About your Mississauga Streetsville MPP
Bob Delaney's background

Bob Delaney was first elected as the Member of Provincial Parliament in the riding of Mississauga West on October 2, 2003. He was re-elected as the MPP for the redistributed riding of Mississauga Streetsville on October 10, 2007. Bob lives in the Churchill Meadows neighbourhood of Mississauga. He has been a resident of Mississauga for years. Bob was born and raised in Montreal, and has also lived and worked in Metro Toronto and in Vancouver.

Bob received his Bachelor’s Degree in physics from Concordia University in Montreal. He earned a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Simon Fraser University in British Columbia. He has also received his accreditation from the Canadian Public Relations Society.

At the Legislature, Bob serves as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Revenue. He has served on, or chaired, four of the government's standing committees: Justice Policy (Vice Chair, 2004); Regulations & Private Bills (2003, 2006-07); Estimates (2006-present); and the Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly (Chair, 2005-06). Bob sits on the Legislation and Regulations Committee within the government caucus.

In the private sector prior to his election, Bob worked in corporate communications, consulting and marketing roles. Bob became an accomplished web developer in the 1990s, and keeps his hand in the art of coding with this web site. He is a co-author, with friend Sanjiv Purba of Mississauga, of the book High Value IT Consulting, published by Osborne McGraw Hill in March, 2003. As a consultant, he wrote and delivered the Professional Account Development program, aimed at teaching managerial, professional and technical people the skills needed for business development in knowledge-based businesses.

Bob taught evening courses in Business Statistics, Internet Marketing and Planning and Budgeting in the School of Business Studies in the Faculty of Continuing Education at Ryerson University in Toronto. He continues his personal interest in education, especially science and math education, as an MPP with his visits to local elementary and high schools.

Bob Delaney has long taken a close personal interest in working with communities of new Canadians. He served on the Board of the Peel Multicultural Council, and as a volunteer with the Inter-Cultural Neighbourhood Social Services in Mississauga.

In his spare time, Bob is an accomplished photographer and writer. Bob still plays hockey, and is a lifelong goaltender. The 2009-10 season is his 50th year playing hockey. Bob plays for the Ontario Legislature's team, the Legiskaters, and frequently accepts invitations to play hockey with local teams and other groups.

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