Trevor Pettit

Trevor Pettit (born March 14, 1951) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Ontario legislature from 1995 to 1999 who represented the riding of Hamilton Mountain.

Trevor Pettit
Ontario MPP
In office 1995–1999
Preceded by	Brian Charlton
Succeeded by	Marie Bountrogianni
Constituency	Hamilton Mountain
Personal details
Born	(1951-03-14) March 14, 1951 (age 74) Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Residence	Hamilton
Occupation	Sales executive

Background

Pettit was born in Hamilton. He worked as a sales director for a manufacturing company in neighbouring Dundas which is now part of Hamilton. He is married with two children.^[1]

Politics

He was elected to the provincial legislature in the 1995 provincial election, defeating Liberal Marie Bountrogianni and incumbent New Democrat Brian Charlton finished third.^[2] He sat in the backbenches of Mike Harris's government during his time in the legislature. He advocated the amalgamation of Hamilton with neighbouring municipalities, a policy initiative which was passed during the Harris government's second term.^[3]

Pettit lost to Bountrigianni by about 2,500 votes in the 1999 provincial election.^[4]

In 2010, he attempted to unseat incumbent Scott Duvall for the position of Hamilton city councillor in Ward Seven, but was unsuccessful.^[5]

Electoral record

v t e 1995 Ontario general election: Hamilton Mountain
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Trevor Pettit	13,852	36.60	+16.14
	Liberal	Marie Bountrogianni	12,824	33.88	+14.16
	New Democratic	Brian Charlton	9,837	25.99	-33.81
	Family Coalition	Michael O'Grady	1,329	3.51
Total valid votes			37,822	100.00
Source: Elections Ontario.[2]

v t e 1999 Ontario general election: Hamilton Mountain
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Marie Bountrogianni	19,076	40.25	+6.34
	Progressive Conservative	Trevor Pettit	16,397	34.60	-2.02
	New Democratic	Chris Charlton	10,622	22.41	-3.55
	Green	Kelli Gallagher	456	0.96
	Family Coalition	Jim Enos	426	0.90	-2.61
	Natural Law	Bob Danio	261	0.55
	Independent	Rolf Gerstenberger	159	0.34
Total valid votes			47,397	100.00
Source: Elections Ontario.[4]

Summary of the October 25, 2010 Hamilton, Ontario Ward Seven Councillor Election

Candidate		Popular vote
		Votes	%	±%
	Scott Duvall (incumbent)	9,027	57.61%	+28.05%
	Trevor Pettit	3,938	25.13%	n/a
	John Gallagher	1,899	12.12%	+2.91%
	Keith Beck	805	5.14%	n/a
Total votes		16,173	100%
Registered voters		40,571	39.9 %	+2.97%
Note: All Hamilton Municipal Elections are officially non-partisan. Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.) and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates.
Sources: Hamilton, Ontario, City Clerk's Office

Later life

As of 2010, Pettit works as a government relations-energy consultant. He also an occasional guest columnist for local Hamilton newspapers.^[6][7] In 2014, he retired to Costa Rica.