Peggy Nash

Quick Facts

Full Name	Peggy Nash
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Jun 28, 1951(1951-06-28)
Age	73
Birthplace	Toronto
Country	Canada
Birth City	Ontario
Horoscope	Gemini

Peggy Nash Biography

Peggy Nash is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on June 28, 1951 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her first stint as a MP occurred during her 39th Canadian Parliament. Nash was elected one of the party’s Industry Critic and a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology. She introduced a bill that would restore a minimum wage for all Canadians of $10 an hour. The other House of Commons issues she supported included those that addressed the sustainability of water, public transportation as well as the Arts. She introduced legislation, including”Once in a Lifetime” legislation “Once in a Lifetime” bill, which aims to reconnect the newly-arrived Canadians and their family members. She was a champion of several consumer-related issues like the reduction of interest rates on credit cards, ATM fees, and payday loan interest rates.

Nash has also been involved as a member of Parliamentary Friendship Groups for Poland, Ukraine and Tibet. As the MP with the largest number of Tibetan refugees in Canada She was instrumental in pushing for a resolution to declare The Dalai Lama an honorary Canadian citizen. She she also made a motion urging talks with China as well as Tibet. Both resolutions were overwhelmingly supported from the House of Commons. She was a parliamentarian on the Canadian post-war fact-finding trip to Lebanon which was criticized in the Conservative government because of its support for lawfulization and legalization of Hezbollah throughout Canada.

In February 2009, in recognition for her work as a trailblazer who opened doors for women in the labour movement, and making childcare issues a public priority, Nash became the recipient of the 2009 YWCA Toronto Woman of Distinction award, in the Labour category. The YWCA also recognized her contributions for advancing the women’s causes in politics, through her involvement with the founding of Equal Voice and becoming an elected member of the House of Commons. She was presented with the award at the 29th Annual YWCA Women of Distinction Awards Dinner, at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on May 13, 2009.

After leaving Parliament, she returned to her position as one of the five assistants to CAW president Ken Lewenza. Her new duties within the CAW shifted from transportation to dealing with CAW bargaining units in post-secondary education and airlines. Her responsibilities also included representing the union at the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC). At the federal party’s national convention in Halifax, Nova Scotia, she was elected party president on August 15, 2009.

in 2006 Now she was named Nash the best MPP in Toronto. Before her time as a member of the House of Commons, she was active in foreign affairs issues and was an Canadian election monitor during the first post-apartheid elections held in South Africa in 1994; andalso, an election monitor in elections in 2004 as well as 2007 Ukrainian elections in Ukraine. She was awarded two environmental prizes of the Sierra Club of Canada and she played a role in the development of the NDP Green Car Strategy with Greenpeace and the Canadian Auto Workers.

Peggy Nash Net Worth

Peggy Nash is one of the richest Politician from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Peggy Nash 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Peggy A. Nash (born June 28th 1951) is a Canadian politician and labour official who hails from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her position was as an official of the New Democratic Party (NDP) Member of Parliament (MP) for the Parkdale High District electoral area (riding) located in Toronto and was also the Industry Critic of the Opposition’s Official Opposition. Prior to becoming a parliamentarian she was a labour official for The Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW).

Nash’s first campaign for the electoral office failed. She ran for the federal seat in Parliament in the Parkdale High Park electoral district at the 38th Canadian general election. Nash lost in a tight race against incumbent Liberal MP (MP) Sarmite Bulte on June 28th the 28th of June, 2004. Nash returned to the race during 39th Canadian general election in an rematch of her 2004 campaign. Bulte received a lot of criticism after she accepted campaign contributions from entertainment firms and was deemed to be an act of conflict of interest, given that she favored more stringent copyright laws. Nash barely won race by an 4.6 percent margin 2301 votes on January 23, 2006.

In the 40th Canadian general election, held on October 14, 2008, she was defeated by Gerard Kennedy, the Liberal candidate who formerly represented the electoral district at the provincial level. Nash was subsequently mentioned as a potential candidate for the Ontario New Democratic Party 2009 leadership election, although she did not run.

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Who is Peggy Nash Dating?

According to our records, Peggy Nash married to Carl Kaufman. As of December 1, 2023, Peggy Nash’s is not dating anyone.

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Nash ran for another term in the 2015 federal election, but lost her seat to Arif Virani when the Liberal Party swept all 25 ridings in Toronto, including Parkdale—High Park.

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Peggy Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Peggy Nash celebrates birthday on June 28 of every year.