Carl DeFaria was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2003 and was a cabinet minister in the government of Ernie Eves.
14 Facts About Carl DeFaria
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Carl DeFaria worked in criminal and constitutional law before entering political life.
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Carl DeFaria was an instructor of the Bar Admission Course for the Law Society of Upper Canada.
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Carl DeFaria ran for the Ontario legislature in the provincial election of 1990, as the Tory candidate in the working-class riding of Cambridge.
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Carl DeFaria finished a distant third, behind prominent New Democrat Mike Farnan and a Liberal candidate.
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Carl DeFaria then ran for the federal Progressive Conservative Party in the federal election of 1993 in Mississauga East, placing a distant third, this time behind Liberal Albina Guarnieri and a Reform Party candidate.
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Carl DeFaria was elected in Mississauga East by more than 6,000 votes over his Liberal opponent in the provincial election of 1995, amid a Tory sweep of the Mississauga region.
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Carl DeFaria was re-elected in the provincial election of 1999, defeating his Liberal opponent by more than 4,000 votes.
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Carl DeFaria supported Ernie Eves to succeed Harris as party leader in 2002, and was named Minister of Citizenship with responsibility for Seniors on April 15,2002.
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Carl DeFaria quickly apologized, claiming that he had not scrutinized the pamphlet carefully enough before its release.
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Carl DeFaria ran for the Mississauga South federal Conservative nomination in 2004, losing to Phil Green.
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In 2005, Carl DeFaria was appointed director of the Serious Crimes Unit by Timorese President Xanana Gusmao.
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Carl DeFaria's task was to windup war crimes probes before the UN pullout on May 20,2005.
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Carl DeFaria faced some criticism that the UN was leaving before the war crime trial process was finished.