Stan Cho
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Stan Cho | |
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| Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Finance | |
| Assumed office June 26, 2019 | |
| Minister | Rod Phillips |
| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Willowdale | |
| Assumed office June 7, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | David Zimmer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 14, 1977[1] Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Residence(s) | North York, Toronto, Ontario |
| Occupation | Real Estate Broker and auditor |
Stan Cho (born September 14, 1977)[2] is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election.[1] He represents the riding of Willowdale as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.
Background
Cho was born in Etobicoke, Ontario to an immigrant family from South Korea. They moved to the Willowdale neighbourhood of North York when Cho was eight years old.[3] He holds a degree in philosophy from Trinity College at the University of Toronto. He began his career as an auditor for Mercedes-Benz before entering his family's real estate business. Cho worked as an agent for fifteen years before taking over as broker and general manager of their Royal LePage franchise in 2012.
Politics
In 2018, Cho defeated Liberal incumbent David Zimmer, becoming MPP of the Willowdale riding.[4] Cho served as parliamentary assistant to the president of the Treasury Board, Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy.[5] In the same year, Cho reintroduced Garrett's Legacy Act to the provincial legislature.[6]
In 2019, Cho was appointed as the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Finance, Rod Phillips.[7]
Electoral record
| 2018 Ontario general election: Willowdale | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Stan Cho | 17,732 | 43.63 | +10.16 | ||||
| Liberal | David Zimmer | 10,815 | 26.61 | -25.97 | ||||
| New Democratic | Saman Tabasinejad | 10,481 | 25.79 | +15.64 | ||||
| Green | Randi Ramdeen | 932 | 2.29 | -1.51 | ||||
| Libertarian | Catherine MacDonald-Robertson | 453 | 1.11 | |||||
| Independent | Birinder S. Ahluwalia | 233 | 0.57 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 40,646 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +18.10 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[8] | ||||||||
References
- ^ a b . January 2, 2020 https://www.stanchompp.ca/.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Stan Cho MPP". Stan Cho MPP. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
- ^ "Hansard Transcript". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. September 17, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
- ^ "Willowdale's Stan Cho take PCs into Liberal territory | The Star". thestar.com. Retrieved 2019-08-18.
- ^ Jun 29, Marieke Walsh Published on; 2018 4:36pm (2018-06-29). "Former federal MPs appointed to cabinet and parliamentary assistant posts under Ford". iPolitics. Retrieved 2019-08-18.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ August 3, Ian MacAlpine More from Ian MacAlpine Published on; August 3, 2018 | Last Updated; Edt, 2018 2:23 Pm (2018-08-03). "Garrett's Legacy Act back at Queen's Park". The Kingston Whig-Standard. Retrieved 2019-08-18.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Stan Cho Parliamentary Assistant to Minister of Finance". Stan Cho MPP. Retrieved 2019-08-18.
- ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 12. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
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