David Boushy is a politician

Politician

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 in Ontario

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, Canada

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. He served as a Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario

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 member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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 from 1995 to 1999.

Boushy was educated at Narj' Oyoun National College in Lebanon. He worked for Esso

Esso

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 Chemicals after moving to Canada, and was the founder and editor of the Sarnia

Sarnia, Ontario

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 Visitor's Guide. Boushy served for over 30 years on the Sarnia City Council, and was the secretary of the local Progressive Conservative association.

Boushy was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1995 provincial election

Ontario general election, 1995

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, defeating Liberal

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 Joan Link by 634 votes in the riding of Sarnia (incumbent New Democrat Bob Huget

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 was third). He served as a supporter of Mike Harris

Mike Harris

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's government for the next four years.

Boushy lost to Liberal Caroline Di Cocco

Caroline Di Cocco

Caroline Di Cocco is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She is a former member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Sarnia—Lambton for the Ontario Liberal Party from 1999 to 2007 and was a cabinet minister in the government of Dalton McGuinty until her defeat in the...

 by about 3,000 votes in the 1999 provincial election

Ontario general election, 1999

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, in the redistributed riding of Sarnia—Lambton

Sarnia—Lambton

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. He subsequently returned to municipal politics, and is still a member of the Sarnia municipal council as of 2010. In the 2007 Ontario provincial election Caroline Di Cocco lost to Conservative Bob Baily. Boushy also ran for the PC nomination in the 2003 provincial election

Ontario general election, 2003

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, but lost to Henk Venden Ende.

On November 18, 2005 a Long-standing Service Award was presented to David Boushy by the Ontario Government for his over 25 years of Municipal Service and for "showing immense leadership and commitment to his community of Sarnia Lambton".

Electoral record

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|Dave Boushy
|align="right"|9260
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|Joan Link
|align="right"|8626
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|Bob Huget

Bob Huget

Bob Huget is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1995, and served as a cabinet minister in the government of Bob Rae.-Background:...

|align="right"|7487
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|Ron Raes
|align="right"|1642
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|Anthony Barbato
|align="right"|217
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|Andrew K. Falby
|align="right"|159
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|Caroline Di Cocco

Caroline Di Cocco

Caroline Di Cocco is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She is a former member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Sarnia—Lambton for the Ontario Liberal Party from 1999 to 2007 and was a cabinet minister in the government of Dalton McGuinty until her defeat in the...

|align="right"|19,440
|align="right"|48.91
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|Dave Boushy
|align="right"|16,679
|align="right"|41.96
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|Mark Kotanen
|align="right"|3,110
|align="right"|7.82
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|Andrew K. Falby
|align="right"|517
|align="right"|1.3
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