Claudio Polsinelli (born November 13, 1952) is a former politician in
Ontario
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, Canada. He served in the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
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as a
Liberal
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from 1985 to 1990.
Background
Polsinelli was educated at the
University of Toronto
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,
Osgoode Hall Law School
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and
York University
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.
Politics
In 1982, he ran for
alderman
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in the
municipal election
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for Ward 3 in
North York
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. He defeated incumbent Pat O'Neill.
He was elected to the Ontario legislature in the
1985 provincial election, defeating
New Democratic Party
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candidate
Mike Foster by over 3,000 votes in the
Yorkview constituency.
He was re-elected by a greater margin in the
1987 election, despite an unusual challenge from Tony Marzilli who ran as an Independent "
Trudeau Liberal".
Polsinelli was a backbench supporter of
David Peterson
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's government during his time in the legislature, and served as a
parliamentary assistant
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to four different ministers between 1985 and 1990.
The Liberals were defeated by the NDP in the
1990 provincial election, and Polsinelli lost his seat to NDP candidate
George Mammoliti
Giorgio Mammoliti ( , ; born George Mammoliti on September 20, 1961) is a former Canadian politician who represented Ward 7 York West on the Toronto City Council from 2000 to 2018. He ran for mayor of Toronto in 2010. Mammoliti previously repre ...
by 1,619 votes.
Six weeks after his defeat, he was appointed to North York council to fill the seat vacated by
Anthony Perruzza
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who was elected as an NDP member of the provincial government. He did not seek re-election in the
1991 municipal election. In 1995 he ran in a by-election to replace
Mario Sergio another councillor who left to sit in the provincial legislature. He lost to another defeated provincial candidate
George Mammoliti
Giorgio Mammoliti ( , ; born George Mammoliti on September 20, 1961) is a former Canadian politician who represented Ward 7 York West on the Toronto City Council from 2000 to 2018. He ran for mayor of Toronto in 2010. Mammoliti previously repre ...
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Later life
In 1990, he set up an independent legal practice which he continues to do.
References
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1952 births
Italian emigrants to Canada
Living people
Ontario Liberal Party MPPs