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David Raymond Miller (born December 26, 1958) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was the 63rd Mayor of Toronto who served from 2003 to 2010. He entered politics as a member of the New Democratic Party, although his mayoral campaign and terms in office were without any formal party affiliation. He did not renew his party membership in 2007.〔Jim Byers, "Miller leaves NDP, shifts to neutral", ''Toronto Star'', 18 April 2007, B1.〕 After declining poll numbers, Miller announced on September 25, 2009 that he would not seek a third term as mayor in the 2010 election, citing family reasons. In 2011, Miller assumed a position with the World Bank as an advisor on urban issues. In 2013, he was appointed as president and CEO of WWF-Canada, the Canadian division of the international World Wildlife Fund.〔("Former Toronto Mayor David Miller joins the WWF" ). canada.com, June 4, 2013.〕 ==Background== Miller was born in San Francisco, California. His American father, Joe Miller, died of cancer in 1960, and his English mother Joan returned with her son to Thriplow, south of Cambridge.〔Michael Posner, "Miller time?", ''Globe and Mail'', 8 November 2003, M1.〕 Miller spent his earliest years in England before moving to Canada with his mother in 1967. He attended Lakefield College School on a scholarship at the time Prince Andrew was a student there.〔(Grove News: 125th Anniversary Commemorative Edition, Lakefield College School ) Prince Andrew later wore a "Miller for Mayor" campaign button during a 2003 stop in Toronto. See "Sure bet: Lawyer to be mayor", ''Toronto Star'', 16 June 2003, B03.〕 Miller completed a four-year undergraduate degree at Harvard University, graduating ''summa cum laude'' in Economics in 1981. He earned a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law in 1984 and became a partner at the prominent Toronto law firm of Aird & Berlis LLP, specializing in employment, immigration law and shareholder rights.〔Posner, "Miller time?", ''Globe and Mail'', 8 November 2003.〕 He represented Toronto Islands residents in a 1985 arbitration case while an articling student, and later described this experience as his introduction to municipal politics.〔Alison Gzowski, "Alison Gzowski revisits a standoff that shook the city", ''Globe and Mail'', 23 July 2005, M1.〕 He married fellow lawyer Jill Arthur in 1994, and the pair have two children. Miller joined the New Democratic Party (NDP) in 1985, and has a picture of former NDP leader Tommy Douglas displayed on his office wall.〔("Mayor, city mark day for Tommy Douglas", ''Globe and Mail'', 22 October 2004, A12 ); "Parkdale-High Park", ''Toronto Star'', 22 October 1993, A8.〕 He first campaigned for the Metropolitan Toronto council in 1991, arguing that Toronto needed to improve its public transit system to establish itself as a world-class city.〔Jane Armstrong, "The winding, tree-lined avenues of Swansea may seem worlds away ...", ''Toronto Star'', 21 October 1991.〕 He lost to incumbent councillor Derwyn Shea. Miller was subsequently the NDP's candidate for Parkdale—High Park in the 1993 Canadian federal election, and finished fourth against Liberal incumbent Jesse Flis. He did not renew his membership in the NDP when it expired in 2007, stating that he did not want to be seen as partisan when dealing with the provincial and federal governments.〔 In 2011, he joined NYU Poly as a faculty member.〔http://engineering.nyu.edu/press-release/2011/06/14/former-toronto-mayor-and-c40-leader-david-miller-joins-nyu-poly-future-citi〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Miller (Canadian politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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