Ryan Williams (Canadian politician)

2021–2022

Allyson Williams

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(m. 2009)​

Ryan Williams
Member of Parliament for Bay of Quinte
In office September 20, 2021 –April 28, 2025		Associate Shadow Minister for Industry, Science, and Innovation
Relations	John Williams (father)
Children	3
Occupation	Politician

Ryan Richard Williams (born January 23, 1979) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Bay of Quinte in the House of Commons in the 2021 federal election. ^[1] A member of the Conservative Party, he was unseated in the 2025 federal election.

Biography

Williams is the President of Williams Hotels, which owns and operates 2 hotels. Ryan has been appointed Fellow at the Balsillie School of International Affairs. Prior to being elected to the House of Commons, Ryan was President of Bay of Quinte Tourism for 10 years, and founded Bay of Quinte Living and QuinteVation. Ryan has been a director of the Belleville Chamber of Commerce for 6 years. Ryan topped the polls in 2018 elected to Belleville City Council, but did not complete his term as he ran in the federal election. Ryan ran and won the 2021 election and served as the Member of Parliament for Bay of Quinte from 2021-2025. He is married to Allyson Williams, and has three children. Ryan is the son of the late John Williams, who served as Mayor of Quinte West from 2008–2016.^{[ citation needed ]}

Shadow Cabinet post

Williams was the Shadow Critic for International Trade and Competition, as well as the Shadow Critic from Competition and Pan-Canadian Trade, and was the Associate Shadow Critic for Industry and Innovation.^{[ citation needed ]}

Private Members Bill

Ryan's Private Members Bill - C-365 - An Act respecting the implementation of a consumer-led banking system for Canadians, to implement Open banking in Canada passed 2nd reading on March 20, 2024.^{[ citation needed ]}

Controversies

On June 18, 2024, Williams was revealed to have used ChatGPT to generate a list of G7 countries capital gains tax rates that was inaccurate. ^[2] Williams posted on X shortly after that Canada needs an updated tax system "so simple [that] even AI can figure it out". ^[3]

Election results

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election : Bay of Quinte
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Chris Malette	32,846	50.39	+13.37
	Conservative	Ryan Williams	29,130	44.69	+4.10
	New Democratic	Kate Crothers	2,373	3.64	−11.61
	Green	Erica Charlton	833	1.28	−0.92
Total valid votes/expense limit			65,182	99.45
Total rejected ballots			359	0.55
Turnout			65,541	69.89
Eligible voters			93,784
	Liberal notional gain from Conservative		Swing		+4.64
Source: Elections Canada [4] [5]
Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations.

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election : Bay of Quinte
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ryan Williams	25,479	41.3	+4.5
	Liberal	Neil Ellis	22,542	36.5	-2.6
	New Democratic	Stephanie Bell	9,284	15.0	-1.0
	People's	Janine LeClerc	3,045	4.9	+2.9
	Green	Erica Charlton	1,350	2.2	-3.9
Total valid votes			61,700
Total rejected ballots			405
Turnout			62,105	64.95
Eligible voters			95,615
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+5.6
Source: Elections Canada [6]

References

1. "Ryan Williams elected in Bay of Quinte". CBC. September 21, 2021. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
2. Major, Darren; Mohan, Sarina (June 24, 2024). "Conservative MP shares inaccurate, ChatGPT-generated stats on capital gains tax rate". CBC. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
3. "Ryan Williams on X: "We need our tax system to be so simple - even AI can figure it out. Do we need a tax system overhaul? Within 60 days, a Common Sense Conservative Government will launch a Tax Reform Task Force to design a Bring it Home Tax Cut 1/4 #cdnpoli" / X". X. June 25, 2024. Archived from the original on April 26, 2025. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
4. "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved May 7, 2025.
5. "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. Retrieved May 7, 2025.
6. "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada . Retrieved October 1, 2021.

External links

• Ryan Williams – Parliament of Canada biography