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Stan Cho
Minister of Tourism, Culture and Gaming, with responsibility for OLG
Assumed office
June 6, 2024
PremierDoug Ford
Preceded byNeil Lumsden
Associate Minister of Transportation
In office
June 18, 2021 – September 4, 2023
MinisterCaroline Mulroney
Succeeded byTodd McCarthy
Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Finance
In office
June 26, 2019 – December 31, 2020
MinisterRod Phillips
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for Willowdale
Assumed office
June 7, 2018
Preceded byDavid Zimmer
Minister of Long-Term Care
In office
September 4th, 2023 – June 6th, 2024
Preceded byMerrilee Fullerton
Personal details
Born (1977-09-14) September 14, 1977 (age 47)
Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada
Political partyProgressive Conservative
Residence(s)North York, Toronto, Ontario
Alma materTrinity College, Toronto
OccupationReal Estate Broker and Auditor

Stan Cho MPP (Korean: 조성훈; born September 14, 1977)[1] is a Canadian politician who is currently the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Gaming, with responsibility for OLG for the Province of Ontario. He was previously the Minister of Long-Term Care and the Associate Minister of Transportation. Cho has represented the riding of Willowdale in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario since 2018.[2]

Background

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Cho was born in Etobicoke, Ontario, to an immigrant family from South Korea. They moved to the Willowdale neighbourhood of North York when Cho was eight years old.[3] He holds a degree in philosophy from Trinity College at the University of Toronto. He began his career as an auditor for Mercedes-Benz before entering his family's real estate business. Cho worked as an agent for 15 years before taking over as broker and general manager of their Royal LePage franchise in 2012.

Political career

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In 2018, Cho defeated Liberal incumbent David Zimmer, becoming MPP of the Willowdale riding.[4] Cho served as Parliamentary Assistant to the President of the Treasury Board, Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy.[5] In the same year, Cho reintroduced Garrett's Legacy Act to the provincial legislature.[6]

In 2019, Cho was appointed as the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Finance, Rod Phillips.[7]

Before becoming appointed as the Associate Minister of Transportation in June 2021, his Bill 262 (Convenience Store Week Act) received Royal Assent which proclaims the week before Labour Day as Convenience Store Week in Ontario.[8]

Election results

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2022 Ontario general election: Willowdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Stan Cho 14,105 44.66 +1.03 $97,068
Liberal Paul Saguil 11,990 37.96 +11.36 $98,560
New Democratic Hal David Berman 3,253 10.30 −15.49 $22,626
Green Monica Henriques 1,143 3.62 +1.33 $6,722
New Blue Joanne Csillag 392 1.24   $3,105
Ontario Party Gian Pietro Arella 338 1.07   $3,678
None of the Above Ben Barone 104 0.33   $0
Freedom of Choice Lilya Eklishaeva 98 0.31   $0
Independent Birinder Singh Ahluwalia 71 0.22   $1,922
Independent Charles Roddy Sutherland 61 0.19   $0
Populist Jaime Rodriguez 28 0.09   $0
Total valid votes/Expense limit 31,583 99.18 +0.23 $111,919
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots 262 0.82 -0.23
Turnout 31,845 39.84 -10.68
Eligible voters 79,541
Progressive Conservative hold Swing −5.16
Source(s)
"Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Archived from the original on May 18, 2023.
"Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Archived from the original on May 21, 2023.
2018 Ontario general election: Willowdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Stan Cho 17,732 43.63 +10.16
Liberal David Zimmer 10,815 26.61 -25.97
New Democratic Saman Tabasinejad 10,481 25.79 +15.64
Green Randi Ramdeen 932 2.29 -1.51
Libertarian Catherine MacDonald-Robertson 453 1.11
Independent Birinder S. Ahluwalia 233 0.57
Total valid votes 40,646 100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +18.10
Source: Elections Ontario[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Stan Cho, MPP". January 2, 2020.
  2. ^ "Ontario Premier Doug Ford shuffles cabinet after housing minister resigns". CBC. September 4, 2023. Retrieved September 8, 2023.
  3. ^ "Hansard Transcript". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. September 17, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  4. ^ "Willowdale's Stan Cho take PCs into Liberal territory". thestar.com. Toronto Star. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
  5. ^ Walsh, Marieke (June 29, 2018). "Former federal MPs appointed to cabinet and parliamentary assistant posts under Ford". iPolitics. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
  6. ^ MacAlpine, Ian (August 3, 2018). "Garrett's Legacy Act back at Queen's Park". The Kingston Whig-Standard. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
  7. ^ "Stan Cho Parliamentary Assistant to Minister of Finance". Stan Cho MPP. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
  8. ^ "Ontario Convenience Store Week Act, 2021". Ontario Convenience Stores Association. June 16, 2021. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
  9. ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 12. Retrieved January 20, 2019.