Reza Moridi | |
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Ontario MPP | |
In office 2007–2018 | |
Preceded by | New riding |
Succeeded by | Daisy Wai |
Constituency | Richmond Hill |
Personal details | |
Born | 1945 (age 78–79) Urmia, West Azarbaijan, Iran |
Political party | Liberal |
Residence(s) | Richmond Hill, Ontario |
Profession | Physicist, Engineer |
Reza Moridi (Persian: رضا مریدی; born c. 1945) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2007 to 2018 who represented the riding of Richmond Hill. He served as a cabinet minister in the government of Kathleen Wynne. He was the first Iranian-Canadian elected to legislature [1] and appointed as a Cabinet minister in Canada.[2]