Christos Sirros ( el, Χρήστος Σύρρος; born 2 February 1948) is a politician in the Province of

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, Canada. He was a member of the

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(MNA) for the

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riding for two decades as a member of the

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. A graduate from

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, he first won the

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riding in

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, defeating

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(PQ) candidate Nadia Assimopoulos. The riding of Laurier-Dorion was created for the 1994 election, in which Sirros defeated PQ candidate Benoît Henry by 6,930 votes. He was most notably the minister of Indian affairs under

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and minister of natural resources under

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He was the National Assembly's first vice-president from June 2003 to July 2004. Sirros left his seat in July 2004. He was then appointed Quebec Delegate General for Belgium and held that position until 2013. In December 2014, he was appointed the Quebec Delegate General for the

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Electoral record

, Workers Communist , Raymonde Lebreux , style="text-align:right;" , 469 , style="text-align:right;" , 1.63 , style="text-align:right;" , , Independent , Basile Papachristou , style="text-align:right;" , 263 , style="text-align:right;" , 0.91 , style="text-align:right;" , , Freedom of Choice , Stephen J Smith , style="text-align:right;" , 252 , style="text-align:right;" , 0.88 , style="text-align:right;" , , Independent , Sotirios Athanasiou , style="text-align:right;" , 73 , style="text-align:right;" , 0.25 , style="text-align:right;" , , - style="background-color:white" ! style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 , Total valid votes ! style="text-align:right;" , 28,830 ! style="text-align:right;" , 98.67 ! style="text-align:right;" , , - style="background-color:white" ! style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 , Rejected and declined votes ! style="text-align:right;" , 389 ! style="text-align:right;" , 1.33 ! style="text-align:right;" , , - style="background-color:white" ! style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 , Turnout ! style="text-align:right;" , 29,219 ! style="text-align:right;" , 80.21 ! style="text-align:right;" , , - style="background-color:white" ! style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 , Electors on the lists ! style="text-align:right;" , 36,428 ! style="text-align:right;" , ! style="text-align:right;" ,

References

* 1948 births Living people Greek emigrants to Canada People from Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension Quebec Liberal Party MNAs McGill University alumni Recipients of the Order of the Phoenix (Greece) Vice Presidents of the National Assembly of Quebec 21st-century Canadian politicians Members of the Executive Council of Quebec {{Liberal-Quebec-MNA-stub