Zee Hamid

While Hamid was born in Karachi, Pakistan, his family is from Bihar, India, and had lived in Calcutta, India and Dhaka, Bangladesh before settling in Pakistan. He immigrated to Canada with his family as a teenager and has a Bachelor of Mathematics and Computer Science degree from the University of Waterloo.

Hamid served in several community positions before he ran for office, including the Milton Transit Advisory Committee and Halton's Inter-Municipal Committee on Sustainability.{{Cite web|title=Hamid eyes Ward 8 councillor seat|date=January 21, 2010 |url=https://www.insidehalton.com/news/hamid-eyes-ward-8-councillor-seat/article_9f5fde4f-e604-509c-91ec-835ddf186e38.html}} In 2009 he ran a petition to advocate for an underpass on Derry Road in Milton.{{Cite web | title=Resident starts petition to speed up underpass|date=August 19, 2009 |url=https://www.insidehalton.com/news/resident-starts-petition-to-speed-up-underpass/article_de09e433-6ac0-5393-95dd-b86971f9553a.html}}

In 2010, he ran for the Milton Town Council in ward 8 and beat his opponent by 23.38 points. He was elected again in 2014.

In 2016, he voted to reduce the size of the Milton council by two councillors, rather than increasing it by two.{{Cite web | title=UPDATE: Milton votes to shrink size of council| date=June 28, 2016| url=https://www.insidehalton.com/news/council/update-milton-votes-to-shrink-size-of-council/article_6814a355-46a0-5941-9ea2-75a79f2d841e.html}} As he was the last person to vote and the vote was equal, his final vote was seen as a tiebreaker vote.

In 2018, he ran for the Halton Regional Council, facing another councillor John Pollard and former Regional Councillor Tony Lambert. Hamid won by getting 54.47% of the total votes against 4 other challengers.{{Cite web | title=Milton election results 2018|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4539203/milton-municipal-election-2018/}}

Hamid ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Milton in the 2022 municipal election, losing by fewer than 1,000 votes to long-time incumbent Gordon Krantz.

When Milton MPP Parm Gill resigned from his seat to run federally, Hamid was tapped to become the Ontario PC candidate.{{Cite web|title=Doug Ford names Milton byelection candidate |website=Toronto Star |date=March 5, 2024 |url=https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/doug-ford-names-milton-byelection-candidate/article_6ba4c556-da36-11ee-b331-0b91ee3995c6.html}} On May 2, 2024, Hamid won 47% of the vote to 38.3% for Ontario Liberal's Naidoo Harris{{Cite web |title=Ford's Progressive Conservatives win both Ontario byelections {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/10466960/ontario-byelections-results-pc-win/ |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=Global News |language=en-US}} despite polls showing a neck to neck race.{{Cite web |last=Casey |first=Liam |date=2024-05-02 |title=Progressive Conservatives win both Ontario byelections |url=https://www.cp24.com/news/progressive-conservatives-win-both-ontario-byelections-1.6870216 |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=CP24 |language=en}} He increased the winning margin from 4.32 points in 2022 to 8.79 points in 2024.

In the 2025 general election, Hamid maintained his voter share, up from 47.04% to 47.4%.

Before running as a PC candidate, Hamid had donated $3,508 to the Ontario Liberal Party since 2014, including to former Liberal leader Steven Del Duca's 2020 leadership campaign. He had also run unsuccessfully for the federal Liberal nomination in his riding for the 2015 Canadian federal election.

Hamid and his wife have a blended family of six children.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-06 |title=Ontario PC Party Nominates Zee Hamid as Candidate |url=https://ca.news.yahoo.com/ontario-pc-party-nominates-zee-081242052.html |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=Yahoo News |language=en-CA}}

{{CANelec/top|ON|2025|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}

{{CANelec|ON|PC|Zee Hamid|20,091|47.4|+0.4|}}

{{CANelec|ON|Liberal|Kristina Tesser Derksen|17,551|41.4|+3.1|}}

{{CANelec|ON|NDP|Katherine Cirlincione|2,403|5.7|–1.1|}}

{{CANelec|ON|Green|Susan Doyle|1,130|2.7|–0.1|}}

{{CANelec|ON|New Blue|John Spina|866|2.0|–2.0|}}

{{CANelec|ON|Centrist|Mohsin Rizvi|316|0.7|N/A}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes/expense limit||||}}

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

{{CANelec/total|Turnout||42.2|+14.5}}

{{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|100,342}}

{{CANelec/hold|ON|PC|–1.4}}

{{CANelec/source|Source: Elections Ontario{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.on.ca/en/election-results/059.html |title=Milton Election Results |date=28 February 2025 |access-date=28 February 2025 |publisher=Elections Ontario}}|}}

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{{CANelec/top|ON|May 2, 2024|Milton (provincial electoral district)|Milton|by=yes|percent=yes|change=yes|reason=Resignation of Parm Gill}}

{{CANelec|ON|PC|Zee Hamid|12,880|47.04|+3.97}}

{{CANelec|ON|Liberal|Galen Naidoo Harris|10,473|38.25|-0.50}}

{{CANelec|ON|NDP|Edie Strachan|1,851|6.76|-2.94}}

{{CANelec|ON|New Blue|John Spina|1,102|4.02|-0.03}}

{{CANelec|ON|Green|Kyle Hutton|755|2.76|-1.38}}

{{CANelec|ON|Ontario Party|Frederick Weening|111|0.41|}}

{{CANelec|ON|Family Rights|Tony Walton|101|0.37|}}

{{CANelec|ON|Independent|John Turmel|64|0.23|}}

{{CANelec|ON|Independent|Arabella Vida|42|0.15|}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|27,379}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout||27.72|-14.99}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|98,785}}

{{CANelec/hold|ON|PC|+2.24}}

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