Dominic Agostino
| Dominic Agostino | |
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| Ontario MPP | |
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In office 1995–2004 |
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| Preceded by | Bob Mackenzie |
| Succeeded by | Andrea Horwath |
| Constituency | Hamilton East |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
October 14, 1959 Sicily, Italy |
| Died | March 24, 2004 (aged 44) Hamilton, Ontario |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Profession | Rehabilitation counsellor |
Dominic Agostino (October 14, 1959 – March 24, 2004) was a Canadian politician who represented the riding of Hamilton East for the Liberal Party in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 until his death in 2004.
Born in Sicily, Italy, Agostino was raised in Hamilton, Ontario and attended Mohawk College in that city. He worked as rehabilitation counsellor with the Ontario March of Dimes, and was a special assistant to Ontario Minister of Culture Lily Munro from 1985 to 1987.
Agostino was elected as a Catholic separate school board trustee in the Hamilton-Wentworth board at the age of 21, serving from 1980 to 1987. He campaigned in the 1985 provincial election in Hamilton Mountain, and finished third against New Democrat Brian Charlton. He then served as an alderman on the Hamilton City Council from 1987 until the provincial election of 1995.
He was elected as the Member of Provincial Parliament for Hamilton East. He was the first Liberal candidate to win the riding since 1937, and the first member of Hamilton's Italian community to win a provincial election anywhere in the city. He defeated Andrew MacKenzie, the son of outgoing New Democratic Party Labour Minister Bob Mackenzie, by about 4,000 votes.
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