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Sophia Aggelonitis
	Sophia Aggelonitis
	;
	MPP for Hamilton Mountain
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; October 30, 2007
Preceded by	Marie Bountrogianni
Political party	Liberal
Residence	Hamilton, Ontario
Occupation	entrepreneur

Sophia Aggelonitis is a Canadian politician. She was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2007 provincial election, representing the riding of Hamilton Mountain. She is a member of the Ontario Liberal Party.

Prior to her election to the legislature, Aggelonitis was an entrepreneur, manufacturing and distributing a "Sauces by Sophia" brand of tzatziki to supermarkets and specialty food stores in Southern Ontario. She was subsequently elected president of the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce in March 2007, but resigned at the end of June to pursue the Liberal nomination after Marie Bountrogianni announced that she would not seek another term in office.

Aggelonitis was elected with 37.2% of the vote, defeating the NDP candidate by close to 2,000 votes. After the election Aggelonitis was appointed Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Small Business and Consumer Services. In addition, Aggelonitis is a member of the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, the Cabinet Committee on Justice, Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Affairs and was appointed by the Premier as the Chair of the Restaurant and Hospitality Caucus.

Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Preceded by Marie Bountrogianni	Member of Provincial Parliament for Hamilton Mountain 2007–Present	Succeeded by Incumbent

[edit] Electoral record

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sophia Aggelonitis	17,383	37.2
	New Democrat	Bryan Adamczyk	15,649	33.5
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Charters	10,991	23.5
	Green	Ivan Miletic	2,172	4.7
	Family Coalition	Mary Maan	493	1.1

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