Rosario Marchese
| Rosario Marchese | |
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Rosario Marchese in 2009
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| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Trinity—Spadina Fort York (1990-1999) |
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In office September 6, 1990 – May 2, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Bob Wong |
| Succeeded by | Han Dong |
| Toronto School Trustee for Ward 4 | |
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In office 1982–1990 |
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January 1, 1952 Calabria, Italy |
| Political party | New Democrat |
| Spouse(s) | Marija (sep.) |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | Toronto, Ontario |
| Occupation | Teacher |
Rosario Marchese (born January 1, 1952) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 2014, representing the downtown Toronto riding of Trinity-Spadina and before that the old riding of Fort York.
Marchese arrived in Canada with his family in 1961. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, French and Philosophy from the University of Toronto in 1978, and later received a Bachelor of Education degree. He taught English and French in Toronto and Mississauga. He is also fluent in Italian. As well, he served as Vice-President of the National Congress of Italian Canadians (Toronto), Toronto Public Library Board trustee, and Multilingual Literacy Centre Chair.
In 1980, he ran for school trustee in Ward 4 but finished third behind incumbents Patrick Case and Peter Davis. In 1982 he ran again this time being elected. He ran as a New Democrat aligned trustee.
He served on the Toronto school board from 1982 to 1990. During this period, he was an advocate of lingual and racial rights, worked to establish international language programs, alternative schools and school childcare, and helped to end the practice of streaming students into narrow learning programs.
In 1985 and again in 1988, Marchese voted with other trustees to raise their salaries 35% and 86% respectively. By the end of 1988 salaries had increased from about $18,000 to $44,000. Trustees who supported the increase argued that the salary was too low to attract good candidates. Sheila Cary-Meagher, said, "You have to stop and think... about the people who want to run for the job and who, if we keep it a rich person's ghetto, can't do it," she said. In both years trustees rejected citizen recommendations for lower increases.
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