Charles Sousa
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The Honourable Charles Sousa MPP |
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| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Mississauga South |
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Assumed office October 10, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Tim Peterson |
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September 27, 1958 Toronto, Ontario |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Zenaida Sousa |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | Clarkson, Mississauga, Ontario |
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Wilfrid Laurier University (B.B.A.) The University of Western Ontario (M.B.A.) |
| Occupation | Businessperson |
Charles Sousa (born September 27, 1958) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. Charles Sousa is currently the Minister of Finance for Ontario. He is a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who was elected in 2007. He represents the riding of Mississauga South. He has served in Cabinet in the governments of Dalton McGuinty and Kathleen Wynne.
Sousa grew up in Mississauga. He graduated from Wilfrid Laurier University in 1982 with a degree in Business Administration. In 1991, he completed a fellowship at the Institute of Canadian Bankers. He then earned an Executive MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario in 1994. He worked at Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Financial Group for more than 20 years, primarily as Director Commercial Banking and Director Marketing RBC Dominion Securities. Prior to working with RBC, he owned and operated a factoring company that offered asset base financing to small businesses.
Sousa has been a member of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, a director with the United States Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Toronto Board of Trade. In 2003, he was appointed to represent Canada as a director to the International Chamber of Commerce. He is a past president of the Federation of Portuguese Canadian Business and Professionals Federation of Portuguese-Canadian Business & Professionals and member of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in Toronto (EUCOCIT). He was also an ambassador for the Credit Valley Hospital Foundation and an honorary chair of the Rainbow Ball Foundation.
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