Mario Sergio (politician)

Mario Sergio
MPP
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for York West
Yorkview (1995-1999)
Assumed office
June 8, 1995
Preceded by George Mammoliti
North York City Councillor
In office
1978–1995
Constituency Ward 1
Personal details
Born (1940-07-28) July 28, 1940
Calabria, Italy
Political party Liberal
Residence Toronto
Occupation Real estate broker
Portfolio Minister without portfolio (Seniors) (2013-2016)

Mario Sergio (born July 28, 1940) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who was elected in 1995. He represents the riding of York West. He served in cabinet in the government of Kathleen Wynne as a Minister without Portfolio from 2013 to 2016.

Background

Sergio attended technical school in Italy, and worked as a real estate broker after moving to Canada. He started his own general insurance business at age twenty-one, and started a private real estate brokerage firm in 1968.

Municipal politics

Sergio was first elected to the North York City Council in 1978, and remained in municipal politics until 1995 when he was elected to the Ontario legislature. He also served on the Metro Toronto Council from 1985 to 1988, and was a member of North York's Planning Board Committee for fourteen years.

Provincial politics

In the provincial election of 1995, Sergio defeated incumbent New Democrat George Mammoliti in Yorkview by almost 3000 votes to win election to the legislature.[1] The Progressive Conservatives won the election, and Sergio joined 29 other Liberals in the official opposition.

In the 1999 provincial election, Sergio was re-elected in the new riding of York West by more than 10,000 votes over his nearest opponent.[2] He was subsequently appointed deputy whip and critic for small business.

The Liberals won the 2003 election, in which Sergio defeated his closest opponent by over 12,000 votes.[3] While in government he has served as parliamentary assistant to a number of different portfolios including Minister of Consumer and Business Services (2003–2004), Minister responsible for seniors (2005–2007), and Minister for Municipal Affairs and Housing (2006-2010, 2011-2013). He was re-elected in 2007,[4] 2011,[5] and 2014.[6]

In 2013, Sergio was appointed as a Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Seniors.[7] He left cabinet as part of a cabinet shuffle on June 13, 2016.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. June 8, 1995. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
  2. ↑ "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. June 3, 1999. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
  3. ↑ "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. October 2, 2003. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
  4. ↑ "Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. October 10, 2007. p. 18 (xxvii). Retrieved 2014-03-02.
  5. ↑ "Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. October 6, 2011. p. 20. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
  6. ↑ "General Election by District: York West". Elections Ontario. June 12, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Ontario's new cabinet". Waterloo Region Record. Kitchener, Ont. February 12, 2013. p. A3.
  8. ↑ "Kathleen Wynne's shuffled cabinet features 40% women". CBC News. June 13, 2016.
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