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Adam Giambrone (born March 8, 1977) is a Canadian politician who was a Toronto City Councillor, representing the southern of two Davenport wards. Elected at 26, he remained the youngest member of Toronto council after re-election. He is also a former president of the federal New Democratic Party. He was the 2008 recipient of ''Now Magazine'' He graduated from McGill University with a bachelor's degree in archaeology, and has participated in excavations in Sudan, Tunisia, Libya, Yemen, and Guatemala. He speaks English, French, and Arabic fluently.〔("Councillor Adam Giambrone Profile" ''City of Toronto''. February 12, 2010. )〕 He is of Italian-American ancestry; his father moved to Canada to avoid the Vietnam War.〔 As Chair of the Toronto Transit Commission, Giambrone oversaw the largest expansion of bus service in Toronto. Giambrone secured over $8 billion in new funding to build light rail into areas of the city currently not served by rapid transit.〔("Transit City Details" ''Toronto Transit Commission''. November 2009. )〕 An expansion of two subway lines also forms part of an overall $18 billion long-term expansion plan driven by Giambrone.〔 On February 1, 2010 Giambrone announced his candidacy to succeed David Miller as Mayor of Toronto in the 2010 election, as a leading progressive candidate, showing second place in polls after John Tory dropped out, though Giambrone also had a high "unfavourable" rating of 40%.〔〔("Angus Reid Opinion Poll" ''Angus Reid''. Nov. 3, 2009. )〕 Giambrone exited the mayoral race on February 10, 2010 amidst a sex scandal and he did not run for re-election for his council seat.〔 Giambrone was the NDP's candidate for the August 1, 2013 provincial by-election in Scarborough—Guildwood, placing third with 28% of the vote. ==Early life and career== Growing up in the Davenport area of Toronto, he first became active with the New Democratic Party in its youth wing at age 15. While attending Harbord Collegiate Institute in Toronto, he was active in the model UN club and took great interests in politics. While studying at McGill University in Montreal, he served as treasurer of the New Democratic Youth of Canada. At age 20, he ran for the NDP in the riding of Mount Royal in the 1997 federal election, in which he finished fifth out of six candidates.〔(''Montreal Gazette''. September 17, 2008. )〕 At McGill University Giambrone ran for the position of vice-president finance of the Students' Society (undergraduate student union) and lost to fellow student Duncan Reid by a wide margin, but was later elected to the student council as one of three ad hoc councilors representing McGill's student clubs. Returning to Toronto, he took up employment at the Royal Ontario Museum. He ran for Toronto City Council in the southern Davenport ward against Mario Silva in the 2000 municipal election, losing 6,037 to 3,338. 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「Adam Giambrone」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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