David Zimmer
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The Honourable David Zimmer MPP |
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David Zimmer
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| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Willowdale |
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Assumed office October 2, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | David Young |
| Minister of Aboriginal Affairs | |
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Assumed office February 11, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Christopher Bentley |
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April 7, 1944 Kitchener, Ontario |
| Political party | Ontario Liberal Party |
| Residence | Toronto, Ontario |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
David Zimmer (born April 7, 1944) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who was elected in 2003. He represents the riding of Willowdale in Toronto. He is a member of cabinet in the government of Kathleen Wynne.
Zimmer was born in the town of Kitchener, Ontario. While associated with the Toronto law firm of Ledrew Laishley Reed, he also served as an administrative law instructor in the Law Society's Bar Admission Course. From 1982 to 1984 he was Director of the Humane Society and from 1993 to 1995 was President of the Alzheimer Society of Canada. He served as chairperson of the city's public housing provider, the Toronto Community Housing Corporation. Upon the start of campaigning for elective office, he relinquished the public post of assistant deputy chair of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada.
Zimmer was awarded the Greatest Local Hero Award by the North York Town Crier for his volunteer and community work in Willowdale. In 2005, he received a "Social Work Doctors’ Colloquium" Award of Merit for his work toward a just and caring society. He has also been cited for work on Ontario Municipal Board reform and the new City of Toronto Act, which gives Toronto greater power to manage its own affairs.
Zimmer first sought elected office as an alderman in Kitchener, Ontario in the 1970s but was not successful. In the 2003 Ontario provincial election, he ran as the Liberal candidate in the riding of Willowdale, defeating Progressive Conservative incumbent and sitting Attorney General David Young by 1,866 votes. He was re-elected in 2007,2011, and 2014, increasing his share of vote and margin of victory each time.
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