 carl defaria (born ) is a politician in ontario, canada. he was a progressive conservative member of the legislative assembly of ontario from 1995 to 2003 and was a cabinet minister in the government of ernie eves. ==background== defaria has a bachelor of arts degree from the university of toronto and a law degree from osgoode hall. he worked in criminal and constitutional law before entering political life. defaria was also an instructor of the bar admission course for the law society of upper canada. his wife, riina defaria, has also campaigned for the canadian house of commons on two occasions. ==politics== he ran for the ontario legislature in the provincial election of 1990, as the tory candidate in the working-class riding of cambridge. he finished a distant third, behind prominent new democrat mike farnan and a liberal candidate. defaria then ran for the federal progressive conservative party in the federal election of 1993 in mississauga east, placing a distant third, this time behind liberal albina guarnieri and a reform party candidate. he was elected in mississauga east by more than 6,000 votes over his liberal opponent in the provincial election of 1995, amid a tory sweep of the mississauga region.{{cite web |url=http://results.elections.on.ca/results/1995_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=36&rec=0&district=mississauga+east&flag=e&layout=g |title=summary of valid ballots by candidate |publisher=
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