Nicola Di Iorio

Nicola Di Iorio MP
Di Iorio in July 2016
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel
Incumbent
Assumed office October 19, 2015
Preceded by	Massimo Pacetti
Personal details
Political party	Liberal
Alma mater	Université de Sherbrooke Columbia University
Profession	Attorney

Nicola Di Iorio is a Canadian politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel in the House of Commons of Canada in the Canadian federal election, 2015.

Di Iorio graduated from the Université de Sherbrooke in 1981 with a Bachelor of Laws. He also attended Columbia University, and practised law for 32 years in Montreal, specializing in labour and employment law. Di Iorio worked for now defunct law firm Heenan Blaikie. In 2010, his daughter was in an accident when a car she was in that was driven by a drunk driver hit a tree. She was rendered comatose for a month. As a result of this, Di Iorio became involved in a program to develop "Cool Taxi" coupons to assist people in getting a safe ride home. His involvement in the campaign brought him attention in the Quebec media, and led to his being nominated for Person of the Year by the local chamber of commerce.

In 2015, Di Iorio announced his candidacy for the Liberal Party of Canada's nomination for the 2015 federal election in the riding of Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel. The previous incumbent, Massimo Pacetti, had been kicked out of the party as a result of a sexual harassment allegation, and Di Iorio earned the strong backing of the riding's Italian community. There was some controversy surrounding the nomination battle, as one of his opponents, Domenic Cusmano, alleged that Di Iorio was distributing memberships in contravention of the rules. Di Iorio nevertheless secured the nomination and won the subsequent general election.

During an in camera session of the Public Safety Committee meeting on March 8, 2017, Dianne Watts received a call on her cellphone, which emitted a "jaunty" ringtone. In response, Di Iorio remarked "Where's your pole to slide down on?" According to Watts, after the meeting, Di Iorio personally apologized to her about his comments, saying that he saw what he had meant as a joke had made her uncomfortable. Watts then dropped the matter, but Liberal MP Rob Oliphant, the chair of the committee, confirmed that information about the event had been passed on to Liberal whip Pablo Rodríguez. When this incident was reported on by the National Post on March 23, 2017, opposition MPs called for Di Iorio to be disciplined for his comment.