Luigino Rinaldi (born ) is a former politician in
Ontario
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, Canada. He was a
Liberal
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member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
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from 2003 to 2011 and again from 2014 to 2018 who represented the ridings of
Northumberland
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and
Northumberland—Quinte West.
Background
Rinaldi moved to Canada with his family in 1960. He received an automotive technology diploma from
George Brown College
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, and started a small business in the automotive field in 1972. He moved to
Brighton, Ontario
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in 1980, having purchased Brighton Speedway, a family entertainment venue.
Politics
Rinaldi was appointed to council in the former Brighton
township
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in 1992. He subsequently won election to the same position. He was elected as deputy reeve and was appointed
reeve of the township in 1998. In 2000 he was elected
mayor
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of the newly amalgamated municipality of
Brighton
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. As mayor, he presided over the establishment of the Brighton Health Services Centre in the community.
In the
provincial election of 2003, Rinaldi defeated incumbent
Progressive Conservative Doug Galt
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by about 2500 votes to become the new
Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for
Northumberland
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.
The Liberals won the election, and Rinaldi was named
Parliamentary Assistant
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(PA) to
David Caplan
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, the
Minister of Infrastructure, on October 23, 2003. He was re-elected in the
provincial election of 2007 in the newly redistributed riding of
Northumberland—Quinte West.
He was appointed as PA to the
Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing.
In the
provincial election of 2011 he was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate
Rob Milligan.
In
2014
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, Rinaldi competed against Milligan again, this time defeating him by 3,887 votes.
In July 2014, he was reappointed as Parliamentary Assistant to the
Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing.
Electoral record
References
External links
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1947 births
21st-century Canadian politicians
George Brown College alumni
Italian emigrants to Canada
Living people
Ontario Liberal Party MPPs