Michelle Berardinetti
| Michelle Holland | |
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| Toronto City Councillor for (Ward 35) Scarborough Southwest | |
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Assumed office December 1, 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Adrian Heaps |
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| Born | 1973 (age 43–44) Chatham, Ontario |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Spouse(s) | Lorenzo Berardinetti (m. 2004) |
| Residence | Toronto, Ontario |
| Occupation | Consultant |
Michelle Holland (born 1973), formerly known as Michelle Berardinetti, is a Canadian politician, who was elected to Toronto City Council in the 2010 city council election, defeating Adrian Heaps in Ward 35.
Holland grew up in Chatham, Ontario. She started working as a student in the offices of Deputy Prime Minister Herb Gray in Windsor. She also worked for MPPs Sandra Pupatello and Dave Levac. She spent some time working as a consultant before entering politics herself. She then moved to Toronto to pursue her studies in International Relations at the University of Toronto.
She was married to Liberal Member of Provincial Parliament and former city councillor (Ward 37) Lorenzo Berardinetti. They were married on October 7, 2004. Known by the surname Berardinetti for much of her political career, she reverted to using her maiden surname in 2016.
In 2006, she ran for city councillor in the riding of Scarborough Southwest. She ran on a campaign of making sure that Scarborough got its "fair share" of tax dollars. She said, "A lot of our property tax dollars are being spent downtown and not here." She declared, "a road downtown will get paved two or three times before one is paved out here." City officials pointed out that this was not true, that road maintenance was based on need not location. In 2005, Scarborough accounted for 24% of the road repair budget which was commensurate with its population. She narrowly lost by 89 votes.
On November 11, 2006, two days before the election The Globe and Mail published an article by columnist John Barber that endorsed Heaps while belittling Holland. Barber characterized her as the "wife of local MPP Lorenzo Berardinetti and so-called 'political adviser' (read: pillow talker). Scarborough deserves better than nepotism." Holland complained to the Ontario Press Council, saying the article made "serious, damaging" statements about her. The press council agreed that the article was unfair. In December The Globe and Mail published a correction stating that Holland was "unfairly demeaned" and that she in fact had more than 10 years experience working in government.
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