Allan Pilkey
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Allan Pilkey is a former politician
Politician
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 in Ontario
Ontario
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, Canada
Canada
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. He served as mayor
Mayor
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 of Oshawa
Oshawa
Oshawa is a city in Ontario, Canada, on the Lake Ontario shoreline. It lies in Southern Ontario approximately 60 kilometres east of downtown Toronto. It is commonly viewed as the eastern anchor of both the Greater Toronto Area and the Golden Horseshoe. It is now commonly referred to as the most...

, and was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
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 from 1990 to 1995.

Background

Pilkey's father, Cliff Pilkey
Cliff Pilkey
Clifford George Pilkey is a former Canadian politician and trade union leader.Pilkey was an autoworker and United Auto Workers leader in Oshawa's Local 222 before being elected to the Ontario legislature as the Ontario New Democratic Party MPP for Oshawa in the 1967 provincial election...

, was also a New Democratic Party Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) and a prominent organizer for the party.
Pilkey served as mayor of Oshawa in the late 1980s. He resigned after being elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1990 provincial election
Ontario general election, 1990
The Ontario general election of 1990 was held on September 6, 1990, to elect members of the 35th Legislative Assembly of the province of Ontario, Canada....

, easily winning in the riding of Oshawa
Oshawa (electoral district)
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.

Politics

The NDP won a majority government in this election under the leadership of Bob Rae
Bob Rae
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, and Pilkey was appointed to cabinet on October 1, 1990 as Minister of Industry, Trade and Technology. Following a cabinet shuffle on July 31, 1991, Pilkey became Solicitor General and Minister of Correctional Services. As Solicitor-General, Pilkey promoted legislation requiring police officers to file a report every time they unholstered their weapons. Despite protests from police officers, this bill became law on January 1, 1993.

Notwithstanding his success on this front, Pilkey's performance as a cabinet minister was criticized by others within the NDP. On February 3, 1993, he was demoted to a minister without portfolio
Minister without Portfolio
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 responsible for Minister responsible for Municipal Affairs. He held this position until 1995.

In 1994, Pilkey was one of twelve NDP MPPs to vote against Bill 167, a government bill which would have extended spousal benefits to same-sex couples. This decision cost him considerable support within the NDP.

The NDP were defeated in the 1995 provincial election
Ontario general election, 1995
The Ontario general election of 1995 was held on June 8, 1995, to elect members of the 36th Legislative Assembly of the province of Ontario, Canada...

, and Pilkey lost the Oshawa riding to Progressive Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
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 Jerry Ouellette
Jerry Ouellette
Jerry J. Ouellette is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1995, representing the riding of Oshawa for the Progressive Conservative Party. Ouellette was Minister of Natural Resources in the government of Ernie Eves.Ouellette graduated...

by over 8,000 votes.

Later life

Pilkey is now the assistant to the executive director of administration at the Ontario Workers Health and Safety Centre.
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