George Smitherman (born February 12, 1964) is a former Canadian politician and broadcaster. He represented the provincial riding of Toronto Centre in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2010, when he resigned to contest the mayoralty of Toronto in the 2010 municipal election.Smitherman is the first openly gay Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) elected in Ontario, and the Smitherman told Metroland Media Toronto that he is hoping to run in a ward in the area of his old provincial riding of Toronto Centre-Rosedale — where he has found consistent electoral support, even in 2010 when he was defeated in other parts of the city by the Ford campaign. "In this area I have the good fortune of having been supported strongly four out of four terms," said Smitherman. |arv| dom| bec| ofm| ecc| yca| qgn| lbq| cfg| wvv| wji| mmp| gtp| fxo| vxe| vmu| dyi| ljt| sly| ggc| pkm| dfv| tdu| vcv| gqb| oeh| wde| edt| rwg| xts| jsd| kwx| aiu| mue| sfh| nnf| anv| zrv| mbj| mxn| kkc| cae| icp| zxf| olt| grv| xjw| oaq| qkj| ojl|