Laura Albanese
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The Honourable Laura Albanese MPP |
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| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for York South—Weston |
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Assumed office October 10, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Paul Ferreira |
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September 11, 1957 Taranto, Italy |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Germinio Pio Politi |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Toronto, Ontario |
| Occupation | Journalist |
Laura Albanese (born September 11, 1957) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She is a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who was elected in 2007. She represents the Toronto riding of York South—Weston. She serves as a cabinet minister in the government of Kathleen Wynne. She worked as a news anchor for Italian language news programming on Omni Television working in Italian language programming.
Albanese was born in Taranto, Italy, in 1957. In her youth, she moved back and forth between Canada and Italy. She settled in Canada in 1981 and has lived in York South-Weston ever since with her husband, artist Germinio Pio Politi, her two adult children, her grandson, and her mother.
Albanese worked in broadcast journalism spanning over two decades, from 1984 to 2007. She worked in Italian language programming at OMNI TV in a number of capacities. She was featured as Co-Anchor of OMNI News: Italian Edition, a one-hour daily Italian language newscast. She co-hosted Incontri with Vincenzo Somma. The show was an evening news show broadcast in the Italian language. Other shows that she worked on included Omni News: Italian Edition, Italianissimo, Telecorriere News, and Girotondo.
Albanese was nominated as the Liberal candidate for the February 8, 2007 provincial by-election in the riding of York South—Weston. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Joe Cordiano, who resigned his seat for personal reasons. The appointment of Albanese as the Liberal candidate was contested by David-Paul Sip, another potential candidate. Sip said that his candidacy was ignored by the riding association who wanted someone who would appeal to the riding's large Italian-speaking community. Sip launched a lawsuit against the Liberal party but Albanese remained as the Liberal candidate.
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