▁to ▁this ▁board ' s ▁activities . ▁Return ing ▁to ▁Ontario , ▁El gie ▁then ▁served ▁as ▁chair ▁of ▁the ▁Pat ent ▁Medicine ▁Pr ices ▁Review ▁Board ▁from ▁ 1 9 9 5 ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁and ▁was ▁appointed ▁chair ▁of ▁the ▁Ontario ▁Green b elt ▁Council ▁by ▁the ▁provincial ▁Minister ▁of ▁Municipal ▁Affairs ▁in ▁the ▁summer ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁with ▁a ▁sal ary ▁of ▁$ 1 ▁a ▁year . ▁On ▁Jan . ▁ 1 , ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁he ▁became ▁the ▁ 6 th ▁Chair ▁of ▁the ▁Ontario ▁Press ▁Council , ▁of ▁which ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁a ▁member ▁since ▁ 2 0 0 1 . ▁He ▁served ▁as ▁chair ▁until ▁his ▁death ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 3 . ▁In ▁his ▁later ▁life ▁he ▁lived ▁in ▁the ▁town ▁of ▁Georg ina , ▁Ontario ▁in ▁York ▁Region . ▁ ▁Despite ▁serving ▁and ▁supporting ▁the ▁T ories ▁for ▁much ▁of ▁his ▁life , ▁El gie ' s ▁left ▁lean ing ▁ide ologies ▁led ▁him ▁away ▁from ▁the ▁conserv ative ▁party ▁later ▁in ▁his ▁life . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁Mike ▁Harris ▁government ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s , ▁El gie ▁compla ined ▁that ▁the ▁Ontario ▁Progress ive ▁Conserv atives ▁had ▁become ▁too ▁right - wing . ▁ ▁El gie ▁was ▁named ▁to ▁the ▁Order ▁of ▁Canada ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 3 . ▁He ▁died ▁on ▁April ▁ 4 , ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁from ▁con gest ive ▁heart ▁failure .