Joe Cimino
| Joe Cimino | |
|---|---|
| Ontario MPP | |
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In office June 20, 2014 – November 20, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Rick Bartolucci |
| Succeeded by | Glenn Thibeault |
| Constituency | Sudbury |
| Sudbury Ward 1 Councillor | |
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In office 2006–2014 |
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| Preceded by | Eldon Gainer Gerry McIntaggart |
| Succeeded by | Gerry McIntaggart |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1969 (age 47–48) |
| Political party | New Democrat |
| Spouse(s) | Luisa |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Sudbury, Ontario |
| Alma mater |
Laurentian University Nipissing University |
| Profession | Elementary school teacher, city councillor |
Giuseppe "Joe" Cimino (born c. 1969) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from June to November 2014. He resigned five months after being elected due to health reasons. Prior to his provincial role he was a city councillor in the Greater Sudbury City Council from 2006 to 2014.
Cimino was born in Sudbury, and holds bachelor's degrees in political science from Laurentian University and education from Nipissing University. He worked as an elementary school teacher. Cimino and his wife Luisa live in Sudbury, Ontario with their two daughters.
Cimino first ran for a seat on Greater Sudbury City Council in the 2003 municipal election, but was not elected. He was elected in the 2006 municipal election, and served on council committees including the Housing Corporation Board and the Public Library Board.
While sitting as a city councillor, he won the New Democratic Party nomination for Sudbury on October 6, 2013, over the party's 2011 election candidate Paul Loewenberg. He took an unpaid leave of absence from his council seat once the 2014 provincial election was called. During the election campaign, he garnered some press across Ontario for his purported physical resemblance to controversial Toronto mayor Rob Ford.
On election day, he defeated Liberal candidate Andrew Olivier by 980 votes.
He was the party's critic for transportation issues, and had identified the continued freeway conversion of Highway 69, a project which has faced significant delays in recent years that have threatened its scheduled completion date in 2017, as one of his key priorities.
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