George Smitherman

Politician

1964 –

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Who is George Smitherman?

George Smitherman is a Canadian politician and broadcaster. He represented the provincial riding of Toronto Centre in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2010, when he resigned to contest the mayoralty of Toronto in the 2010 municipal election. Smitherman is the first openly gay Member of Provincial Parliament elected in Ontario, and the province's first openly gay cabinet minister. In January 2011, he joined talk radio station CFRB as a contributor and fill-in host on the Live Drive with John Tory show.

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Born
Feb 12, 1964
Weston, Ontario
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Nationality
  • Canada
Profession
Education
  • Burnhamthorpe Collegiate Institute
Lived in
  • Toronto

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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