Raymond Cho (politician)
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Raymond Cho MPP |
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| 조성준 | |
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| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Scarborough—Rouge River |
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Assumed office September 1, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Bas Balkissoon |
| Toronto City Councillor for (Ward 42) Scarborough—Rouge River | |
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In office December 1, 2000 – September 10, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Ward Created |
| Succeeded by | TBD |
| Chair of the Scarborough Community Council | |
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In office December 1, 2003 – June 27, 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Ron Moeser |
| Succeeded by | Michael Thompson |
| Toronto City Councillor for Scarborough Malvern (Ward 18) | |
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In office January 1, 1998 – December 1, 2000 |
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| Preceded by | Ward created |
| Succeeded by | Ward abolished |
| Metro Toronto City Councillor for Scarborough Malvern (Ward 18) | |
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In office December 1, 1991 – January 1, 1998 |
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| Preceded by | Bob Sanders |
| Succeeded by | City Amalgamated |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1936 (age 80–81) Korea |
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Progressive Conservative (Provincial) Independent (Municipal) |
| Other political affiliations |
NDP (before 2004) |
| Spouse(s) | Soon-Ok |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto |
| Occupation | Social Worker |
Raymond Cho (born c. 1936) is a Canadian politician based in Toronto, Ontario. In 2016, he won a by-election to become the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPP for Scarborough—Rouge River in the Ontario legislature. Previously, he had been a municipal politician since 1991, most recently as a City Councillor representing Ward 42 Scarborough—Rouge River. Before being elected, he worked as a social worker for the Catholic Children's Aid Society, the Toronto Board of Education, and the Scarborough Board of Education.
Cho holds a master's degree in Social Work and Doctorate in Education from the University of Toronto. He is married to Soon-Ok , and has three adult sons.
He was first elected to Metropolitan Toronto Council for Scarborough-Malvern in 1991, and was re-elected in 1994. After the Scarborough and the other suburbs were amalgamated into the new City of Toronto, Cho was elected to the new council representing Scarborough-Malvern in 1997 along with Bas Balkissoon. In 2000, he was again re-elected and now represents the new ward of Scarborough Rouge-River. He won re-election in 2003, 2006 and 2010.
On August 13, 2004, the Toronto Star reported that Cho spent nearly all of his allotted councillor expense fund, one of the highest on city council. While there was some speculation that some of this money was diverted to Cho's failed bid to run in the federal election campaign, his executive assistant said the money was needed for newsletters mailed out to constituents to provide information on a rash of fatal shootings in the Malvern neighbourhood earlier in the year.
Cho was Chairman of the Toronto Zoo for two successive terms.
Cho was a New Democratic Party candidate for election to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1988 federal election and was initially identified as a New Democrat when he joined Metro Council, however, he soon became an ally and supporter of then Metropolitan Toronto Chairman Alan Tonks and dropped his NDP affiliation. He subsequently took out membership in the Liberal Party though, like most non-NDP municipal politicians in Ontario he did not run on a party label in municipal elections.
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