George Darouze | |
|---|---|
| Ottawa City Councillor | |
| Assumed office December 1, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Doug Thompson |
| Constituency | Osgoode Ward |
| Deputy Mayor of Ottawa | |
| In office December 2018 – December 1, 2022 Serving with Matthew Luloff (until 2020), Jenna Sudds (2020–2021) & Laura Dudas | |
| Preceded by | Bob Monette, Mark Taylor |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 1964 |
| Political party | Ontario Progressive Conservative Party |
| Spouse | Sue Darouze |
George Darouze (born November 1964) is the Ottawa City Councillor for Osgoode Ward. He was elected for the first time in the 2014 Ottawa municipal election.
Darouze immigrated from Lebanon in 1990, settling in the community of Greely, Ontario in Osgoode Township, which would be amalgamated into Ottawa in 2001.
Darouze graduated from Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts with a degree in Telecommunications. After moving to Canada, he worked in a number of odd-jobs such as busboy, baker, dishwasher and fast food employee before purchasing a pizzeria. Later, he became a sales representative for a Bell Mobility dealer, which led him to work in a number of managerial positions for various telecommunications companies.[1] He speaks English, French and Arabic. He is the former president of the Ottawa-Carleton Snowmobile Trail Club.[2]
Darouze has supported Conservative Member of Parliament Pierre Poilievre, as well as the previous councillor for Osgoode Ward, Doug Thompson.[3]
Darouze, along with Laura Dudas and Matthew Luloff was appointed as a deputy mayor of the city in December 2018.[4]
In 2020, Darouze was caught texting while driving while livestreaming as part of a virtual meeting of the city's audit committee. Darouze indicated he had done so "inadvertently." He has since apologized.[5]
In 2022, Darouze won re-election as the representative for Osgoode Ward 20. He won the election by a margin of approximately 200 votes, securing a third term on Ottawa's city council. [6]
On November 9, 2024, Darouze announced he was running for the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party nomination for the riding of Carleton ahead of the Next Ontario general election.[7]
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "George Darouze's Bio". Archived from the original on 2016-01-28. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
- ^ http://www.ottawacommunitynews.com/news-story/4434720-meet-the-candidate-george-darouze/. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Ottawa Citizen, December 12, 2018, pg A4, "Mayor's picks for the top job
- ^ "Councillor apologizes for texting while driving during livestream". CBC.
- ^ https://app06.ottawa.ca/election/2022_en.html [bare URL]
- ^ "Ottawa city councillor George Darouze to run for PC nomination in Carleton". CTV.