Armenian Canadians
First Armenian Canadian elected to the House of Commons (first Armenian Canadian MP)
- Sarkis Assadourian Liberal MP (Syrian Armenian), Don Valley North, 1993–1997 & Brampton Centre, 1997–2004
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