Peter Milczyn
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Peter Milczyn MPP |
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| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Etobicoke—Lakeshore |
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Assumed office June 12, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Doug Holyday |
| Toronto City Councillor for Ward 5 (Etobicoke—Lakeshore) | |
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In office December 1, 2000 – July 7, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Blake Kinahan |
| Succeeded by | James Maloney |
| Etobicoke City Councillor | |
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In office December 1, 1994 – January 1, 1998 |
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| Preceded by | Alex Faulkner |
| Succeeded by | Position Abolished |
| Constituency | Ward 2 |
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| Born | 1965 (age 51–52) Etobicoke, Ontario |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Rose |
| Profession | Politician |
Peter Milczyn (born c. 1965) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who was elected in 2014. He represents the riding of Etobicoke—Lakeshore. He was a city councillor in Toronto, Ontario from 2000 to 2014.
Milczyn was born in Etobicoke. His parents, Wes Milczyn and Maria Graf, emigrated from Poland in 1963. His mother worked as a journalist in Poland. He attended Etobicoke Collegiate Institute and the University of Toronto where he obtained a degree in architecture. He set up his own design firm, but his interest in urban planning issues propelled him into politics.
Milczyn ran for a seat on the Etobicoke city council in 1991. He came third behind winner Alex Faulkner. He ran again in 1994 and beat out eight other contenders in Ward 2 after Faulkner retired from politics.
In 1993, he became president of Etobicoke—Lakeshore Liberal Party riding association. He quit this position, however, when then Liberal Party leader Jean Chrétien appointed Jean Augustine to run as the party's candidate in the riding in the 1993 Canadian federal election. This decision overrode his association's recommendation of Mary Sopta as the candidate. The Liberal party felt that Sopta's Serbo-Croatian background would create tension. Milczyn characterized that as "racist". Milczyn complained that Augustine was being appointed as the Liberal candidate only because she was black. He said, "It's only a factor with me inasmuch as it upsets me that they're using it (color) as a factor."
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