Mario Sergio (born July 28, 1940) is a former

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, Canada. He was a

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member of the

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from 1995 to 2018 who represented the ridings of Yorkview and

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. He served in cabinet in the government of

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as a

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from 2013 to 2016.

Background

Sergio attended technical school in

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, and worked as a real estate broker after moving to Canada. He started his own general insurance business in 1961, and started a private real estate brokerage firm in 1968.

Municipal politics

Sergio was first elected to the North York

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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

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George Mammoliti in Yorkview by almost 3000 votes to win election to the legislature. 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. He was subsequently appointed deputy

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and critic for small business. The Liberals won the 2003 election, in which Sergio defeated his closest opponent by over 12,000 votes. While in government he has served as

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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

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, and

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. In 2013, Sergio was appointed as a

with responsibility for Seniors. He left cabinet as part of a

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on June 13, 2016. On July 13, 2017, Sergio announced that he would not seek re-election in the

42nd Ontario general election The 2018 Ontario general election was held on June 7, 2018, to elect the 124 members of the 42nd Parliament of Ontario. The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, led by Doug Ford, won 76 of the 124 seats in the legislature and formed a majo ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sergio, Mario 1940 births 21st-century Canadian politicians Italian emigrants to Canada Living people Members of the Executive Council of Ontario Metropolitan Toronto councillors Ontario Liberal Party MPPs People from Calabria Politicians from Toronto