Peter Milczyn

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Peter Milczyn
MPP
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for Etobicoke—Lakeshore
Assumed office
June 12, 2014
Preceded by Doug Holyday
Toronto City Councillor for Ward 5 (Etobicoke—Lakeshore)
In office
December 1, 2000 – July 7, 2014
Preceded by Blake Kinahan
Succeeded by James Maloney
Etobicoke City Councillor
In office
December 1, 1994 – January 1, 1998
Preceded by Alex Faulkner
Succeeded by Position Abolished
Constituency Ward 2
Personal details
Born 1965 (age 58–59)
Etobicoke, Ontario
Political party Liberal
Spouse(s) Rose
Profession Architect

Peter Milczyn (born c. 1965) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who was elected in 2014. He represents the riding of Etobicoke—Lakeshore. He was a city councillor in Toronto, Ontario from 2000 to 2014.

Background

Milczyn was born in Etobicoke. His parents, Wes Milczyn and Maria Graf, emigrated from Poland in 1963. His mother worked as a journalist in Poland.[1] He attended Etobicoke Collegiate Institute and the University of Toronto where he obtained a degree in architecture. He set up his own design firm, but his interest in urban planning issues propelled him into politics.

Politics

Municipal

Milczyn ran for a seat on the Etobicoke city council in 1991. He came third behind winner Alex Faulkner.[2] He ran again in 1994 and beat out eight other contenders in Ward 2 after Faulkner retired from politics.[3]

In 1993, he became president of Etobicoke—Lakeshore Liberal Party riding association.[4] He quit this position, however, when then Liberal Party leader Jean Chrétien appointed Jean Augustine to run as the party's candidate in the riding in the 1993 Canadian federal election. This decision overrode his association's recommendation of Mary Sopta as the candidate. The Liberal party felt that Sopta's Serbo-Croatian background would create tension. Milczyn characterized that as "racist". Milczyn complained that Augustine was being appointed as the Liberal candidate only because she was black. He said, "It's only a factor with me inasmuch as it upsets me that they're using it (color) as a factor."[4]

With the merger of Etobicoke and other municipalities to form the new City of Toronto, he ran, but failed to win a seat on Toronto city council in 1997. In the 2000 municipal election he ran again and this time defeating incumbent Blake Kinahan in a close race. He backed John Tory for Mayor of Toronto in the 2003 municipal election.

Provincial

Milczyn ran as the Liberal candidate in the Etobicoke—Lakeshore provincial by-election, caused by the resignation of Laurel Broten, which was held August 1, 2013.[5] He was defeated by fellow Toronto councillor Doug Holyday, running for the Progressive Conservatives,.[6] In the 2014 general election he faced Holyday again this time defeating him by 6,548 votes.[7][8]

He serves as a Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure.

Electoral record

Ontario general election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
Liberal Peter Milczyn 23,950 47.14 +4.84
Progressive Conservative Doug Holyday 17,402 34.25 -12.50
New Democratic P. C. Choo 6,348 12.50 +5.09
Green Angela Salewsky 2,083 4.10 +1.85
Libertarian Mark Wrzesniewski 345 0.68 +0.24
Freedom Jeff Merklinger 298 0.59 +0.46
Socialist Natalie Lochwin 230 0.45  
Ontario Moderate Party Ian Lytvyn 148 0.29  
Total valid votes 50,804 100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +8.67
Source: Elections Ontario[9]
Ontario provincial by-election, August 1, 2013
Resignation of Laurel Broten
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
Progressive Conservative Doug Holyday 16,034 46.75 +17.51
Liberal Peter Milczyn 14,506 42.30 -8.72
New Democratic P. C. Choo 2,542 7.41 -8.04
Green Angela Salewsky 771 2.25 -0.43
Special Needs Dan King 157 0.46 +0.07
Libertarian Hans Kunov 152 0.44 +0.05
People's Kevin Clarke 87 0.25  
Freedom Wayne Simmons 46 0.13 -0.27
Total valid votes 34,295 100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 214 0.62
Turnout 34,509 37.95
Eligible voters 90,927
Progressive Conservative gain Swing +13.12
Source: Elections Ontario[10]
2010 Toronto election, Ward 5[11]
Candidate Votes  %
Peter Milczyn 9,778 41.2
Justin Di Ciano 9,669 40.7
Morley Kells 2,725 11.5
John Chiappetta 1,245 5.2
Rob Therrien 339 1.4
Total 23,756 100
2006 Toronto election, Ward 5[12]
Candidate Votes  %
Peter Milczyn 8,501 55.8
Arthur Roszak 3,856 25.3
John Chiappetta 1,668 10.9
Joseph Mignone 1,021 6.7
Bojidar Tchernev 191 1.3

References

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