ran for the position of Area 'D' Director for the Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen. Siddon defeated his two contenders, receiving 50.5% support in ballots cast. In 2014 he was re-elected as Area 'D' Director. In February 2018, Siddon announced that he would be retiring from politics, and that he would not be seeking re-election in October 2018. Lawsuit Siddon was successful in settling out of court after hitting outspoken radio commentator Rafe Mair with a massive defamation lawsuit in the mid 1990s. Mair publicly apologized for comments made towards Siddon. Electoral history References External links 1941 births Living people British Columbia school board members Canadian aerospace engineers Canadian academics in engineering Canadian Anglicans Canadian Ministers of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Canadian non-fiction writers Defence ministers of Canada Members of the 24th Canadian Ministry Members of the 25th Canadian Ministry Members of the House of Commons of Canada from British Columbia Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada People from Drumheller Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs Richmond, British Columbia city councillors University of British Columbia faculty