1. George Darouze was born on November 1964 and is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario following the 2025 Ontario general election as the Member of Provincial Parliament for Carleton.
18 Facts About George Darouze
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George Darouze was elected for the first time in the 2014 Ottawa municipal election.
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George Darouze graduated from the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts with a degree in Telecommunications.
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George Darouze is the former president of the Ottawa-Carleton Snowmobile Trail Club.
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George Darouze has supported Conservative Member of Parliament Pierre Poilievre, as well as the previous councillor for Osgoode Ward, Doug Thompson.
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In 2020, George Darouze was caught texting while driving while livestreaming as part of a virtual meeting of the city's audit committee.
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In 2022, George Darouze won re-election as the representative for Osgoode Ward 20.
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George Darouze won the election by a margin of approximately 200 votes, securing a third term on Ottawa's city council.
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On November 9,2024, George Darouze announced he was running for the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party nomination for the riding of Carleton ahead of the Next Ontario general election.
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George Darouze has spoken out against the Vacant Unit Tax in Ottawa on multiple occasions, including trying to repeal the Vacant Unit Tax in August 2023, and proposing changes that exempted certain rural properties, as well as providing opportunities for additional case-specific exemptions.
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George Darouze has pushed for further enhancements to the rural economy in Ottawa, moving a motion to include the rural and agricultural sector within the strategic priorities of the City's Economic Development Strategy and Action Plan.
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George Darouze spoke out against a lowering of the curbside waste collection limit in 2023, acknowledging concerns from rural residents with respect to the potential for an increase in illegal dumping.
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George Darouze spoke out and voted against deferral of works related to the widening of the Airport Parkway, citing the fact that this highway is one of the first impressions that visitors to the City of Ottawa will have upon arrival at the Ottawa Airport in the City's south end.
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George Darouze provided a direction to City staff in October 2024 to conduct a fulsome review of rural villages in 2025 and provide recommendations for growth opportunities in smaller and mid-size villages, in order to prevent stagnation of housing development and services.
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George Darouze has volunteered with the Greely Winter Carnival, the Osgoode Village and Metcalfe Santa Claus Parades, the Vernon Arts and Crafts Show, and the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation.
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In 2011, George Darouze was awarded Volunteer of the Year by the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs.
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The matter is settled, the complainant and her husband had filed a lawsuit against George Darouze for alleged damages, but eventually dropped the lawsuit.
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George Darouze was re-elected in the 2018 municipal election as the councillor for Osgoode Ward.