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| Affiliation | Liberal |
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| Name | Bas Balkissoon |
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Scarborough, Ontario , Canada |
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(72 years)
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| Info | Bas Balkissoon is a politician in Toronto, Canada. Formerly the Toronto city councillor representing Ward 41 in northeast area of Scarborough, Balkissoon won election to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario on November 24, 2005 as the Liberal MPP for Scarborough—Rouge River.
Born in Trinidad and Tobago, Balkissoon rose to prominence as the head of Scarborough Homeowners Alliance For Fair Taxes, an organization that challenged the province's property assessment system. In 1988, he ran for Scarborough city council in what was then Ward 13. He won against four other community activists by only 24 votes. With the formation of the new amalgamated city of Toronto, he was elected to Toronto City Council in 1997. As chair of the city's Audit Committee he was credited with uncovering a dubious computer leasing deal between the City and MFP Financial, which eventually lead to the formation of the Toronto Computer Leasing Inquiry. Balkissoon also served for a period on the Police Services Board on which he was critical of then-Toronto Police Chief Julian Fantino as well as the Toronto Police Association and its leader at the time, Craig Bromell.
On October 4, 2005, Balkissoon was nominated as the Ontario Liberal Party's candidate in the by-election to replace Alvin Curling as the Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Scarborough—Rouge River in the Ontario legislature. In a controversial move, the Liberals used a clause in the party's constitution to invalidate all other potential contestants, despite the fact that several individuals were interested in the Liberal nomination including Raymond Cho. Cho is the Toronto City Councillor for Ward 42 which along with Balkissoon's Ward 41, make up the two halves of the Scarborough—Rouge River provincial riding.
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