Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing (Housing)
Mario Sergio was first elected to the Ontario legislature in 1995 and was re-elected in 1999, 2003 and 2007. He has served as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, as well as to the ministers responsible for Senior’s Issues and Consumer and Business Services. In Opposition, he was critic for small business and Deputy Whip.
Sergio’s service in public office spans more than 29 years. His first municipal election victory was in 1978, when he was elected to the City of North York Council. He was chair and a member of North York’s Planning Board Committee for 14 years. From 1985 to 1988, he also served on Metro Toronto Council, where he was chair of the Metro Transportation Committee. Sergio has also served on the Public Works Committee, the Metro Toronto Housing Authority, the Metro Toronto Region Conservation Authority and the Canadian National Exhibition Board.
Before he entered politics, Sergio was a registered general insurance and real estate broker. At age 21, he started his own general insurance business while working as a life insurance agent. In 1969, he started his own real estate brokerage, which he operated until his municipal election win nine years later.
Sergio’s community service spans more than 35 years and has included being a founding member of COSTI; member of the York Finch Hospital Board; co-chair of the United Way of North York; director of the Canadian Italian Business and Professional Association; and member of the Knights of Columbus, the Children’s Aid Society and American Public Works Association.
Sergio was born in Italy in 1940. He and his wife, Rose, have two sons and four grandchildren.