Marie Bountrogianni

Marie Bountrogianni
Ontario MPP
In office 1999–2007
Preceded by	Trevor Pettit
Succeeded by	Sophia Aggelonitis
Constituency	Hamilton Mountain
Personal details
Born	December 10, 1956 Hamilton, Ontario
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Ioannis Tsanis
Children	2
Residence	Hamilton, Ontario
Occupation	Psychologist, Professor

Marie Bountrogianni (born December 10, 1956) is the Dean of The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education at Ryerson University. She is an educational psychologist, former President and Executive Director of ROM (Royal Ontario Museum) Governors, and former member of Provincial Parliament. She was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and a cabinet minister in the government of Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty.

Background

Bountrogianni was born in Hamilton, Ontario,^[1] the daughter of Greek immigrants. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Waterloo in 1979, a Master of Education degree from the University of Toronto in 1980, and a Doctor of Education degree from the latter institution in 1983.^[2]

She became a registered psychologist in 1985, and was employed in psychological work at the Toronto Board of Education from 1984 to 1988. From 1989 to 1999, she was Chief Psychologist of the Hamilton Board of Education. Bountrogianni also served as an Assistant Professor at Wilfrid Laurier University from 1985 to 1987, and McMaster University from 1992 to 1999, and was the Vice-Chair of St. Peter's Hospital in Hamilton from 1995 to 1999. In 1997, she was hired by the European Union to evaluate proposals for graduate school funding. Locally, she has also served as an honorary co-Chair of Hamilton & Bay AIDSwalk and Grace Haven Capital Campaign. She sits on the Canada-California Business Council.She lives in Ancaster with her husband and two children, a son and daughter.^[2]

Politics

Provincial

Bountrogianni ran for the Ontario legislature in the 1995 provincial election, as a Liberal candidate in the riding of Hamilton Mountain. She finished ahead of incumbent New Democrat Brian Charlton, but 1028 votes behind the winner, Progressive Conservative Trevor Pettit.^[3]

Bountrogianni ran against Pettit again in the 1999 provincial election. There was some uncertainty in the riding as to whether Bountrogianni or NDP candidate Chris Charlton (wife of Brian) would have a better chance of defeating Pettit. Charlton received some union support but the teachers and the building trades backed Bountrogianni.^[4] As it happened, Bountrogianni was able to defeat Pettit by over 2500 votes, with Charlton finishing third.^[5] The Progressive Conservatives won the election, and Bountrogianni became the opposition critic for Colleges and Universities as well as Women's Issues.^[6] In 2002, she was named Woman of the Year in Politics by the Hamilton Status of Women Committee.^[7]

Bountrogianni was re-elected in the 2003 election, in which the Liberals won a majority.^[8] On October 23, 2003, she was named Minister of Children's Services and Minister of Citizenship and Immigration.^[9]

In October 2004, Bountrogianni introduced a plan to make all public and private buildings in the province wheelchair-accessible by 2025.^[10] After a cabinet shuffle on June 29, 2005, Bountrogianni was named Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister responsible for Democratic Renewal.^[11]

She decided not to run for re-election in 2007, and was succeeded by another Liberal, Sophia Aggelonitis.^[12]

Cabinet positions

Provincial electoral record

Ontario general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Trevor Pettit	13,852	36.60	+16.14
	Liberal	Marie Bountrogianni	12,824	33.88	+14.16
	New Democratic	Brian Charlton	9,837	25.99	-33.81
	Family Coalition	Michael O'Grady	1,329	3.51
Total valid votes			37,822	100.00
Source: Elections Ontario.[3]

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Marie Bountrogianni	19,076	40.25	+6.34
	Progressive Conservative	Trevor Pettit	16,397	34.60	-2.02
	New Democratic	Chris Charlton	10,622	22.41	-3.55
	Green	Kelli Gallagher	456	0.96
	Family Coalition	Jim Enos	426	0.90	-2.61
	Natural Law	Bob Danio	261	0.55
	Independent	Rolf Gerstenberger	159	0.34
Total valid votes			47,397	100.00
Source: Elections Ontario.[5]

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Marie Bountrogianni	23,524	51.79	+11.54
	New Democratic	Chris Charlton	12,017	26.46	+4.05
	Progressive Conservative	Shakil Hassan	8,637	19.02	-15.58
	Family Coalition	Eleanor Johnson	748	1.65	+0.75
	Green	Selwyn Inniss	494	1.09	+0.13
Total valid votes			45,420	100.00
Source: Elections Ontario.[8]

Federal attempt

In 2011, she ran as the Liberal candidate in the 2011 federal election, finishing third behind Terry Anderson and the winner, New Democrat incumbent Chris Charlton.^[13]

Federal electoral record

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Chris Charlton	25,595	47.2	+3.5
	Conservative	Terry Anderson	17,936	33.1	+2.4
	Liberal	Marie Bountrogianni	8,787	16.2	-4
	Green	Stephen Brotherson	1,505	2.8	-2.7
	Christian Heritage	Jim Enos	270	0.5	–
	Independent	Henryk Adamiec	171	0.3	–
Total valid votes			54,264	100.0
Total rejected ballots			261	0.5	+0.4
Turnout			54,525	61.8	–
Eligible voters			88,196	–	–
Source: Elections Canada.[14]

After politics

In 2007, she became President of the Royal Ontario Museum but stepped down in February 2011 (to run for federal parliament).^[2] From 2007 to 2012, she served on the Child and Youth Committee for the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC). In 2012, she was a professor at Ryerson’s G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education, where she performed research and taught political psychology courses. On July 1, 2013, she was appointed the interim Dean of the Chang School of Continuing Education. ^[15] On April 23, 2014, she was named Dean of the Chang School of Continuing Education. ^[16]

References

1. "Marie Bountrogianni, MPP for Hamilton Mountain". Retrieved 2008-01-15.
2. Posner, Michael (8 December 2007). "The Royal Ontario Museum's latest discovery". The Globe and Mail. p. M7.
3. "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate (1995)". Elections Ontario. 1995-06-08. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
4. Urquhart, Ian (3 June 1999). "Analysis The key ridings to watch for clues to who's winning". Toronto Star.
5. "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate (1999)". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
6. "Rookie one of most vocal MPPs; political agendas". The Spectator. 18 November 1999. p. A08.
7. Davy, Denise (21 January 2004). "Ontario's advocate for children; Hamilton Mountain's Marie Bountrogianni aims to streamline services for families". The Spectator. p. A09.
8. "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate (2003)". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
9. "This cabinet has work to do". The Guelph Mercury. 24 October 2003. p. A10.
10. Henderson, Helen (16 October 2004). "New accessibility bill gets positive reviews". Toronto Star. p. L05.
11. Howlett, Karen (30 June 2005). "McGuinty creates two new ministries". The Globe and Mail. p. A11.
12. Benzie, Robert (2007-06-15). "Minister to call it quits". TheStar.com. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
13. "Marie Bountrogianni takes up federal Liberal banner for Hamilton Mountain". Liberal.ca. 2011-01-17. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
14. "Past results: Hamilton Mountain (Ontario), 2004-present". Elections Canada. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
15. Dreschel, Andrew (2011-11-28). "You can't keep a good woman down". TheSpec. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
16. Johanna VanderMaas (April 23, 2014). "Marie Bountrogianni named dean of The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education at Ryerson University". Ryerson University. Retrieved May 5, 2014.

External links

• Consul General Chen Xiaoling Visited Hon. Marie Bountrogianni, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration of the Province of Ontario
• Marie Bountrogianni: Laurier Library Images
• Ontario Legislative Assembly Parliamentarian History