Annamarie Castrilli
| Annamarie Castrilli | |
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| Ontario MPP | |
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In office 1995–1999 |
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| Preceded by | Anthony Perruzza |
| Succeeded by | Riding abolished |
| Constituency | Downsview |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1949 (age 67–68) |
| Political party |
Liberal, 1995-1999 Conservative, 1999 |
| Residence | North York, Ontario |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Annamarie Castrilli (born 1949) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. A lawyer, and university lecturer, she sat on several boards of directors, including being the chair of the University of Toronto's Governing Council. She was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 1995 Ontario general election as a Liberal, and served as a Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) through June 1999. In 1996, she ran for the leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party, but finished sixth. After losing a nomination battle in her newly constituted constituency, she crossed the floor to the governing Progressive Conservatives on the day the 1999 Ontario general election was called. She ran in that campaign as a Conservative candidate in Parkdale—High Park, but lost to one of her fellow Liberal leadership contenders, Gerard Kennedy. She has not run for public office since.
Castrilli was educated at the University of Toronto, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1969, a Master of Arts degree in 1970, and a Ph.D. in 1977. She subsequently attended Osgoode Hall Law School, receiving an LL.B. in 1984. She worked as an Associate Lawyer with the firm of Harries, Hauser, Loudon & Syron from 1985 to 1989 and was a Tax Partner with Bratty and Partners in 1990. From 1991 to 1995, she ran a private practice as a corporate lawyer.
Castrilli also served on the Governing Council of the University of Toronto from 1989 to 1995 (including two years as Chair), was a trustee with the Sunnybrook Hospital from 1993 to 1995, and was a director of the Royal Ontario Museum, also from 1993 to 1995. She was a founding member of the Italian Canadian Women's Alliance in 1976, and of the Women's Intercultural Council in 1988. Before entering politics, she had written several articles on multiculturalism, women's issues and human rights.
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