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Telford top staffer, Salloum ranked one of best in The Hill Times’ 16th annual Terrific 25 Staffers Survey
By Laura Ryckewaert Dec. 20, 2017
Anthony Salloum, lobby officer to the NDP Whip, was voted the Best All-Round Terrific Staffer, Best NDP Staffer, and Most Discreet in this year’s survey.
NDP lobby officer Anthony Salloum, far left, was named the Best All-Round Staffer in this year's Terrific 25 Staffer survey. PMO chief of staff Katie Telford topped the overall Terrific 25 staff list, followed by her colleague, PMO principal secretary Gerald Butts. The Hill Times file photographs
It’s been 20 years since NDP lobby officer Anthony Salloum first walked through Centre Block’s front doors as a rookie staffer, and this year, for the first time, he’s claimed the title of the Best All-Round Terrific Staffer in The Hill Times’ 16th annual Terrific 25 Staffers Survey. “I really am flabbergasted by this result,” Mr. Salloum told The Hill Times last week. “They’ve really honoured me with this." Mr. Salloum came in at No. 1 in the
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