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Encyclopedia > Maria Minna

The Honourable Maria Minna, PC (born March 14, 1948, Pofi, Italy) is a Canadian politician who represents the riding of Beaches—East York for the Liberal Party. The prefix The Honourable or The Honorable ( or formerly The Honble) is a title of quality attached to the names of certain classes of persons. ... The Queens Privy Council for Canada is the ceremonial council of advisors to the Queen of Canada, whose members are appointed by her Governor General in Canada for life on the advice of the Prime Minister. ... March 14 is the 73rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (74th in Leap years) with 292 days remaining in the year. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... Beaches—East York is a political riding in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... The Liberal Party of Canada (French: Parti libéral du Canada) is Canadas current governing political party. ...


By profession Minna is a public policy consultant and has long been active in the Liberal Party. She has worked with the party and also with immigrants rights groups. Immigration is the act of moving to or settling in another country or region, temporarily or permanently. ...


First elected to parliament in the 1993 election she was later appointed to cabinet as the Minister of International Cooperation. She was dropped from the position after it was alleged she improperly voted in a municipal by-election, she was thus confined to the backbenches. Her actions were leaked from within the Liberal Party and it is generally believed that Warren Kinsella an important Liberal advisor who has long wanted to run in Minna's seat was responsible. A later investigation by federal ethics counsellor Howard Wilson determined that she had voted legally and cleared her of all wrongdoing in the matter. The 1993 Canadian federal election, which took place on October 25th, 1993, was one of the most eventful in Canadian history. ... A by-election or bye-election is a special election held to fill a political office when the incumbent has died or resigned. ... J. Warren Kinsella, LL.B., (born August 1960 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian lawyer, author and consultant and a prominent political consultant and commentator. ...


In the 2004 election Minna faced a tough battle with NDP candidate Peter Tabuns, former city councilor and head of Greenpeace Canada. She won by 7,338 votes. A Canadian federal election (more formally, the 38th general election) was held on June 28, 2004 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. ... The New Democratic Party (French: Nouveau Parti démocratique) is a democratic socialist political party in Canada. ... Peter Tabuns is a Canadian politician and activist who ran for the NDP in the riding of Beaches—East York. ... Greenpeace protest in Brasília, Brazil. ...


External links

  • Official Site
  • CBC on voting scandal
26th Ministry - Government of Jean Chrétien
Cabinet Posts (1)
Preceded by:
Diane Marleau		 Minister for International Cooperation
(1999-2002)		 Succeeded by:
Susan Whelan

  Results from FactBites:
 
MP Maria Minna cleared by ethics counsellor (1228 words)
Liberal MP Maria Minna did not break election laws when she cast a ballot in a civic byelection, the federal ethics counsellor ruled Friday.
Howard Wilson said that Minna was "entitled and eligible to vote" in the November 2001 election in Toronto.
But the Canadian Alliance demanded Minna be dropped from her cabinet post as international co-operation minister, noting that her campaign manager was working for the same municipal politician Minna voted for.
Minna Aspler: Memoir (7668 words)
Minna invited her friend to the house and when she reciprocated it turned out that her home was the local orphanage, run by the famous Dr. Janush Korczak, a medical doctor and author of children's books, who devoted his entire life to "his" children.
Minna will never forget the day she saw a young man, dirty and in rags, with a board strapped to his back to which he had attached some books for sale, as if there would be money for books when there was none for food.
Minna had had a choice of joining the army of the prisoners of war and be interned or going along with the fleeing thousands of civilians and she chose the latter.
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