David Boushy (born January 25, 1932) is a

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, Canada. He served as a Progressive Conservative member of the

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from 1995 to 1999 and is currently a City and County Councilor for Sarnia-Lambton.

Background

He was educated at Narj' Oyoun National College in Lebanon. He worked for

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Chemicals after moving to Canada, and was the founder and editor of the ''

Sarnia Sarnia is a city in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada. It had a 2021 population of 72,047, and is the largest city on Lake Huron. Sarnia is located on the eastern bank of the junction between the Upper and Lower Great Lakes where Lake Huron fl ...

Visitor's Guide''. Boushy served for over 30 years as a city councillor for

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, and was the secretary of the local Progressive Conservative association.

Politics

Boushy was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1995 provincial election, defeating

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Joan Link and incumbent

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. He served as a

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supporter of Mike Harris's government for the next four years. Boushy lost to Liberal

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by about 3,000 votes in the 1999 provincial election, in the redistributed riding of

Sarnia—Lambton Sarnia—Lambton (formerly known as Sarnia) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968. It is located in the area of the city of Sarnia, in the southwest corner of ...

. He subsequently returned to municipal politics, and is still a member of the Sarnia municipal council as of 2017. On November 18, 2005 a Long-standing Service Award was presented to David Boushy by the Ontario Government for his over 25 years of Municipal Service and for "showing immense leadership and commitment to his community of Sarnia Lambton".

Electoral record

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Boushy, David 1932 births Living people Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs Sarnia city councillors Canadian people of Lebanese descent