Dan Biocchi is a

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and reserve member of the Canadian 4 x 100m relay team at the 1976 Olympic Games. He was a candidate in the 2004 Canadian federal election and has advocated for proportional representation and Latin American issues. Biocchi was born November 28, 1955 in

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. He

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in August 1962. Biocchi received a master's degree in political science from the

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. He taught political science at

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and Marianopolis College in Montreal while working on his doctorate at McGill. He has been a Latin American correspondent with Associated Press. Biocchi is the founder of the Ottawa chapter of Fair Vote Canada, an organization that lobbies for

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. In the 1980s, he was a member of the Latin American Solidarity Community, assisting

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an refugees in Canada after escaping the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. Politically, Biocchi was the

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's citizenship and immigration critic during the 2004 federal election, running as their candidate in the riding of Ottawa—Orléans. He placed fourth out of four candidates, with 2,699 votes (4.6% of the total). The winning candidate was the

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. Biocchi was a candidate in the

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in Ottawa's 2006 municipal election, placing third.

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Dan Biocchi: Profile

Pierrefonds Biocchi Reflects on Life at the Olympic Village"- NorthShore News, July 15, 1976. 1955 births Living people Argentine people of Italian descent Argentine emigrants to Canada Canadian politicians of Italian descent Canadian sportspeople of Italian descent Canadian sportsperson-politicians Green Party of Canada candidates in the 2004 Canadian federal election Naturalized citizens of Canada Athletes from Buenos Aires Canadian male sprinters {{Ontario-politician-stub