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Peter Kormos (October 7, 1952 – March 30, 2013) was a politician in Welland, Ontario, Canada. A former lawyer, he was first elected as an Ontario New Democratic Party (ONDP) Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the Welland constituency in a 1988 provincial by-election. He replaced veteran NDP legislator Mel Swart. Kormos was re-elected in every subsequent Ontario general election until his retirement from provincial politics in 2011. In 2012, he was elected to Niagara Regional Council in a by-election.〔("Peter Kormos wins Welland byelection " ). ''Hamilton Spectator'', March 27, 2012.〕 In July 2014, (Brock University ) Professor Larry Savage published a biography of Kormos entitled (Socialist Cowboy: The Politics of Peter Kormos ). ==Early life and education== Peter Eric Kormos〔 had Slovak and Hungarian origins from his father, Michael, and Belgian origins from mother, Simone. Peter was the third of six children: Michael, Elaine, Peter, Nadine, Mark, and Sam. Kormos first attained notoriety in the Welland area while still in high school, while president of his student council. Kormos led a sit-in student strike against local administration practices and students' rights.〔 The week-long strike attracted a small minority of students while classes continued and resulted in Kormos's temporary expulsion.〔 He was later educated at Niagara College, York University and Osgoode Hall in Toronto.〔 Called to the bar in 1980, Kormos then worked as a barrister in the Niagara Region. 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「Peter Kormos」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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