Paul W. Dewar (born January 25, 1963 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian Member of Parliament with the New Democratic Party, teacher and former elected representative of the Ottawa Carleton Elementary School Teachers' Federation. He currently represents the Ottawa Centre constituency, which he has held since first being elected in the 2006 federal election.
The son of former Ottawa mayor and New Democratic Member of Parliament, Marion Dewar, Paul D...
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Paul W. Dewar (born January 25, 1963 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian Member of Parliament with the New Democratic Party, teacher and former elected representative of the Ottawa Carleton Elementary School Teachers' Federation. He currently represents the Ottawa Centre constituency, which he has held since first being elected in the 2006 federal election.
The son of former Ottawa mayor and New Democratic Member of Parliament, Marion Dewar, Paul Dewar earned a Bachelor of Education degree from Queen's University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Carleton University in political science and economics. Dewar was employed as constituency assistant to Evelyn Gigantes, when she was Ottawa Centre NDP Member of Provincial Parliament from 1990 to 1995.
Prior to entering politics, Dewar taught at D. Roy Kennedy Elementary School and Hopewell Elementary School. He won the A. Lorne Cassidy Award for work with children with special needs. Dewar was also the Vice President of the Ottawa Carleton...
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