David tsubouchi biography
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David Tsubouchi
Canadian politician (born 1951)
David Hiroshi Tsubouchi (坪内 デビト, Tsubouchi Debito) (born August 20, 1951) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2003, and was a cabinet minister in the governments of Mike Harris and Ernie Eves. He was the first Japanese Canadian elected to a provincial legislature.
Background
[edit]Tsubouchi was born in Toronto, and grew up in Scarborough in the Agincourt area.[1] His parents were Japanese Canadians, originally from British Columbia, who were interned during World War II. After their release they moved to Toronto.[2] He graduated from Agincourt Collegiate Institute in 1968 and attended York University where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1972,[3] and a law degree from Osgoode Hall in 1975. He was the senior partner in the firm of Tsubouchi & Nichols (formerly Tsubouchi & Park
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David Tsubouchi
David Tsubouchi was appointed to the OMERS AC Board effective January 1, 2015 on the nomination of the retiree organizations. He is Chair of the Member Services Committee and the Appeals Committee. He also serves as a member of the Governance & Risk Committee.
Mr. Tsubouchi’s governance experience includes extensive involvement as a Chair and Director with a wide variety of public sector, private sector, educational and community organizations. He has chaired or been a member of several governance and audit committees on corporate boards.
As an elected official, Mr. Tsubouchi represented the riding of Markham in the Ontario Legislature for two terms, during which he held cabinet posts including Solicitor General and Chair of Management Board. Mr. Tsubouchi also served two terms as a Councillor for the Town of Markham.
Mr. Tsubouchi holds degrees in English (York University) and law (Osgoode Hall Law School). In 2006, he received an Honourary Doctor of La
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Gambatte: Generations of Perseverance and Politics : a Memoir
A revealing memoir from a former Ontario cabinet minister "Gambatte" means do your best and never give up, and that spirit is at the heart of David Tsubouchi's life story. This memoir of the former Ontario cabinet minister begins as his family strives for acceptance amid the imprisonment of Canadians of Japanese nedstigning and the confiscation of their property, possessions, and businesses bygd the Mackenzie King frikostig government in 1941. Despite growing up on the outside looking in, Tsubouchi never felt disadvantaged because he had a good family and was taught to fortsätta. Gambatte outlines his unusual career path from actor to dedicated law school student/lumber yard worker to politician. Tsubouchi was the first individ of Japanese descent elected in Canada as a municipal politician and, as an MPP, to serve as a cabinet minister. His story also reveals an insider's perspective of Mike Harris's "Common Sense Revolution