Faisal Ahmed Hassan is a

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politician, who was a member of the

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from

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until his defeat in the

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. He represented the riding of York South—Weston as a member of the

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. Hassan is originally from

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."Toronto: Faisal Hassan clinches NDP's nomination"
''Digital Journal'', February 5, 2015. He emigrated to

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in 1990, first settling in

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. For over 15 years, Hassan was active in housing issues in Toronto with Midaynta Community Services, the Toronto Community Hostel, and Woodgreen Housing. He was the NDP candidate in Etobicoke North in the 2015 federal election, and has worked as a constituency assistant to

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and Mike Sullivan. Since the start of the

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, he has been advocating for a moratorium on COVID-19 evictions. He was part of Ontario's first ever Black Caucus, alongside NDP caucus colleagues Laura Mae Lindo, Rima Berns-McGown, Jill Andrew and Kevin Yarde."NDP establishes first official Black Caucus in Ontario History"

, April 15, 2019.

Electoral record

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