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{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name          = Pat Hoy
| image         =
| caption       =
| office1       = [[Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)|Ontario MPP]]
| term_start1   = 1999
| term_end1     = 2011
| predecessor1  = ''New riding''
| successor1    = [[Rick Nicholls]]
| constituency1 = [[Chatham-Kent—Essex (provincial electoral district)|Chatham-Kent—Essex]]
| term_start2   = 1995
| term_end2     = 1999
| predecessor2  = [[Patrick Michael Hayes|Pat Hayes]]
| successor2    = ''Riding abolished''
| constituency2 = [[Essex—Kent (provincial electoral district)|Essex—Kent]]
| party         = [[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1950|09|21}}
| birth_place   = [[Chatham-Kent, Ontario]], Canada
| residence     = Near [[Merlin, Ontario]]
| occupation    = Farmer
| spouse        = Debbie Murphy
}}
'''Pat Hoy''' (born September 21, 1950) is a former politician in [[Ontario]], Canada. He was a [[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]] member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Ontario]] from 1995 to 2011 representing the riding of [[Chatham-Kent—Essex (provincial electoral district)|Chatham-Kent—Essex]].
==Background==
Hoy was born in 1950 in [[Chatham-Kent, Ontario]] to John Hoy and Dolores de Witte.<ref name="parl">{{cite book |title=Canadian Parliamentary Guide 2005 |year=2005 |last=O'Handley |first=Kathryn |isbn=1-4144-0141-8}}</ref> Hoy was a farmer in the [[Merlin, Ontario|Merlin]] area.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.chathamthisweek.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=1923038 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708141013/http://www.chathamthisweek.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=1923038 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-07-08 |title=Busy Hoy looks forward to ?04 as being part of new government |newspaper=Chatham This Week |year=2004 |accessdate=2010-02-03 }}</ref> He served as President of the Kent Federation of Agriculture from 1984 to 1985, and was a member of the Crop Insurance Commission of Ontario from 1987 to 1995 (serving as its Vice-Chair in 1992 and 1993). He is also a founder of the Kent County Agricultural Hall of Fame, and has been a director of the [[Ontario Federation of Agriculture]]. In 1972, he married Debbie Murphy.<ref name="parl"/> Hoy is known to hold some [[social conservatism|socially conservative]] views, including being [[anti-abortion]].
==Politics==
Hoy was elected to the Ontario legislature in the [[1995 Ontario general election|1995 provincial election]] for the riding of [[Essex—Kent (provincial electoral district)|Essex—Kent]], defeating [[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Progressive Conservative]] candidate George Kennedy and [[New Democratic Party of Ontario|New Democrat]] incumbent [[Patrick Michael Hayes|Pat Hayes]] by a plurality of 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=Essex-Kent&flag=E&layout=G |title=Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=June 8, 1995 |accessdate=2014-03-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517120315/http://results.elections.on.ca/results/1995_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=36&rec=0&district=Essex-Kent&flag=E&layout=G |archivedate=May 17, 2014 }}</ref>  The Progressive Conservatives won the election, and Hoy served as his party's agriculture critic for the next four years. He endorsed [[Dwight Duncan]]'s bid to lead the Ontario Liberal Party in 1996.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[Windsor Star]] |date=June 26, 1996}}</ref>
Because of redistribution, Hoy was forced to face another incumbent, Progressive Conservative [[Jack Carroll (politician)|Jack Carroll]], in new riding of [[Chatham-Kent—Essex (provincial electoral district)|Chatham-Kent—Essex]] in the [[1999 Ontario general election|1999 provincial election]]. Hoy scored a convincing victory, winning by 8,001 votes.<ref name="1999 results">{{cite web |url=http://results.elections.on.ca/results/1999_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=37&rec=0&district=Chatham-Kent-Essex&flag=E&layout=G |title=Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=June 3, 1999 |accessdate=2014-03-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502010055/http://results.elections.on.ca/results/1999_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=37&rec=0&district=Chatham-Kent-Essex&flag=E&layout=G |archivedate=May 2, 2014 }}</ref>  The Tories again won the election, and Hoy continued to serve as his party's agriculture critic until 2000, when he was transferred to transportation.
Hoy was easily re-elected in the [[2003 Ontario general election|provincial election of 2003]], which the Liberals won.<ref name="2003 results">{{cite web |url=http://results.elections.on.ca/results/2003_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=38&rec=0&district=Chatham-Kent-Essex&flag=E&layout=G |title=Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=October 2, 2003 |accessdate=2014-03-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027052030/http://results.elections.on.ca/results/2003_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=38&rec=0&district=Chatham-Kent-Essex&flag=E&layout=G |archivedate=October 27, 2014 }}</ref>  He became Chair of the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs in December of that year.<ref>{{cite news |title=Time to act is now, COCA urges province: Forge new labour agreement, deal with the underground economy |newspaper=Daily Commercial News and Construction Record |volume=77 |issue=44  |date=March 3, 2004 |pages=1, 5}}</ref> He retained the chair position until 2011.
Hoy was elected for a fourth term in the [[2007 Ontario general election|provincial election of 2007]].<ref name="2007 results">{{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 |accessdate=2014-03-02 |page=3 (xii) |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091007160233/http://www.elections.on.ca/NR/rdonlyres/AB409CCD-84F3-46FA-B3BD-39AB659EFC2D/0/SummaryofValidBallotsCastforEachCandidate.pdf |archivedate=October 7, 2009 }}</ref> In March 2011, Hoy announced that he was retiring from the legislature and would not run in 2011.<ref>{{cite news |title=Two vie for Grit nod in Essex riding |last=Hill |first=Sharon |newspaper=The Windsor Star |date=March 26, 2011 |page=A2}}</ref>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{OntarioMPPbio|id=pat-hoy}}
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[[Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario]]
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