Tim Hudak

Timothy Patrick Hudak is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2016. He successively represented the ridings of Niagara South, Erie—Lincoln, and then Niagara West—Glanbrook. He served as a cabinet minister in the governments of Mike Harris and Ernie Eves. From 2009 to 2014, he was the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. Following the party's second loss under his leadership in the 2014 provincial election, he resigned as leader and was succeeded by interim leader Jim Wilson. After resigning his seat in the Ontario legislature in September 2016, Hudak became the Chief Executive Officer of the Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA), which has its headquarters in Toronto.