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Gordon Joseph Chong is a Toronto politician and public servant. He has served as a city of Toronto councillor and was vice-chairman of the Toronto Transit Commission. He served on the board of GO Transit from 2000 to 2006 including periods as vice-chairman of GO Transit and chairman. He has also served as chairman of the Greater Toronto Services Board. ==Biography== A dentist by profession, Chong represented a downtown Toronto ward on city council from 1980 until he was defeated by newcomer Jack Layton in 1982. He returned to Metro Council in the 1990s representing a suburban North York ward of Don Parkway Ward 11 from 1994 until 2000 when he retired from electoral politics. In the 1987 provincial election, Chong was a Progressive Conservative candidate in York Mills, losing by 3000 votes to Liberal Brad Nixon. In 2010 he served as a part of new mayor Rob Ford's transition team.〔Royson James. "(Ford backers to get plum jobs in new regime )" '' Toronto Star'' Nov 15 2010〕 In 2011, he was appointed to head up the Toronto Transit Commission’s consulting subsidiary at a $100,000 yearly salary, raising controversy about Ford's recruitment and hiring practices.〔http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/ford-team-fills-100000-a-year-job-without-candidate-search/article1975973/〕 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「Gordon Chong」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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