Priscilla de Villiers

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Priscilla de Villiers is a Canadian activist. She was the founder and president of CAVEAT, an organization advocating governmental policy on crime.

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 May, 1995, she received an honorary doctorate of law from McMaster University, Hamilton.

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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CAVEAT (Canadians Against Violence Everywhere Advocating for its Termination) was a Canadian lobby group which existed from 1991 to May 10, 2001, based in Burlington, Ontario. The organization agitated for a number of changes in government policy, particularly in promotion of tough-on-crime legislation and increased gun control. It was founded by Priscilla de Villiers in 1991, after her daughter Nina was murdered.