Vic Dhillon

Dhillon has lived in Brampton, Ontario for most of his life. He has a degree in business administration from Lakehead University, and helped found a family-owned business in Mississauga after his graduation. He has done fundraising work for the Brampton Food Bank, and led a local initiative to send supplies to eastern Ontario during the ice storm of 1998. Dhillon worked as a constituency assistant to federal Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) Gurbax Singh Malhi for five months after the 1993 federal election, and then worked as an executive assistant to Liberal MP Colleen Beaumier for over nine years.{{cite news |first=Natalia |last=Williams |title=Bill Davis country hit by aggressive campaigning |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=May 26, 1999 |page=1}}{{cite news |first=Bob |last=Mitchell |title=Rookie MPP is ready to work 24/7 |newspaper=Toronto Star |date= December 23, 2003 |page=B3}}

Dhillon ran in the 1999 provincial election as the Liberal candidate in the riding of Brampton West—Mississauga. He lost to high-profile Progressive Conservative cabinet minister Tony Clement by 8,310 votes.{{cite web |url=http://results.elections.on.ca/results/1999_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=37&rec=0&district=Brampton+West-Mississauga&flag=E&layout=G |title=Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=June 3, 1999 |access-date=2014-03-02}} He ran again in the 2003 election and this time defeated Clement by 2,512 votes.{{cite web |url=http://results.elections.on.ca/results/2003_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=38&rec=0&district=Brampton+West-Mississauga&flag=E&layout=G |title=Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=October 2, 2003 |access-date=2014-03-02}} Most political observers considered this to be a significant upset. Strong support from the riding's Indo-Canadian community was a factor, as was a provincial swing to the Liberals. He was elected without difficulty in 2007 in the new riding of Brampton West.{{cite web |url=http://elections.on.ca/NR/rdonlyres/AB409CCD-84F3-46FA-B3BD-39AB659EFC2D/0/SummaryofValidBallotsCastforEachCandidate.pdf |title=Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=October 10, 2007 |access-date=2014-03-02 |page=2 (xi) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091007160233/http://www.elections.on.ca/NR/rdonlyres/AB409CCD-84F3-46FA-B3BD-39AB659EFC2D/0/SummaryofValidBallotsCastforEachCandidate.pdf |archive-date=October 7, 2009 |df=mdy-all }} He was re-elected in 2011, and 2014.{{cite web |url=http://elections.on.ca/NR/rdonlyres/7849B894-4C4F-490E-9E8C-271BCF0C0D4D/5712/SummaryofvalidvotescastforeacndGE2011.pdf |title=Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=October 6, 2011 |access-date=2014-03-02 |page=2 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330163815/http://elections.on.ca/NR/rdonlyres/7849B894-4C4F-490E-9E8C-271BCF0C0D4D/5712/SummaryofvalidvotescastforeacndGE2011.pdf |archive-date=March 30, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}{{cite web |title=General Election by District: Brampton West |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=June 12, 2014 |url=http://wemakevotingeasy.ca/en/general-election-district-results.aspx?d=008}}

In 2004, Dhillon was credited by local residents with saving Knights Table, a non-profit diner that provides meals for Brampton's poor and homeless. According to a Toronto Star report, Dhillon introduced the diner's management to Jaswant Singh Birk, who in turn provided the establishment with a generous lease after its previous contract expired.{{cite news |first=Dino |last=Sossi |title=Too many cooks save the broth |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=December 29, 2004 |page=B2}}

He was appointed as parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Government Services on September 20, 2006.{{cite news |title=Premier McGuinty shuffles parliamentary assistants |publisher=Canada NewsWire |date=September 20, 2006}}

Dhillon supported Gerard Kennedy's bid to lead the Liberal Party of Canada in 2006.{{cite news| title=Kennedy team discloses list of MPP supporters |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=June 22, 2006 |page=A2}} In December 2006, he introduced a private member's bill to protect transient workers from exploitation by hiring agencies.{{cite news |first=Rita |last=Daly |title=MPPs target 'temp' boom |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=December 8, 2006 |page=A1}} The bill was endorsed by the Toronto Star in the following week.{{cite news |title=License 'temp' agencies |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=December 11, 2006 |page=A18}}

Dhillon took part in an Ontario government business mission to India in January 2007.{{cite news |title=Premier Kicks Off Business Mission To India |publisher=Canada NewsWire |date=January 14, 2007}}

Until August 2016, Dhillon served as a Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs. From August 2016 to May 2018, he served as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Government and Consumer Services.

Dhillon ran for re-election in Brampton West in the 2018 Ontario election. He placed third, after the Progressive Conservative and New Democratic Party candidates.{{cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4130083/ontario-election-2018-brampton-west-riding/|title=Ontario election 2018: Brampton West riding|date=30 May 2018|website=Global News|access-date=September 29, 2019}}

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{{CANelec|ON|PC|Amarjot Sandhu|14,951|39.39|+15.05}}

{{CANelec|ON|NDP|Jagroop Singh|14,461|38.09|+14.44}}

{{CANelec|ON|Liberal|Vic Dhillon|7,013|18.47|−26.76}}

{{CANelec|ON|Green|Julie Guillemet-Ackerman|999|2.63|−0.11}}

{{CANelec|ON|Libertarian|David Shaw|364|0.96|−0.64}}

{{CANelec|ON|Communist|Surjit Sahota|173|0.46|-}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|37,961|100.0  }}

{{CANelec/total|Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots|268|0.71|}}

{{CANelec/total|Turnout|38,229|47.67|}}

{{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|80,196}}

{{CANelec/gain|ON|PC|Liberal|-}}

{{CANelec/source|Source: Elections Ontario{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.on.ca/content/dam/NGW/sitecontent/2018/results/officialresults-yellowbook/votescastbycandidate/pdf/Valid%20Votes%20Cast%20for%20Each%20Candidate%20-%202018%20Provincial%20General%20Election.pdf|title=Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate|publisher=Elections Ontario|access-date=16 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181228175029/https://www.elections.on.ca/content/dam/NGW/sitecontent/2018/results/officialresults-yellowbook/votescastbycandidate/pdf/Valid%20Votes%20Cast%20for%20Each%20Candidate%20-%202018%20Provincial%20General%20Election.pdf|archive-date=28 December 2018|url-status=dead}}|}}

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{{CANelec/top|ON|2014|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|ON|Liberal|Vic Dhillon|24,832|45.23|+1.47}}

{{CANelec|ON|PC|Randeep Sandhu|13,363|24.34|−8.52}}

{{CANelec|ON|NDP|Gugni Gill Panaich|12,985|23.65|+4.69}}

{{CANelec|ON|Green|Sayyeda Ebrahim|1,504|2.74|−0.52}}

{{CANelec|ON|Libertarian|Luis Chacin|878|1.60|–}}

{{CANelec|ON|Family Coalition|Dan Sullivan|800|1.46|–}}

{{CANelec|ON|Freedom|Ted Harlson|540|0.98|−0.18}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|54,902|100.0  }}

{{CANelec/total|Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots|952|1.70}}

{{CANelec/total|Turnout|55,854|}}

{{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|131,434}}

{{CANelec/hold|ON|Liberal|+5.03}}

{{CANelec/source|Source:Elections Ontario{{cite web|url=http://www.wemakevotingeasy.ca/media/EO_Site/official_GE/GE_2014/ED008-F0244.pdf|author=Elections Ontario|title=Official return from the records, 008 Brampton West|date=17 June 2014|access-date=27 June 2015}}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}|}}

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