Michael Parsa

The Honourable
Michael Parsa
MPP
The Honourable Michael Parsa MPP
Minister of Children, Community and Social Services
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; March 24, 2023
Preceded by	Merrilee Fullerton
Associate Minister of Housing
	In office; June 24, 2022 – March 24, 2023
Succeeded by	Nina Tangri
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament; for Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; June 7, 2018
Preceded by	Constitutency established
Personal details
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Spouse	Valerie
Occupation	Small business owner

Michael Parsa MPP (Persian: میکائیل پارسا) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario during the 2018 general election. He represents the riding of Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill, and is a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Background

Parsa has a B.A. in organizational management. Prior to entering politics, he ran a family business which had been operating in the Greater Toronto Area since 1990. He served on the board of the Optimist Club and served as its president from 2005 to 2009.^[4]

Political career

2015 Federal Election

Parsa ran in the 2015 Canadian federal election as the Conservative Party of Canada candidate in the Ontario riding of Richmond Hill and finished second to Liberal Majid Jowhari.^[5]

Provincial parliament roles

Parsa was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario during the 2018 Ontario election in the riding of Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill. He served as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade (Small Business) from June 29, 2018 to June 26, 2019 and has served as Parliamentary Assistant to the President of the Treasury Board from July 26, 2019 to June 24, 2022. Parsa has also been a member of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts since July 26, 2018.

Beginning after the 2022 Ontario general election, Parsa served as the Associate Minister for Municipal Affairs and Housing^[6] until succeeding Merrilee Fullerton as Minister of Children, Community and Social Services.^[7]

Personal life

Parsa has lived in Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill since 2002.^[4]

Election results

v t e 2022 Ontario general election: Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Parsa	17,340	53.26	−2.78
	Liberal	Marjan Kasirlou	10,000	30.71	+9.12
	New Democratic	Reza Pourzad	2,501	7.68	−10.35
	Green	Kevin Zheng	1,268	3.89	+1.24
	Ontario Party	Catherine Dellerba	732	2.25
	New Blue	Rosaria Wiseman	649	1.99
	Moderate	Igor Strelkov	69	0.21	+0.02
Total valid votes			32,559	100.0
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			176
Turnout			32,735	38.19
Eligible voters			85,219
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		−5.95
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Archived from the original on May 18, 2023. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Archived from the original on May 21, 2023.

2018 Ontario general election: Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Parsa	25,214	56.03	+17.9
	Liberal	Naheed Yaqubian	9,718	21.60	-24.6
	New Democratic	Katrina Sale	8,116	18.04	+7.5
	Green	Stephanie Nicole Duncan	1,195	2.66	-0.8
	Libertarian	Serge Korovitsyn	313	0.70	-
	None of the Above	Santiago Amesh Desilva	218	0.48	-
	Moderate	Margarita Barsky	86	0.19	-
	Freedom	Janusz Butylkin	71	0.16	-
	Social Reform	Abu Alam	67	0.15	-
Total valid votes			44,998	99.02	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			446	0.98
Turnout			45,444	56.84
Eligible voters			79,950
	Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario^[8]

2015 Canadian federal election: Richmond Hill
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Majid Jowhari	23,032	46.90	+11.28	$92,372.40
	Conservative	Michael Parsa	21,275	43.32	-0.23	$139,598.40
	New Democratic	Adam DeVita	3,950	8.04	-8.99	$11,776.30
	Green	Gwendolyn Veenema	856	1.74	-2.05	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,113	100.0		$215,221.97
Total rejected ballots			253	–	–
Turnout			49,366	61.39	+5.43
Eligible voters			80,402
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+5.76%
Source: Elections Canada^[5]^[9]