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'''Larry Di Ianni''' is the former [[mayor]] of [[Hamilton, Ontario]]. He |
'''Larry Di Ianni''' is the former [[mayor]] of [[Hamilton, Ontario]]. He has lost his last three elections and he willingly "comments" on whatever he hasn't been asked about. Prior to his recent unsuccessful run for mayor of Hamilton, his friend Chris Ecklund pulled down Di Ianni's "blog" postings that Ecklund had hosted since Di Ianni's mayoral loss in 2006. He's soon to join the ranks of paid talk show people on TV. He's also directly or through Wiki friends a serial "reviser" of his biography here. |
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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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Larry Di Ianni | |
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| Mayor of Hamilton, Ontario | |
| In office 2003–2006 | |
| Preceded by | Robert E. Wade |
| Succeeded by | Fred Eisenberger |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1948 |
| Spouse | Ginetta (Janet) Paolone |
Larry Di Ianni is the former mayor of Hamilton, Ontario. He has lost his last three elections and he willingly "comments" on whatever he hasn't been asked about. Prior to his recent unsuccessful run for mayor of Hamilton, his friend Chris Ecklund pulled down Di Ianni's "blog" postings that Ecklund had hosted since Di Ianni's mayoral loss in 2006. He's soon to join the ranks of paid talk show people on TV. He's also directly or through Wiki friends a serial "reviser" of his biography here.
Early life
Di Ianni immigrated to Canada from Italy as a young boy. Di Ianni has previously worked as a high school teacher and principal. He has been married to wife Janet for 38 years and they have three children, Robert, Paul and Stephanie.
Political history
Di Ianni was first elected to Stoney Creek city council in 1982, where he served until the 2000 amalgamation of Stoney Creek into Hamilton. He then served as a Hamilton councillor until November 2003. When Bob Wade chose to retire from politics Di Ianni ran for mayor. He defeated former provincial NDP cabinet minister David Christopherson in that year’s mayoral election (52% to 39%))[1]. In the next mayoral election, his vote dropped by 17,000--see chart with this article.
Di Ianni's major policies included the completion of the Red Hill Expressway, business tax reduction, airport development [2], improving relations among the amalgamated municipalities,[citation needed] and obtaining additional social service funding from the more senior levels of government.
In the 2008 federal election, Di Ianni was the Liberal candidate in the federal riding of Hamilton East-Stoney Creek, however he lost the race to NDP Incumbent Wayne Marston by a margin of 6,464 votes. Elections Canada shows that his performance in that election was worse than the Liberal party's percentage vote level throughout the whole province of Ontario.
On July 10, 2006 Di Ianni, along with two other unsuccessful candidates, were charged under the Provincial Offences Act of Ontario for violating the Municipal Elections Act of Ontario.[3]. Charged with 41 offences, on August 24, 2006, he accepted responsibility by pleading guilty to six charges of violating the Provincial Offences Act related to accepting inappropriate campaign donations. The Superior Court Justice exercised leniency as he deemed the violations to be unintentional and considered Di Ianni's good community service record. The Justice also likened the violation to a speeding ticket and withdrew the remaining charges. In Hamilton, comparing offences with speeding tickets is used as a way of diminishing the importance of the offence. The number of cases of injuries or death in Hamilton resulting from speeding is unknown.
Di Ianni ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Hamilton in October 2010.[4]
Electoral record
Template:Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, 2006/Position/Mayor Template:Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, 2003/Position/Mayor
References
- ^ http://www.myhamilton.ca/myhamilton/CityandGovernment/CityDepartments/CorporateServices/Clerks/2003_Election_Results.htm | 2003 City of Hamilton Election Results
- ^ http://www.raisethehammer.org/article/131/ | Smoove D: An Interview with Mayor Larry Di Ianni
- ^ Provincial Offences Act of Ontario
- ^ http://old.hamilton.ca/clerk/election/2010-election-results/default.asp
