Tony Caterina
| Tony Caterina | |
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| City of Edmonton Councillor | |
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In office 2010 – Present |
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| Preceded by | New Ward |
| Constituency | Ward 7 |
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In office 2007–2010 |
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| Preceded by | Janice Melnychuk |
| Succeeded by | Dave Loken |
| Constituency | Ward 3 |
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| Born |
March 28, 1956 Montagano, Italy |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Orietta |
| Children | Rocco, Filippo and Sergio |
| Residence | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Occupation | Civic Leader and Entrepreneur |
Tony Caterina (born March 28, 1956 in Montagano, Italy) is a business man and municipal politician in Alberta, Canada. He has served as a member of the Edmonton City Council since 2007. Provincially, Tony Caterina ran for election as the Progressive Conservative candidate in the riding of Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview and lost in the May 5, 2015 election to NDP incumbent Deron Bilous.
Tony Caterina was born in Italy. His family moved to Canada in 1962 and settled in Edmonton, Alberta. He began an education degree at the University of Alberta, but ultimately majored in history.
Caterina became a business man by founding three clothing stores in 1974 and later founded a local industrial pipe insulation company. He became involved in civic politics as a member of the Board of Directors for the Alberta Avenue Business Association.
Tony Caterina was seeking election to be the MLA in the Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview riding and lost in the May 5, 2015 election.
Caterina ran for a seat on Edmonton's municipal council as a candidate in the 2004 Edmonton municipal election in Ward 3.
Caterina ran for a seat to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the electoral district of Edmonton-Centre in the 2004 Alberta general election.
After another failed bid for a seat in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Caterina was disqualified from running in future Alberta elections due to an $11,000 campaign deficit that he was unable to payback.
Caterina ran for Edmonton municipal council a second time in the 2007 Edmonton municipal election. He took the seat in an eight way race for Ward 6.
Caterina attempted to keep Edmonton Centre Airport CYXD from being closed. He has been a fiscal conservative on council encouraging the city to exercise budgetary restraint. He serves as a representative for the City of Edmonton as a member of the Board of Directors for Northlands since being elected in 2007.
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