Anthony Perruzza
| Anthony Perruzza | |
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| Toronto City Councillor for (Ward 8) York West | |
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Assumed office December 1, 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Peter Li Preti |
| Ontario MPP | |
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In office September 6, 1990 – June 7, 1995 |
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| Preceded by | Laureano Leone |
| Succeeded by | Annamarie Castrilli |
| Constituency | Downsview |
| North York City Councillor for Ward 5 | |
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In office December 1, 1988 – December 1, 1990 |
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| Preceded by | Maria Augimeri |
| Succeeded by | Claudio Polsinelli |
| Metro Toronto Separate School Trustee for Ward 15 | |
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In office December 1, 1985 – December 1, 1988 |
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| Preceded by | Tony Nigro |
| Succeeded by | Rick Morelli |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1959/1960 (age 56–57) Italy |
| Political party | New Democrat |
| Residence | North York, Ontario |
| Occupation | Businessman |
Anthony Perruzza (born 1959 or 1960) is a politician in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was a city councillor in North York from 1988 to 1990, and served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1995 as a member of the New Democratic Party. He is now a Toronto City Councillor for the city's eighth ward, in the eastern section of York West.
Perruzza moved to Canada at age nine, and was raised in a working-class family in North York. He attended York University in the 1980s.
He first campaigned for the North York city council in a November 1984 by-election for the city's first ward. A newspaper report from the campaign lists him as a twenty-six-year-old businessman and part-time student. Perruzza supported property tax cuts and the creation of a local recreation centre. He lost to Mario Sergio in a crowded field of candidates.
Perruzza campaigned for a seat on the Metro Toronto Separate School Board (i.e., the Toronto Catholic School Board) in the 1985 municipal election, and narrowly defeated incumbent trustee Tony Nigro to win the city's fifteenth ward. Early newspaper reports actually indicated that Nigro was the winner, before the final polling data was received.
In February 1986, Perruzza informed the media that board members were secretly considering cutbacks of up to $4.7 million to school various programs. He said he was making the information available because "the public should be given an opportunity to voice their concerns before the cuts are made". Some trustees criticized his decision. Perruzza later spoke against a board decision to prevent public nurses from teaching sex education in separate schools, and urged Catholic grade schools to accept non-Catholic students, describing existing bans as discriminatory.
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