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On June 7, 2018, Del Duca ran for the [[Ontario Liberal Party]] in the Ontario Provincial election for [[Vaughan—Woodbridge (provincial electoral district)|Vaughan–Woodbridge]], and lost to PC Candidate [[Michael Tibollo]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2018/06/07/liberal-cabinet-minister-steven-del-duca-loses-to-pc-newcomer-in-vaughan-woodbridge.html|title=Liberal cabinet minister Steven Del Duca loses to PC newcomer in Vaughan-Woodbridge|last=|first=|date=|work=|access-date=}}</ref> |
On June 7, 2018, Del Duca ran for the [[Ontario Liberal Party]] in the Ontario Provincial election for [[Vaughan—Woodbridge (provincial electoral district)|Vaughan–Woodbridge]], and lost to PC Candidate [[Michael Tibollo]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2018/06/07/liberal-cabinet-minister-steven-del-duca-loses-to-pc-newcomer-in-vaughan-woodbridge.html|title=Liberal cabinet minister Steven Del Duca loses to PC newcomer in Vaughan-Woodbridge|last=|first=|date=|work=|access-date=}}</ref> |
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Del Duca announced on April 3, 2019 that he was going to be entering the [[Next Ontario Liberal Party leadership election|Ontario Liberal Party leadership race]] to be the next leader of the party and lead the [[Ontario Liberal Party]] into the [[43rd Ontario general election]] to be held on June 2, 2022.<ref>https://www.stevendelduca.ca</ref> |
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Revision as of 19:13, 25 May 2019
Steven Del Duca | |
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| Ontario MPP | |
| In office September 6, 2012 – June 7, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Greg Sorbara |
| Succeeded by | Michael Tibollo (Vaughan—Woodbridge) |
| Constituency | Vaughan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1972 or 1973 (age 51–52) |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse | Utilia Amaral |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Woodbridge, Ontario |
| Occupation | Union administrator |
Steven Del Duca (born c. 1973) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who represented the riding of Vaughan from 2012 to 2018. He served in the cabinet of Kathleen Wynne.
Background
Del Duca earned a law degree at Osgoode Hall Law School but has not been called to the bar.[1] He was director of public affairs for the Carpenters’ District Council of Ontario.[2] Previously, he was an aide to Dalton McGuinty when McGuinty was leader of the opposition. He lives with his wife and two daughters in Woodbridge, Ontario.[3]
Provincial politics
In 2012 he ran as the Liberal candidate in the riding of Vaughan. A by-election was called to replace Greg Sorbara who retired earlier in the year. He defeated the Progressive Conservative candidate Tony Genco by 5,795 votes.[4][5] He was easily re-elected in the 2014 provincial election defeating PC candidate Peter Meffe by 16,891 votes.[6]
On June 24, 2014, he was appointed to cabinet by Premier Kathleen Wynne as the Minister of Transportation.[7]
In June 2016, the Ministry of Transportation issued a press release about twelve new stations for the GO Transit network, only ten of which had been approved by the Metrolinx board planning the regional transit projects.[8] The board convened in late June to approve the two additional stations, Kirby GO station for the Barrie line, and Lawrence East station as part of the SmartTrack project. Metrolinx reports stated that the Kirby station would have a negative effect on overall ridership on the line.[8]
Del Duca was nominated as the Ontario Liberal Party candidate to be put forward for the riding of Vaughan–Woodbridge.[9] [10]
On June 7, 2018, Del Duca ran for the Ontario Liberal Party in the Ontario Provincial election for Vaughan–Woodbridge, and lost to PC Candidate Michael Tibollo.[11]
Del Duca announced on April 3, 2019 that he was going to be entering the Ontario Liberal Party leadership race to be the next leader of the party and lead the Ontario Liberal Party into the 43rd Ontario general election to be held on June 2, 2022.[12]
Cabinet positions
Municipal politics
Weeks after losing his provincial seat, it was reported that Del Luca would be running to be Chair of York Region in the October 22, 2018 municipal election,[13] but owing to the provincial government's passing of the Better Local Government Act, there was no election for the post.[14]
Electoral record
| 2018 Ontario general election: Vaughan—Woodbridge | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Michael Tibollo | 21,687 | 50.50 | +23.49 | ||||
| Liberal | Steven Del Duca | 13,742 | 32.00 | -25.99 | ||||
| New Democratic | Sandra Lozano | 6,254 | 14.56 | +3.60 | ||||
| Green | Michael DiPasquale | 972 | 2.26 | +0.06 | ||||
| Libertarian | Paolo Fabrizio | 291 | 0.68 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 42,946 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[15] | ||||||||
| 2014 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Steven Del Duca | 33,545 | 55.99 | +4.62 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Peter Meffe | 16,654 | 27.80 | -5.49 | ||||
| New Democratic | Marco Coletta | 7,105 | 11.86 | +0.48 | ||||
| Green | Matthew Pankhurst | 1,336 | 2.23 | +0.47 | ||||
| Libertarian | Paolo Fabrizio | 1,277 | 2.13 | +1.19 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 59,917 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +5.06 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[16] | ||||||||
| Ontario provincial by-election, September 6, 2012 Resignation of Greg Sorbara | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Steven Del Duca | 16,469 | 51.37 | -1.65 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Tony Genco | 10,674 | 33.29 | +2.05 | ||||
| New Democratic | Paul Donofrio | 3,647 | 11.38 | +0.05 | ||||
| Green | Paula Conning | 564 | 1.76 | +0.35 | ||||
| Libertarian | Paolo Fabrizio | 300 | 0.94 | -0.94 | ||||
| Family Coalition | Bart Wysokinski | 144 | 0.45 | |||||
| Independent | Stephen Tonner | 118 | 0.37 | |||||
| Freedom | Erin Goodwin | 90 | 0.28 | |||||
| People's | Phil Sarazen | 54 | 0.17 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 32,060 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 301 | 0.93 | ||||||
| Turnout | 32,361 | 25.62 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 126,323 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -1.85 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[17] | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Where have all the lawyers gone?". Law Times. June 23, 2014.
- ^ Lapointe, Kelly (July 21, 2014). "Construction's own Del Duca now transportation minister".
- ^ Kalinowski, Tess (July 10, 2014). "Ontario's new transportation minister focused on construction, not more plans". Toronto Star.
- ^ "Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. September 6, 2012. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 1, 2014.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Ontario NDP's by-election win leaves majority outside Liberals' grasp". The Globe and Mail. September 6, 2012.
- ^ "General Election by District: Vaughan". Elections Ontario. June 12, 2014. Archived from the original on June 17, 2014.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Richard Brennan; Robert Benzie; Rob Ferguson (June 24, 2014). "Kathleen Wynne warns financial cupboard is bare". Toronto Star.
- ^ a b Spurr, Ben (16 September 2017). "What is the Kirby GO station and why did it get approved?". Toronto Star. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
- ^ "Nomination Meeting Announcement".
- ^ "Twitter re: nomination".
- ^ "Liberal cabinet minister Steven Del Duca loses to PC newcomer in Vaughan-Woodbridge".
- ^ https://www.stevendelduca.ca
- ^ https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2018/06/19/former-liberal-cabinet-minister-del-duca-to-run-for-chair-of-york-region.html
- ^ "Ontario passes bill slashing Toronto city council". CBC News. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
- ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 12. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- ^ "General Election Results by District, 097 Vaughan". Elections Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
- ^ "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Vaughan by-election" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
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