Paul Ferreira, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Paul Ferreira

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 07-Jan-1973

Place of Birth: Azores, Portugal

Profession: politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Paul Ferreira (born January 7, 1973) is a Canadian politician and one of the first openly gay politicians elected to provincial office in Canada.
He also has the distinction of being the very first Azorean-Canadian MPP.
He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP) in the February 8, 2007 York South–Weston by-election, but was narrowly defeated in the 2007 general election.
He subsequently served as chief of staff to party leader Howard Hampton until Hampton's retirement from that position in 2009.
He later worked as a special assistant to leader Andrea Horwath.
On Feb.
8, 2011, Ferreira was acclaimed as the Ontario NDP's candidate in York South-Weston in the 2011 provincial election.