- Dipika Damerla
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Dipika Damerla Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario Incumbent Assumed office
October 6, 2011Preceded by Peter Fonseca Constituency Mississauga East—Cooksville Personal details Political party Liberal Dipika Damerla is a Member of Provincial Parliament in Ontario for the Mississauga East—Cooksville riding in Mississauga.[1]
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Background
Damerla grew up in India where she went to school and earned a designation as a chartered accountant. After emigrating to Canada she earned her MBA from the Rotman School of Business, University of Toronto. She worked in corporate banking at the Royal Bank of Canada and the Bank of Nova Scotia. She began her career as a social and political commentator for OMNI TV, covering local issues in Mississauga. Before her election she was Senior Policy Advisor to Ontario's Minister of Economic Development and Trade.[2]
Politics
In 2011 she was the Liberal candidate in the riding of Mississauga East-Cooksville. She beat her nearest rival, Progressive Conservative Zoran Churchin by 4,161 votes.
Election results
Ontario general election, 2011 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Dipika Damerla 15,450 45.6 -13.4 Progressive Conservative Zoran Churchin 11,289 33.3 +10.2 New Democrat Waseem Ahmed 5,744 16.9 +8.4 Green Lloyd Jones 932 2.7 -3.6 Independent Winston Harding 204 0.6 - Freedom Jonathon Dury 183 0.5 -0.2 Paramount Canadians Shriya Shah 113 0.3 - Total valid votes 33,915 100.0 References
- ^ Chin, Joe (2011-10-07). "Rookie wins for Grits". Mississauga News. p. 1.
- ^ "Biography: Dipika Damerla". http://votedipika.com/Biography. Retrieved 2011-11-07.
External links
Categories:- Living people
- Ontario Liberal Party MPPs
- People from Mississauga
- Women MPPs in Ontario
- Canadian people of Indian descent
- Ontario MPP stubs
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