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Mike Sullivan (Canadian Politician)
Michael D. Sullivan (born November 9, 1952) is a former Canadian politician. He was a New Democratic member of the House of Commons of Canada from 2011 to 2015 who was elected to represent the Toronto riding of York South—Weston. Background Sullivan was born in Detroit, Michigan but grew up in Windsor, Ontario. Sullivan graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1973. From February 1974 to November 1984, Sullivan worked for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) where he was radio master control operator. From 1984 until his election to the House of Commons in 2011, Sullivan was a national representative for the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians (NABET) and later the Communications Energy and Paperworkers (CEP) where he worked with CBC, Sun Media and Torstar newspapers. Politics Sullivan ran for the NDP in York South—Weston in the 2008 federal election. He lost to Liberal incumbent Alan Tonks by 6,430 votes. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
York South—Weston
York South—Weston (french: York-Sud—Weston) is a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979. In 2015, York South—Weston elected Canada's first MP of Somalis, Somali descent, Ahmed Hussen. Electoral district Located in the west-end of Toronto, the riding is made up largely of the old York, Toronto, City of York, a southwestern portion of the old city of North York, and parts of the old city of Toronto north of High Park. A sizeable portion of the land in the western part of the riding which was previously part of the old City of York was the old village of Weston, Toronto, Weston until that village was absorbed into the City of York in 1968. The riding has a largely working class and immigrant population. Its geographic boundaries are the part of the City of Toronto bounded by a line drawn from Humber River east along Highway 401, south along the Canadian National Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
