Peter Milczyn

Peter Milczyn MPP
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Etobicoke—Lakeshore
Incumbent
Assumed office June 12, 2014
Preceded by	Doug Holyday
Toronto City Councillor for Ward 5 (Etobicoke—Lakeshore)
In office December 1, 2000 – July 7, 2014
Preceded by	Blake Kinahan
Succeeded by	James Maloney
Etobicoke City Councillor
In office December 1, 1994 – January 1, 1998
Preceded by	Alex Faulkner
Succeeded by	Position Abolished
Constituency	Ward 2
Personal details
Born	1965 (age 50–51) Etobicoke, Ontario
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Rose
Profession	Politician

Peter Milczyn (born c. 1965) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who was elected in 2014. He represents the riding of Etobicoke—Lakeshore. He was a city councillor in Toronto, Ontario from 2000 to 2014.

Background

Milczyn was born in Etobicoke. His parents, Wes Milczyn and Maria Graf, emigrated from Poland in 1963. His mother worked as a journalist in Poland.^[1] He attended Etobicoke Collegiate Institute and the University of Toronto where he obtained a degree in architecture. He set up his own design firm, but his interest in urban planning issues propelled him into politics.

Politics

Municipal

Milczyn ran for a seat on the Etobicoke city council in 1991. He came third behind winner Alex Faulkner.^[2] He ran again in 1994 and beat out eight other contenders in Ward 2 after Faulkner retired from politics.^[3]

In 1993, he became president of Etobicoke—Lakeshore Liberal Party riding association.^[4] He quit this position, however, when then Liberal Party leader Jean Chrétien appointed Jean Augustine to run as the party's candidate in the riding in the 1993 Canadian federal election. This decision overrode his association's recommendation of Mary Sopta as the candidate. The Liberal party felt that Sopta's Serbo-Croatian background would create tension. Milczyn characterized that as "racist". Milczyn complained that Augustine was being appointed as the Liberal candidate only because she was black. He said, "It's only a factor with me inasmuch as it upsets me that they're using it (color) as a factor."^[4]

With the merger of Etobicoke and other municipalities to form the new City of Toronto, he ran, but failed to win a seat on Toronto city council in 1997. In the 2000 municipal election he ran again and this time defeating incumbent Blake Kinahan in a close race. He backed John Tory for Mayor of Toronto in the 2003 municipal election.

Provincial

Milczyn ran as the Liberal candidate in the Etobicoke—Lakeshore provincial by-election, caused by the resignation of Laurel Broten, which was held August 1, 2013.^[5] He was defeated by fellow Toronto councillor Doug Holyday, running for the Progressive Conservatives,.^[6] In the 2014 general election he faced Holyday again this time defeating him by 6,548 votes.^[7][8]

He serves as a Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure.

Electoral record

Ontario general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Peter Milczyn	23,950	47.14	+4.84
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Holyday	17,402	34.25	-12.50
	New Democratic	P. C. Choo	6,348	12.50	+5.09
	Green	Angela Salewsky	2,083	4.10	+1.85
	Libertarian	Mark Wrzesniewski	345	0.68	+0.24
	Freedom	Jeff Merklinger	298	0.59	+0.46
	Socialist	Natalie Lochwin	230	0.45
	Ontario Moderate Party	Ian Lytvyn	148	0.29
Total valid votes			50,804	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+8.67
Source: Elections Ontario[9]

Ontario provincial by-election, August 1, 2013 Resignation of Laurel Broten
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Holyday	16,034	46.75	+17.51
	Liberal	Peter Milczyn	14,506	42.30	-8.72
	New Democratic	P. C. Choo	2,542	7.41	-8.04
	Green	Angela Salewsky	771	2.25	-0.43
	Special Needs	Dan King	157	0.46	+0.07
	Libertarian	Hans Kunov	152	0.44	+0.05
	People's	Kevin Clarke	87	0.25
	Freedom	Wayne Simmons	46	0.13	-0.27
Total valid votes			34,295	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			214	0.62
Turnout			34,509	37.95
Eligible voters			90,927
	Progressive Conservative gain		Swing		+13.12
Source: Elections Ontario[10]

2010 Toronto election, Ward 5[11]
Candidate	Votes	%
Peter Milczyn	9,778	41.2
Justin Di Ciano	9,669	40.7
Morley Kells	2,725	11.5
John Chiappetta	1,245	5.2
Rob Therrien	339	1.4
Total	23,756	100

2006 Toronto election, Ward 5[12]
Candidate	Votes	%
Peter Milczyn	8,501	55.8
Arthur Roszak	3,856	25.3
John Chiappetta	1,668	10.9
Joseph Mignone	1,021	6.7
Bojidar Tchernev	191	1.3

References

1. Lavoie, Joanna (13 November 2005). "Councillor's mother dies; Maria Teresa Milczyn was a groundbreaking journalist". Etobicoke Guardian.
2. "Etobicoke: Results". Toronto Star. 13 November 1991. p. E8.
3. "Municipal Council - Final Results". Toronto Star. 16 November 1994. p. A8.
4. Stewart, Edison (19 March 1993). "Chretien to name woman for Metro race". Toronto Star. p. A2.
5. "Wynne set to call five Ontario byelections for Aug. 1". Toronto Star. July 2, 2013. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
6. "Doug Holyday lands coveted Toronto seat for Tories". CBC News. August 1, 2013. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
7. "Milczyn's win over Holyday ends Tory toehold in Toronto". Toronto Star. June 12, 2014. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
8. "General Election by District: Etobicoke-Lakeshore". Elections Ontario. June 12, 2014.
9. "General Election Results by District, 024 Etobicoke—Lakeshore". Elections Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
10. "Official return from the records - Etobicoke—Lakeshore" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2013. Retrieved 2014-05-10.
11. "2010 election results: Councillor Ward 5". City of Toronto. October 26, 2010.
12. "2006 General Election Results: Councillor" (PDF). City of Toronto. November 13, 2006. pp. 12–15.

External links

• Official website
• Ontario Legislative Assembly Parliamentarian History