Gordon Chong, DDS

Gordon Chong is a dentist by profession. After an internship at the Hospital for Sick Children and 13 years in full-time practice, he became a municipal politician. He was elected to the former Metropolitan Toronto Council and Toronto City Council, serving for 3 terms. In between and after leaving office, Gordon was the Chairman of the former Greater Toronto Services Board, Chairman of GO Transit, Vice-chairman of the TTC; Chairman of the former Metro Toronto Housing Authority and the Founding Chairman [retired] of the Social Housing Services Corporation [SHSC], serving for 5 years.

SHSC is a provincial statutory corporation established to provide bulk purchasing services to housing providers like the Toronto Community Housing Company, which manages Regent Park. SHSC, through a subsidiary [SHSCFI], also invests the providers’ capital reserves through a professional investment manager. Investments in equities are permitted by legislation.

Currently, Gordon is the President of York Mills Place, a 134 unit condo in the Yonge and York Mills area of Toronto, as well as a volunteer Board member of ParticipACTION  and the YMCA of Greater Toronto.