12 Facts About Roman Baber

Roman Baber was elected as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario until he was removed by Premier Doug Ford, the party leader, in January 2021.

Roman Baber sat as an Independent until the dissolution of the Legislative Assembly on May 3,2022.

Roman Baber was a candidate in the 2022 leadership election of the Conservative Party of Canada.

Roman Baber was born in Leningrad, Soviet Union, to a Jewish family.

Roman Baber's family settled in Toronto in the Bathurst Street and Sheppard Avenue area, an area he represented.

Roman Baber is a lawyer by profession and attended William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute and York University, before earning his law degree at the University of Western Ontario.

Roman Baber was elected as the MPP for York Centre in the 2018 provincial election.

Roman Baber was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party caucus until January 15,2021 when Premier Doug Ford removed him from caucus over his opposition to the province's lockdown and restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, with Baber stating in an open letter to Premier Ford, "the lockdown is deadlier than COVID".

Roman Baber was Chair of Parliament's Justice Policy Committee until his removal by a Government motion on February 16,2021.

Roman Baber did not run for re-election in the 2022 Ontario general election.

On March 9,2022, Roman Baber declared his intent to run in the 2022 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election.

Roman Baber pledged to oppose Quebec's Bill 21 and Bill 96, repeal the Trudeau government's carbon tax, end Canada's equalization program, phase out supply management, and more.