Albina Guarnieri
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The Honourable Albina Guarnieri PC |
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| Member of Parliament | |
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In office 2004–2011 |
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| Preceded by | New riding |
| Succeeded by | Wladyslaw Lizon |
| Constituency | Mississauga East-Cooksville |
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In office 1988–2004 |
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| Preceded by | Bob Horner (in Mississauga North) |
| Succeeded by | Riding abolished |
| Constituency | Mississauga East |
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| Born |
June 23, 1953 Faeto, Italy |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | John Campbell |
| Residence | Mississauga |
| Profession | Management consultant |
Albina Guarnieri PC (born June 23, 1953) is a Canadian former politician. She was a Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 2011 who represented the Greater Toronto Area ridings of Mississauga East and Mississauga East—Cooksville. She served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Paul Martin as Minister of Veterans Affairs.
Guarnieri was educated at McGill University, where she graduated with a master's degree in English. As part of her thesis, she wrote a book called The cheese on the moon: a collection of short stories. After graduating she worked for the federal government as a spokesperson for Bob Kaplan and also as a press liaison office for Stuart Smith, leader of the Ontario Liberal Party. In 1981, she worked as an assistant to Toronto Mayor Art Eggleton but left after seven months "because of a disagreement". In 1984 she worked for Lowther Consulting, a company owned by Jim Coutts who was a principal secretary for Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. She and her husband live in Mississauga.
In 1988 Guarnieri was nominated in the new riding of Mississauga East after a fractious contest with another candidate, Armindo Silva. Silva contended that the vote, which Guarnieri won by a margin of 71, was marred by 'irregularities and improprieties'. He vowed to contest the result with the party's nomination board. The party hired police officers to control the crowd due to threats made against Guarnieri. The nomination board upheld the vote despite "deeply disturbing" voting irregularities but this decision was overturned by the Ontario party's executive board. A second, less contentious vote was held which Guarnieri won by a much wider margin.
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