predecessor parliament successor birth_place constituency_mp religion image_size party birth_date term_start residence article_title term_end name
marcel prud ` homme michel daviault canadian canadian riding dissolved maria mourani argos , greece saint-denis ahuntsic greek orthodox 200px liberal 1954 1993 1997 montreal eleni bakopanos
 1997 2006 eleni bakopanos
eleni bakopanos

eleni bakopanos , pc -lrb- born 1954 in argos , greece -rrb- is a canadian politician .
bakopanos was a member of the liberal party of canada in the canadian house of commons , representing the riding of ahuntsic from 1997 to 2006 , and saint-denis from 1993 to 1997 and is the first greek-born woman to be elected to parliament .
bakopanos has been an executive , and a policy adviser .
formerly assistant deputy chairman of committees of the whole , and a former parliamentary secretary to the minister of justice and attorney general of canada -lrb- 1997 -- 1999 -rrb- .
bakopanos was named parliamentary secretary to the minister of social development with special emphasis on social economy on july 20 , 2004 .
bakopanos has served as chair of the standing committee on citizenship and immigration and as vice-chair of the standing committee on canadian heritage .
in the spring 2004 , bakopanos wrote a booklet titled `` political recruiting and women in the political process '' .
she argues that women continue to face serious obstacles to full participation in public life .
she suggests that women bring a different character to the policy making process and they should be encouraged to enter politics in greater numbers .
bakopanos holds a bachelor of arts with honours in political science and history from mcgill university , where she also studied law .
she is married and is the mother of two daughters .
bakopanos sought a return to parliament in the 2008 federal election , but was unsuccessful .
she ran in the provincial riding of crémazie in the 2012 election for the quebec liberal party but was defeated .
