Wladyslaw Lizon
| Wladyslaw Lizon | |
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Lizon addressing the Senate of Poland, 2014
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Mississauga East—Cooksville |
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In office 2011–2015 |
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| Preceded by | Albina Guarnieri |
| Succeeded by | Peter Fonseca |
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June 27, 1954 Nowy Sącz, Poland |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Residence | Mississauga, Ontario |
| Profession | Engineer |
Wladyslaw Lizon (born June 27, 1954) is a former Canadian politician. He was a Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada from 2011 to 2015 who represented the Greater Toronto Area riding of Mississauga East—Cooksville. He was the first Polish-born Member of Parliament.
Lizon graduated from the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow, Poland with a master’s degree in mining engineering in 1978. He was an engineer in Poland’s Silesia coal mines until 1983. In 1988 he immigrated to Canada, and created Gomark Enterprises, a consulting business that designs and supplies interior stone finishes and imports and services machinery used in the stone industry.
He was the president of the Canadian Polish Congress from 2005 to 2010. He assisted in the removal of visa requirements for visitors from Poland. He is also a founding member of Tribute to Liberty, an organization dedicated to building a national monument in Ottawa to honour the victims of communism in the world.
In the 2011 Canadian federal election, Lizon ran as Conservative candidate in the riding of Mississauga East—Cooksville. He defeated Liberal candidate Peter Fonseca by 676 votes.
In September 2011, Lizon introduced Bill C-266, An Act to establish Pope John Paul II Day, also called by its short title: Pope John Paul II Day Act. A similar bill was first introduced in October 2010 by Liberal MP Andrew Kania. Both bills sought to recognize April 2 as a day to honour the memory of the late Pope John Paul II. Bill C-266 received Royal Assent on December 16, 2014, becoming law. April 2, 2015 marked the 10 year anniversary since the passing of Pope John Paul II and was incidentally the first Pope John Paul II Day observed in Canada.
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