Maurizio Bevilacqua
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The Honourable Maurizio Bevilacqua PC |
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| Mayor of Vaughan, Ontario | |
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Assumed office December 1, 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Linda Jackson |
| Member of Parliament for York North |
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In office 1988–1997 |
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| Preceded by | Tony Roman |
| Succeeded by | Karen Kraft Sloan |
| Member of Parliament for Vaughan—King—Aurora |
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In office 1997–2004 |
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| Preceded by | first member |
| Succeeded by | riding dissolved |
| Member of Parliament for Vaughan |
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In office 2004–2010 |
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| Preceded by | first member |
| Succeeded by | Julian Fantino |
| Personal details | |
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June 1, 1960 Sulmona, Italy |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Profession | Consultant |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Maurizio Bevilacqua, PC, BA (born June 1, 1960) is a Canadian politician and mayor of Vaughan, Ontario. He was a Liberal Member of Parliament from 1988 to 2010 and was one of eleven candidates for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada but dropped out of the race on August 14, 2006. He has been described in the media as a "right-of-centre, business friendly Liberal".
He resigned his seat in the Canadian House of Commons and announced on September 3, 2010, that he would be a candidate for mayor of Vaughan. On October 25 he was elected mayor.
Born in Sulmona, Italy, he arrived in Canada in 1970 at the age of 10. As a youth, he attended Emery Collegiate and received a Bachelor of Arts from York University. He has two children, Jean-Paul and Victoria.
He first got involved in party politics by working as a staffer for Sergio Marchi, and would later participate in student politics at York University.
Initially elected in the 1988 election, he defeated the Progressive Conservative candidate by only 77 votes. Due to the closeness of the race, the results were voided by the courts, and a by-election was called for 1990.
Bevilacqua surprised many when he defeated parachute candidate Maria Minna for the Liberal nomination in the 1990 by-election of York North. He won the by-election by over 7,000 votes, despite a strong effort by the New Democratic Party.
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