Stan Cho
{{Short description|Canadian politician|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{use mdy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Stan Cho
| native_name = 조성훈
| native_name_lang = ko
| image = Hon Stan Cho Ivan Franko Homes 2023.jpg
| caption = Cho in 2023
| honorific-suffix = MPP
| office1 = Minister of Long-Term Care
| termstart1 = September 4, 2023
| termend1 = June 6, 2024
| predecessor1 = Merrilee Fullerton
| successor1 = Natalia Kusendova-Bashta
| office2 = Associate Minister of Transportation
| term_start2 = June 18, 2021
| term_end2 = September 4, 2023
| minister2 = Caroline Mulroney
| predecessor2 = Kinga Surma
| successor2 = Todd McCarthy
| office3 = Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Finance
| term_start3 = June 26, 2019
| term_end3 = December 31, 2020
| minister3 = Rod Phillips
| parliament4 = Ontario Provincial
| term_start4 = June 7, 2018
| term_end4 =
| predecessor4 = David Zimmer
| successor4 =
| riding4 = Willowdale
| party = Progressive Conservative
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|09|14}}
| birth_place = Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada
| residence = North York, Toronto, Ontario
| occupation = Real Estate Broker and Auditor
| spouse =
| children =
| succeeding =
| honorific_prefix = The Honourable
| alma_mater = Trinity College, Toronto
| office = Minister of Tourism, Culture and Gaming
| predecessor = Neil Lumsden
| premier = Doug Ford
| termstart = June 6, 2024
}}
Stan Cho {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|MPP}} ({{Langx|ko|조성훈}}; born September 14, 1977){{cite web|url=https://www.stanchompp.ca/| title=Stan Cho, MPP |date=January 2, 2020}} 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.
{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6956641|title=Ontario Premier Doug Ford shuffles cabinet after housing minister resigns|publisher=CBC|date=September 4, 2023|access-date=September 8, 2023}}
Background
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-42/session-1/2018-09-17/hansard|title=Hansard Transcript|work=Legislative Assembly of Ontario|date=September 17, 2018|access-date=January 2, 2021}} 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
In 2018, Cho defeated Liberal incumbent David Zimmer, becoming MPP of the Willowdale riding.{{Cite web |title=Willowdale's Stan Cho take PCs into Liberal territory |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2018/06/07/willowdales-stan-cho-take-pcs-into-liberal-territory.html |publisher=Toronto Star |website=thestar.com |date=June 7, 2018 |language=en|access-date=August 18, 2019 }} Cho served as Parliamentary Assistant to the President of the Treasury Board, Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy.{{Cite web|url=https://ipolitics.ca/2018/06/29/former-federal-mps-appointed-to-cabinet-and-parliamentary-assistant-posts-under-ford/|title=Former federal MPs appointed to cabinet and parliamentary assistant posts under Ford|date=Jun 29, 2018|first=Marieke |last=Walsh |website=iPolitics|language=en-US|access-date=August 18, 2019 }} In the same year, Cho reintroduced [https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/bills/parliament-42/session-1/bill-11 Garrett's Legacy Act] to the provincial legislature.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewhig.com/news/local-news/garretts-legacy-act-back-at-queens-park|title=Garrett's Legacy Act back at Queen's Park |first=Ian |last=MacAlpine |date=August 3, 2018 |website=The Kingston Whig-Standard|language=en-US|access-date=August 18, 2019 }}
In 2019, Cho was appointed as the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Finance, Rod Phillips.{{Cite web|url=https://www.stanchompp.ca/stan_cho_parliamentary_assistant_to_minster_of_finance|title=Stan Cho Parliamentary Assistant to Minister of Finance |website=Stan Cho MPP|language=en|access-date=August 18, 2019 }}
Before becoming appointed as the Associate Minister of Transportation in June 2021, his Bill 262 [https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/bills/parliament-42/session-1/bill-262 (Convenience Store Week Act)] received Royal Assent which proclaims the week before Labour Day as Convenience Store Week in Ontario.{{Cite web|date=June 16, 2021 |title=Ontario Convenience Store Week Act, 2021|url=http://ontariocstores.ca/ontario-convenience-store-week-act-2021/|access-date=June 26, 2021 |website=Ontario Convenience Stores Association|language=en-CA}}
Election results
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References
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Category:Canadian people of Korean descent
Category:People from Etobicoke
Category:People from North York
Category:Politicians from Toronto
Category:Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs
Category:Trinity College (Canada) alumni
Category:Members of the Executive Council of Ontario
Category:21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario