Gregory Samuel Sorbara was born on September 4,1946 and is a former politician in Ontario, Canada.
22 Facts About Greg Sorbara
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Greg Sorbara was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1985 to 1995, and again from 2001 to 2012 who represented ridings north of Toronto in the city of Vaughan.
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Greg Sorbara resigned from cabinet October 11,2005, following a police investigation involving his family's real estate development firm and was reinstated on May 23,2006 after a judge ruled that there was no cause for including Sorbara's name on a search warrant.
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Greg Sorbara chaired the party's successful 2007 election campaign but announced on October 26,2007 that he was leaving the cabinet to spend more time with his family but would continue as a backbench MPP.
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Greg Sorbara was chancellor of York University from June 2014 to May 2023, succeeded by Kathleen Taylor.
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Greg Sorbara graduated from St Michael's College School and attended University of Toronto for four years but left without graduating.
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Greg Sorbara initially resisted opposition calls for him to step down, but later resigned as Minister of Finance the same day.
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Greg Sorbara defeated Progressive Conservative incumbent William Hodgson by 4,100 votes.
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The Liberals under David Peterson were able to form a minority government after this election, and Greg Sorbara was appointed Minister of Colleges and Universities and Minister of Skills Development on June 26,1985.
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Greg Sorbara was re-elected in the redistributed riding of York Centre in the 1987 provincial election.
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In 1990 the Liberals were upset by the New Democratic Party in the election which followed, though Greg Sorbara won in his riding.
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On November 14,1991, Greg Sorbara announced that he was joining the race to replace Peterson as leader of the party.
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Greg Sorbara stated, "We have to stop this province's slide into a low-wage, no-growth economy," and spoke of infrastructure investment.
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Greg Sorbara subsequently refused to support either Murray Elston or Lyn McLeod on the fifth and final ballot.
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Greg Sorbara supported Dalton McGuinty's successful bid for the provincial party leadership at the 1996 leadership convention.
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Greg Sorbara did not run in the 1999 provincial election, but was elected Party President over Alvin Curling in November 1999.
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Greg Sorbara delivered a statement in May 2010, supporting the minority Muslim sect, Ahmadiyya, who were recently attacked in Lahore for practicing their faith.
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The Liberals won the 2003 election, and Greg Sorbara was appointed Minister of Finance in the Ontario Cabinet on October 23,2003.
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Greg Sorbara became involved in a conflict-of-interest controversy not long after his appointment.
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On May 18,2004, Greg Sorbara released the McGuinty government's first budget.
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Greg Sorbara moved to expand infrastructure spending by encouraging Ontario's large pension plans to invest in the construction of new roads, schools and hospitals.
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Greg Sorbara was re-elected to the Legislature in the 2007 election, and subsequently on October 26,2007, he announced that he no longer wanted to sit in Cabinet, citing he wanted to devote more time for his constituents and his family.