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♂ Raymond Sung Joon Cho
aliasRaymond Cho
Record
10927 · 6504

☆   Korean-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 In office
Ontario
Government
 Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 2 2
Ontario 3 1 4
Total 3 3 6
Birth 18 November 1936
Age 87 years + 5 months
First mandate 1 September 2016 → 7 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 79 years + 9 months
 
 
Special notes
None
 
Raymond Sung Joon Cho (1936– )
© Photo 2010 Rocco Rossi — licensed under CC BY 2.0
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
At age 79, Cho was by far the oldest person on first election to a Canadian provincial legislature. But it should be noted that he had been a municipal councillor in Toronto for the previous 25 years.
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
✗
Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council Toronto, Ontario (1991–2016)
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Ontario 7 7 24 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
7 documented challengers
⊕ Bas Balkissoon  m 
⊕ Derek V. Lee  m  (2 runoffs)
⊕ John C. Turmel  m 
⊕ Above Znoneofthe  m 
 		 ⊕ Chin Lee  m 
⊕ Neethan Shan  m  (2 runoffs)
⊕ Queenie Yu  f 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 48,326 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
34		 Ontario
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3623(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
52
NDP
 3/5 6,589 13.63% -16,178 Winner:
LIB
 22,767 47.11% Derek V. Lee
Eligible: 76,741 Votes: 39,202 Participation: 51.08% Candidacies: 5
Federal
38		 Ontario
28 June 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1145(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
67
IND
 2/5 6,962 17.87% -15,602 Winner:
LIB
 22,564 57.92% Derek V. Lee
Eligible: 88,592 Votes: 42,062 Participation: 47.48% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
41		 Ontario
12 June 2014
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7733(F) — 27 Feb 2022 11:21 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
77
PC
 3/5 11,500 27.66% -4,595 Winner:
LIB
 16,095 38.71% Bas Balkissoon
Eligible: 90,118 Votes: 25,243 Participation: 28.01% Candidacies: 11
Provincial
41		 Ontario
1 September 2016
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 14721(F) — 13 Jan 2024 08:16 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
79
PC
 1/11 9,687 38.57% +2,424 Loser:
LIB
 7,263 28.92% Piragal Thiru

Service: 1 year 9 months 5 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 67,775 Votes: 34,401 Participation: 50.76% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
42		 Ontario
7 June 2018
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 11959(F) — 17 Nov 2022 23:44 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
81
PC
 1/5 17,413 51.05% +9,093 Loser:
NDP
 8,320 24.39% Dwayne Morgan

Service: 3 years 11 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 67,032 Votes: 26,318 Participation: 39.26% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
43		 Ontario
2 June 2022
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 38748(F) — 26 Dec 2022 11:18 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
85
PC
 1/7 12,646 48.31% +4,896 Loser:
LIB
 7,750 29.61% Anita Anandarajan

Service: 1 year 10 months 26 days (Gov't)
Scarborough North
Post-dated race
Provincial
44		 Ontario
4 June 2026
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 39982(P) — 23 Apr 2024 18:51 ET
—
 Incumbent will not run in this election →
Age
89		     Successor:
PC

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Hon. Raymond Sung Joon Cho		 23 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
L'hon. Raymond Sung Joon Cho		 23 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Raymond Cho (politician)		 23 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 23 Apr 2024 18:51 (but data presented dynamically)

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