Bob Delaney

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Bob Delaney
MPP for Mississauga—Streetsville Mississauga West (2003-2007)
Incumbent
Assumed office October 2, 2003
Preceded by	John Snobelen
Personal details
Born	Montreal, Quebec
Political party	Liberal
Residence	Mississauga, Ontario
Occupation	IT consultant
Religion	Roman Catholic

Bob Delaney is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Mississauga—Streetsville for the Ontario Liberal Party.

Delaney was born in Montreal, Quebec, and has a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from Concordia University in that city. He received a Master of Arts degree in business administration from Simon Fraser University in British Columbia in 1988, and has received accreditation from the Canadian Public Relations Society. He has lived primarily in Mississauga since 1983.

Delaney first ran for the Ontario legislature in the provincial election of 1999, losing to Progressive Conservative cabinet minister John Snobelen by about 9,000 votes. Snobelen subsequently resigned from the legislature in early 2003 after an extended period of non-attendance; Delaney ran for the Liberals again in the provincial election of 2003, this time defeating Progressive Conservative Nina Tangri by over 7000 votes. In 2006, Delaney was appointed the Parliamentary Assistant to Minister Responsible for Seniors. He was re-elected in the provincial election of 2007 defeating Progressive Conservative Nina Tangri by roughly 9,000 votes.

On January 25, 2010, Delaney was named Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Revenue.

Electoral record

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bob Delaney	20,316	52.5%	N/A
	Progressive Conservative	Nina Tangri	11,163	28.0%	N/A
	New Democrat	Gail McCabe	4,014	10.4%	N/A
	Green	Scott Warner	2,946	7.6	N/A
	Family Coalition	Masood Atchekzai	6098	0.7	N/A

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bob Delaney	27,903	50.84	+12.81
	Progressive Conservative	Nina Tangri	20,406	37.18	-20.13
	New Democrat	Arif Raza	4,196	7.64	+3.80
	Green	Richard Pereira	1,395	2.54
	Family Coalition	Charles Montano	989	1.8

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Snobelen	26,816	57.31
	Liberal	Bob Delaney	17,792	38.03
	New Democrat	Maxine Caron	1,795	3.84
	Natural Law	Fred Fredeen	387	0.83

External links

• Bob Delaney's official MPP Site
• Bob Delaney's Ontario Liberal Party biography
• Ontario Legislative Assembly Parliamentarian History