Christos Sirros (; born 2 February 1948) is a Canadian politician who served as a member of the

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(MNA) for the

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riding for two decades as a member of the

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. A graduate from

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, he first won the Laurier riding in

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, defeating

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(PQ) candidate Nadia Assimopoulos. The riding of Laurier-Dorion was created for the 1994 election, in which Sirros defeated PQ candidate Benoît Henry by 6,930 votes. He was most notably the minister of Indian affairs under

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and minister of natural resources under

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He was the National Assembly's first vice-president from June 2003 to July 2004. Sirros left his seat in July 2004. He was then appointed Quebec Delegate General for

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and held that position until 2013. In December 2014, he was appointed the Quebec Delegate General for the

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Electoral record

, Workers Communist , Raymonde Lebreux , style="text-align:right;" , 469 , style="text-align:right;" , 1.63 , style="text-align:right;" , , Independent , Basile Papachristou , style="text-align:right;" , 263 , style="text-align:right;" , 0.91 , style="text-align:right;" , ,

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, Stephen J Smith , style="text-align:right;" , 252 , style="text-align:right;" , 0.88 , style="text-align:right;" , , Independent , Sotirios Athanasiou , style="text-align:right;" , 73 , style="text-align:right;" , 0.25 , style="text-align:right;" , , - style="background-color:white" ! style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 , Total valid votes ! style="text-align:right;" , 28,830 ! style="text-align:right;" , 98.67 ! style="text-align:right;" , , - style="background-color:white" ! style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 , Rejected and declined votes ! style="text-align:right;" , 389 ! style="text-align:right;" , 1.33 ! style="text-align:right;" , , - style="background-color:white" ! style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 , Turnout ! style="text-align:right;" , 29,219 ! style="text-align:right;" , 80.21 ! style="text-align:right;" , , - style="background-color:white" ! style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 , Electors on the lists ! style="text-align:right;" , 36,428 ! style="text-align:right;" , ! style="text-align:right;" ,

References

* 1948 births Living people Greek emigrants to Canada People from Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension Quebec Liberal Party MNAs McGill University alumni Recipients of the Order of the Phoenix (Greece) Vice presidents of the National Assembly of Quebec 20th-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec 21st-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec Members of the Executive Council of Quebec {{Liberal-Quebec-MNA-stub