Editing Raminder Gill

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'''Raminder Singh Gill''' is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian Canadian] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/politician politician] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario Ontario], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada Canada].  He was a member of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_Ontario Legislative Assembly of Ontario] from 1999 to 2003, and has unsuccessfully sought election to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_House_of_Commons Canadian House of Commons] on three separate occasions. He currently serves as a citizenship judge.<ref name="CIC">Department of Citizenship and Immigration Canada. Profiles of citizenship judges. 2011-05-16. Retrieved 2011-10-08</ref>

Gill was born to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikh Sikh] family in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjab,_India Punjab], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India].<ref name="inside">
</ref>  He was educated at Parkdale Collegiate and later attended the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Toronto University of Toronto] where he graduated with a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master's_Degree Master's Degree] in Engineering.<ref name="inside"/>  He works as a Chemical Engineer in private life, and has invented environmentally friendly products such as "The Alternative Bleach", offered by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President's_Choice President's Choice] company.  He started a private firm called Genpro Canada Ltd in 1990.  Gill has been a director of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers of Canada, and is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario.  He was also a founding member of the Malton Cougars Soccer Club.

In 1982, he ran for a seat on Peel District School Board, but lost.

In 1993 he sought the federal Liberal nomination for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale], but lost to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurbax_Malhi Gurbax Malhi].

Gill first ran for the Canadian House of Commons in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_general_election,_1997 1997 federal election], as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada Progressive Conservative] in the riding of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississauga_West Mississauga West].  He finished third, well behind [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada Liberal] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Mahoney Steve Mahoney].

In the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario_general_election,_1999 1999 provincial election], Gill ran for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Ontario Ontario Progressive Conservatives] in the riding of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale_(provincial_electoral_district) Bramalea--Gore--Malton--Springdale], which has a large Indian-Canadian community.  The riding is located in the "905 region", which at the time was a primary base of support for the Ontario Tories.  Gill was elected, defeating [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario_Liberal_Party Liberal] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Toor Dave Toor] by about 4,000 votes.<ref name=CIC/>

He was not appointed to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cabinet_minister cabinet] by either [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Harris Mike Harris] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Eves Ernie Eves].  In 2002, he supported [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Clement Tony Clement] for the leadership of the Ontario Tories.

The Liberal Party made strong gains in the 905 area in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario_general_election,_2003 2003 provincial election], and Gill lost his seat to Liberal candidate [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuldip_Singh_Kular Kuldip Singh Kular] by almost 4,000 votes, following a bitter and divisive campaign.

In the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_federal_election,_2004 Canadian general election of 2004], Gill ran as a candidate of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada Conservative Party] in the redistributed riding of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bramalea--Gore--Malton Bramalea--Gore--Malton].  Although this seat was actively targeted by the Conservatives, Gill lost to incumbent Liberal [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurbax_Singh_Malhi Gurbax Singh Malhi] by 7,800 votes.  

Gill announced his decision to quit politics after the election. [http://www.mississauga.com/mi/elections/story/2037017p-2357185c.html] He later reconsidered, and ran in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/39th_Canadian_federal_election 2006 federal election] in the riding of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississauga—Streetsville Mississauga—Streetsville], against Liberal incumbent [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wajid_Khan Wajid Khan]. He lost that contest as well, losing by about 5800 votes to Khan.<ref name="canada">
</ref> That fall, Gill was appointed as a citizenship judge, a move that was considered a patronage appointment by some.<ref name="canada"/> Gill had been "fasttracked" into the post, bypassing the usual screening process.<ref>
</ref> In 2009, he was reappointed to this position.<ref>
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