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Originally from South Africa, de Villiers was the mother of Nina de Villiers , who was murdered on August 9, 1991 while jogging in Burlington, Ontario. Her killer had, according to CAVEAT's website, "a long history of violence." This event prompted de Villiers to enter public life and found CAVEAT to lobby government policy to strengthen laws in the hopes of preventing similar incidents.
In August-September 2000 she ran unsuccessfully in a by-election in the riding of Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot for the Ontario PC Party, losing to Ted McMeekin.
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