Famous People with Name Sylva

Vincent Da Sylva            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Vincent Da Sylva: is a Senegalese basketball player. He represented Senegal at the 1998 FIBA World Championship.He will accumulate the distinctions such as Better interceptor of the league, 2nd better marker of the league and 3rd with the evaluation (the most effective Pla

Joseph De Sylva            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joseph De Sylva: is a Quebec politician in Gatineau, Quebec. He is the councillor for the district of Du Versant in the Gatineau sector. De Sylva was elected to the new City of Gatineau's Council in 2001 and was re-elected by acclamation in 2005. His priorities includes the realization of the sports complex that has been planned by the former city of Gatineau for several years. He also wants an increase of federal workers in his district as well as inside the city of Gatineau, the improvement of the city's transit service offered by the Société de transport de l'Outaouais and the completion of the widening of the Montee Paiement roadway to four lanes. In 2006, there were reports that De Sylva was approached by the Conservative Party of Canada to run in a future election in the riding of Gatineau, however he later declined the offer. Opponents have however criticized him for been an opportunist since the Conservative Party was in power at the Canadian House of Commons. He was previously a party member of the Liberal Party of Canada and the Parti Québécois.