Jim Karygiannis
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The Honourable Jim Karygiannis PC |
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| Toronto City Councillor for Ward 39 (Scarborough—Agincourt) | |
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Assumed office December 1, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Mike Del Grande |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Scarborough—Agincourt |
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In office November 21, 1988 – April 1, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Paul McCrossan |
| Succeeded by | Arnold Chan |
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James Karygiannis May 2, 1955 Athens, Greece |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Toula Karygiannis |
| Residence | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Profession | Businessman, industrial engineer |
| Portfolio | · Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport with special emphasis on Transport and Environment (2003-2004) · Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport (2004-2005) · Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development and Minister responsible for Democratic Renewal (2005-2006) |
James "Jim" Karygiannis, PC, (Greek: Δημήτρης Καρύγιαννης; born May 2, 1955) is a Canadian politician. He formerly served in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal MP from 1988 to 2014, and is currently a member of the Toronto City Council.
Karygiannis served concurrently as the parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development and Minister responsible for Democratic Renewal (2005) and was previously parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Transport (2003-2005).
On April 1, 2014 he resigned his seat as a Member of Parliament in order to stand in the Toronto municipal election for Toronto City Councillor in Ward 39, and subsequently was elected to that seat.
Karygiannis was born in Athens, Greece. Before entering politics, Karygiannis was a businessman and industrial engineer. He immigrated to Canada in 1966, and has a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Toronto. He also holds a degree of Fellowship of Business Administration from the Canadian School of Management.
Karygiannis has been involved with politics as a Liberal since the late 1980s, first in provincial politics and later as a federal MP. He ran as a candidate of the Ontario Liberal Party for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 1987 provincial election. He lost to David Reville of the Ontario New Democratic Party by about 1,500 votes. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons the following year in the federal election, defeating Progressive Conservative incumbent W. Paul McCrossan by 858 votes in the newly created riding of Scarborough—Agincourt.
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