 raminder singh gill is a canadian politician in ontario, canada. he was a member of the legislative assembly of ontario from 1999 to 2003, and has unsuccessfully sought election to the canadian house of commons on three separate occasions. he served as a citizenship judge from 2006 to 2011. ==background== gill was born to a sikh family in punjab, india. he was educated at parkdale collegiate and later attended the university of toronto where he graduated with a master's degree in engineering. he works as a chemical engineer in private life, and has invented environmentally friendly products such as "the alternative bleach", offered by the 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. ==politics== gill tried several times to enter politics but was unsuccessful. in 1982, he ran for a seat on peel district school board, but lost. in 1993 he sought the federal liberal nomination for bramaleaâgoreâmaltonâspringdale, but lost to gurbax malhi. he ran in the 1997 federal election, as a progressive conservative in the riding of mississauga west. he finished third, well behind liberal steve mahoney. ===provincial politics=== in the 1999 provincial election, gill ran for the ontario progressive conservatives in the riding of 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 liberal dave toor by about 4,000 votes. during his time in government he served as parliamentary assistant to several ministers including the [[ministry of labour (
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