Editing Gerry Phillips (section)

==Politics==
He ran for the Ontario legislature as a [[Liberal Party of Ontario|Liberal]] in the [[1975 Ontario general election|provincial election of 1975]], but lost to [[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Progressive Conservative]] [[Thomas Leonard Wells|Tom Wells]] in [[Scarborough North (provincial electoral district)|Scarborough North]] by about 3,000 votes.<ref name="1975 results">{{cite news |title=Table of vote results for all Ontario ridings |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=September 19, 1975 |page=C12}}</ref>

===Peterson government===
Phillips tried again in the [[1987 Ontario general election|provincial election of 1987]] in the riding of [[Scarborough—Agincourt (provincial electoral district)|Scarborough—Agincourt]] this time defeating his nearest opponent, David Kho of the [[Ontario New Democratic Party]] (NDP) by over 12,000 votes.<ref name="1987 results">{{cite news |title=Results from individual ridings |newspaper=The Windsor Star |date=September 11, 1987 |page=F2}}</ref> The Liberals won a landslide majority in this election under [[David Peterson]]. On September 29, 1987, Phillips was appointed [[Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration|Minister of Citizenship]], with responsibility for race relations, multiculturalism and the [[Ontario Human Rights Commission]].<ref name="1987PetCab">{{cite news |title=Wrye gets new cabinet job |newspaper=The Windsor Star |date=September 29, 1987 |page=A1}}</ref>  In August 1989, he was transferred to the [[Ontario Minister of Labour|Ministry of Labour]].<ref name="1989PetCab">{{cite news |title=Veterans bear load as 8 ministers cut in Peterson shuffle |last=Allen |first=Gene |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=August 3, 1989 |page=A1}}</ref>

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===In opposition===
The Liberals were defeated by the NDP in the [[1990 Ontario general election|provincial election of 1990]], although Phillips was re-elected without difficulty in his own riding. Tory Keith MacNab finished second.<ref name="1990 results">{{cite news |title=Ontario election: Riding-by-riding voting results |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=September 7, 1990 |page=A12}}</ref>  In opposition, he held critic portfolios in Health, Finance and Native Affairs. In 1992, he supported [[Lyn McLeod]]'s successful campaign to become party leader.

The [[1995 Ontario general election|1995 provincial election]] was won by the Progressive Conservatives, and Phillips only narrowly won re-election in Agincourt, defeating Keith MacNab by about 2,000 votes.<ref name="1995 results">{{cite web |url=http://results.elections.on.ca/results/1995_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=36&rec=0&district=scarborough-agincourt&flag=E&layout=G |title=Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=June 8, 1995}}</ref>  Many suspected that Phillips would run for the party's leadership when [[Lyn McLeod]] resigned in 1996, but he declined and supported [[Gerard Kennedy]], who lost to Dalton McGuinty on the final ballot. Phillips was appointed as the party's Deputy Leader in 1998.

He was re-elected in 1999 by nearly 3,000 votes defeating Tory MPP [[Jim Brown (Ontario politician)|Jim Brown]] whose own nearby riding of [[Scarborough West (provincial electoral district)|Scarborough West]] was abolished in the lead-up to the election.<ref name="1999 results">{{cite web |url=http://results.elections.on.ca/results/1999_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=37&rec=0&district=scarborough-agincourt&flag=E&layout=G |title=Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=June 3, 1999 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402092648/http://results.elections.on.ca/results/1999_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=37&rec=0&district=Scarborough-Agincourt&flag=E&layout=G |archive-date=April 2, 2015 }}</ref> The Progressive Conservatives won re-election across the province, and Phillips remained in opposition serving in critic roles such as Native Affairs. Phillips helped lead the fight for a public inquiry into the 1995 shooting death of protester [[Dudley George]] by members of the [[Ontario Provincial Police]].

===McGuinty government===
The Liberal Party won a majority in the [[2003 Ontario general election|2003 election]], and Phillips was re-elected with 61% support in his riding.<ref name="2003 results">{{cite web |url=http://results.elections.on.ca/results/2003_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=38&rec=0&district=scarborough-agincourt&flag=E&layout=G |title=Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=October 2, 2003}}</ref> Phillips was appointed as [[Ontario Chair of the Management Board|Chair of the Management Board]].<ref name="2003McGuintyCab">{{cite news |title=Premier Dalton McGuinty and his 22-member cabinet were sworn in Thursday |publisher=Canadian Press NewsWire |date=October 23, 2003 |page=1}}</ref> After a cabinet shuffle on June 29, 2005, Phillips's portfolio was restructured as the [[Ministry of Government Services (Ontario)|Minister of Government Services]].<ref name="2005McGuintyCab0630">{{cite news |title=Cabinet shuffle focuses on health care, education; McGuinty to head new Research and Innovation ministry |newspaper=The Kitchener Record |date=June 30, 2005 |page=A5}}</ref> The new Ministry took on most of the core services of the former Management Board Secretariat, Consumer and Business Services, and a large part of the [[Cabinet Office]].

He was re-elected in the [[2007 Ontario general election|2007 election]], and was appointed [[Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure (Ontario)|Minister of Energy]].<ref name="2007 Election Results">{{cite web |url=http://elections.on.ca/NR/rdonlyres/AB409CCD-84F3-46FA-B3BD-39AB659EFC2D/0/SummaryofValidBallotsCastforEachCandidate.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091007160233/http://www.elections.on.ca/NR/rdonlyres/AB409CCD-84F3-46FA-B3BD-39AB659EFC2D/0/SummaryofValidBallotsCastforEachCandidate.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 7, 2009 |title=Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=October 10, 2007 |page=13 (xxii) }}</ref><ref name="McGuinty2007Cab">{{cite news |title=Premier goes for new blood; Expanded 28-member cabinet has eight ministers from Toronto, three from 905 area |last1=Ferguson |first1=Rob |last2=Benzie |first2=Robert |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=October 31, 2007 |page=A13}}</ref> In a cabinet shuffle on June 20, 2008, the Energy portfolio was given to [[George Smitherman]]. Phillips was appointed [[minister without portfolio]] and chair of cabinet.<ref name="McGuinty2008Cab">{{cite news |title=The new-look Ontario cabinet |newspaper=The Hamilton Spectator |date=September 19, 2008 |page=A9}}</ref>

Phillips was appointed Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure on November 9, 2009 after Smitherman resigned to enter municipal politics.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/smitherman-announces-toronto-mayoral-bid-1.452092 |title=Smitherman announces Toronto mayoral bid |publisher=CTV News |date=November 8, 2009 |access-date=June 4, 2018}}</ref> On January 18, 2010, he was appointed as [[minister without portfolio]] and chair of cabinet, and also became Minister responsible for Seniors.<ref name="McGuinty2010Cab1">{{cite news |title=Sweeping changes hit Queen's Park; Liberal Cabinet |last=Kenyon |first=Wallace |newspaper=National Post |date=January 19, 2010 |page=A8}}</ref> In September 2010, the responsibility for seniors was transferred to [[Sophia Aggelonitis]].<ref>{{cite web |date=August 18, 2010 |title=Economy, Health Care And Education The Focus Of New Cabinet |url=http://www.news.ontario.ca/opo/en/2010/08/economy-health-care-and-education-the-focus-of-new-cabinet.html |publisher=Government of Ontario}}</ref>

In 2011, he announced he would not run for re-election in the 2011 provincial election.

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