Peter Milczyn

Background

Milczyn was born in Etobicoke. His mother worked as a journalist in Poland.

Education

He attended Etobicoke Collegiate Institute and the University of Toronto where he obtained a degree in architecture.

Career

He represents the riding of Etobicoke—Lakeshore. He was a city councillor in Toronto, Ontario from 2000 to 2014. He set up his own design firm, but his interest in urban planning issues propelled him into politics.

Municipal

Milczyn ran for a seat on the Etobicoke city council in 1991.

In 1993, he became president of Etobicoke—Lakeshore Liberal Party riding association. This decision overrode his association"s recommendation of Mary Sopta as the candidate.

The Liberal party felt that Sopta"s Serbo-Croatian background would create tension. Milczyn characterized that as "racist".

Milczyn complained that Augustine was being appointed as the Liberal candidate only because she was black.

He said, "lieutenant"s only a factor with me inasmuch as it upsets me that they"re using it (color) as a factor."

In the 2000 municipal election he ran again and this time defeating incumbent Blake Kinahan in a close race. He backed John Tory for Mayor of Toronto in the 2003 municipal election. Provincial

Milczyn ran as the Liberal candidate in the Etobicoke—Lakeshore provincial by-election, caused by the resignation of Laurel Broten, which was held August 1, 2013.

He was defeated by fellow Toronto councillor Doug Holyday, running for the Progressive Conservatives.

In the 2014 general election he faced Holyday again this time defeating him by 6,548 votes. He serves as a Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure.

Achievements

• He came third behind winner Alex Faulkner. With the merger of Etobicoke and other municipalities to form the new City of Toronto, he ran, but failed to win a seat on Toronto city council in 1997.

Politics

He ran again in 1994 and beat out eight other contenders in Ward 2 after Faulkner retired from politics. He quit this position, however, when then Liberal Party leader Jean Chrétien appointed Jean Augustine to run as the party"s candidate in the riding in the 1993 Canadian federal election.

Membership

He is a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who was elected in 2014.