposed a highly controversial plan to implement mandatory street-cleaning "work gangs" made up of provincial inmates, replacing current voluntary programs.
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Tim Hudak faced criticism from party members after the Progressive Conservatives won only one out of five seats being contested in a series of by-elections on August 1,2013.
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Tim Hudak's Conservatives ran on a platform promising to create a million jobs and to reduce the public service by 100,000 jobs through attrition - resulting in his math being challenged by the other parties and various analysts.
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Tim Hudak won his Niagara West-Glanbrook seat while his party lost 10 seats.
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Tim Hudak announced he would resign as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party after losing to Kathleen Wynne's Liberals, which secured a majority government, but said he will continue as an MPP.
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Tim Hudak did not take a position in the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet named by his interim successor, Jim Wilson.
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In October 2015, Tim Hudak tabled a private member's bill that would legalize ridesharing companies such as Uber, property rental services such as Airbnb, and parking-sharing services such as Rover at the provincial level and with provincial regulatory standards.
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Tim Hudak announced on August 9,2016, that he would be resigning his seat in the Ontario legislature, effective September 16,2016, to become the Chief Executive Officer of the Ontario Real Estate Association.
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Tim Hudak has proposed income splitting for young couples and families, and campaigned to scrap the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, replacing it with a courts-based system of settling complaints.
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Tim Hudak's wife, Deb Hutton, was a senior adviser to Mike Harris, and he is seen by some as the new standard-bearer for the Mike Harris Common Sense Revolution.
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When he was running for the PC leadership in 2009, Tim Hudak told the Association for Reformed Political Action that he is anti-abortion and had signed petitions calling for the defunding of abortions.
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However, on July 18,2011, during the lead-up to the October 6 provincial election, Tim Hudak stated that he "may have" signed petitions calling for an end to abortion funding.
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Tim Hudak refused to answer follow-up questions from media regarding his views on abortion, but promised that he would not reopen the abortion debate if elected premier.
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In December 2012, Tim Hudak announced that if he were to form government he would allow beer, wine and spirits to be sold at corner stores throughout the province.
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Tim Hudak said he would sell part of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario or some of its stores to the private sector and is open to the idea of a full sell-off of the LCBO.
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Tim Hudak married Deb Hutton on October 5,2002 and together they have two daughters, Miller and Maitland.
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Tim Hudak is an avid Twitter, Facebook, and social media enthusiast.