Paul Ferreira
| Paul Ferreira | |
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| MPP for York South—Weston | |
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In office February 28, 2007 – September 30, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Joe Cordiano (Liberal) |
| Succeeded by | Laura Albanese (Liberal) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 7, 1973 Azores, Portugal 
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| Political party |
New Democratic Party (1990-2016) No Affiliation (2016- ) |
| Residence | Toronto, Ontario |
| Occupation | Public relations |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Paul Ferreira (born January 7, 1973) is a Canadian populist politician and one of the first openly gay politicians elected to provincial office in Canada. He also has the distinction of being the very first Azorean-Canadian MPP. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP) in the February 8, 2007 York South–Weston by-election, but was narrowly defeated in the 2007 general election. He subsequently served as chief of staff to party leader Howard Hampton until Hampton's retirement from that position in 2009. He later worked as a special assistant to leader Andrea Horvath. On Feb. 8, 2011, Ferreira was acclaimed as the Ontario NDP's candidate in York South-Weston in the 2011 provincial election. Ferreira left the NDP in 2016 stating that the party had become "fundamentally dishonest" and that "the party has “lost its way” by erecting “reactionary” roadblocks against highway tolls."
Paulo (Paul) Ricardo Branco Ferreira was born in the Azores on January 7, 1973. Along with his family, he immigrated to Canada in 1979. They settled in Brampton, Ontario. He attended primary and secondary schools in the Brampton area and went on to study and graduate from Ottawa's Carleton University. Ferreira is an honours graduate of Carleton University’s School of Journalism, where he received awards for academic excellence and community involvement. He speaks English, French and Portuguese.
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