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reza moridi , 2014 richmond hill '' new riding '' urmia , west azarbaijan , iran liberal physicist , engineer ontario mpp 1945 2007 richmond hill , ontario reza moridi-persian-born-canadian-politician . jpg reza moridi
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reza moridi

reza moridi -lrb- persian : رضا مریدی -rrb- , -lrb- azeri : rza moridi -rrb- , -lrb- born -rrb- is a politician in ontario , canada .
he is a liberal member of the legislative assembly of ontario who was elected in 2007 .
he represents the riding of richmond hill .
he serves as a cabinet minister in the government of kathleen wynne .
he is the first iranian-canadian elected to a provincial legislature in canada .
