Marie Bountrogianni was born on December 10,1956 and is the former dean of The G Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education at Ryerson University.
16 Facts About Marie Bountrogianni
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Marie Bountrogianni is the former chief psychologist of the Hamilton Board of Education, the former president and executive director of ROM Governors, and former member of Provincial Parliament.
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Marie Bountrogianni was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and a cabinet minister in the government of Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty.
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Marie Bountrogianni received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Waterloo in 1979, a Master of Education degree from the University of Toronto in 1980, and a Doctor of Education degree from the latter institution in 1983.
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Marie Bountrogianni became a registered psychologist in 1985, and was employed in psychological work at the Toronto Board of Education from 1984 to 1988.
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Marie Bountrogianni served as an assistant professor at Wilfrid Laurier University from 1985 to 1987, and McMaster University from 1992 to 1999, and was the vice-chair of St Peter's Hospital in Hamilton from 1995 to 1999.
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Marie Bountrogianni was a director at Northland Power Inc and chair of its Governance Committee until May 2022.
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Marie Bountrogianni sits on the board of the Democracy Study Center in Kyiv, Ukraine and on the advisory council of Eurobank's incubator, the egg, in Athens, Greece.
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Marie Bountrogianni ran for the Ontario legislature in the 1995 provincial election, as a Liberal candidate in the riding of Hamilton Mountain.
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Marie Bountrogianni finished ahead of incumbent New Democrat Brian Charlton, but 1028 votes behind the winner, Progressive Conservative Trevor Pettit.
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Marie Bountrogianni ran against Pettit again in the 1999 provincial election.
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The Progressive Conservatives won the election, and Marie Bountrogianni became the opposition critic for Colleges and Universities as well as Women's Issues.
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Marie Bountrogianni was re-elected in the 2003 election, in which the Liberals won a majority.
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In October 2004, Marie Bountrogianni introduced and stewarded the passage of the AODA, the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act After a cabinet shuffle on June 29,2005, Marie Bountrogianni was named Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister responsible for Democratic Renewal.
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Marie Bountrogianni decided not to run for re-election in 2007, and was succeeded by another Liberal, Sophia Aggelonitis.
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Marie Bountrogianni was appointed as chair of the board of Help Us Help in 2020, a foundation supporting orphans and vets in Ukraine.