31 Facts About Adam Giambrone

Adam Giambrone was born on March 8,1977 and is a Canadian transportation consultant and retired politician who served on Toronto City Council from 2003 to 2010, representing Ward 18 Davenport.

Adam Giambrone secured over $8 billion for the Transit City project new funding to build light rail into areas of the city currently not served by rapid transit.

Adam Giambrone was the 2008 recipient of Now Magazine's "Best City Politician" award.

Adam Giambrone graduated from McGill with a bachelor's degree in archaeology.

At McGill, Adam Giambrone ran for the position of vice-president finance of the Students' Society and lost to fellow student Duncan Reid by a wide margin, but was later elected to the student council as one of three ad hoc councilors representing McGill's student clubs.

Adam Giambrone ran for Toronto City Council in the southern Davenport ward against Mario Silva in the 2000 municipal election, losing 6,037 to 3,338.

At the federal NDP convention of 2001, Adam Giambrone won a first two-year term as president of the party.

Adam Giambrone was a grassroots challenger to the "official slate" candidate customarily supported by the party brass, but the official slate candidate stood down in Giambrone's favour.

Adam Giambrone was 24, and no younger person had ever become president of a major Canadian party.

Adam Giambrone became a frequent guest on television and figure in the news, and travelled the country extensively speaking to New Democrats.

The joint ticket was withdrawn, and Adam Giambrone won a second term against Weir and a challenger from the NDP Socialist Caucus.

Adam Giambrone announced in the summer of 2006 that he would not seek a third term as federal NDP president.

Adam Giambrone continued his attempts to win the south Davenport seat on Toronto city council.

When Silva left city council and was elected a federal Liberal Member of Parliament in Davenport in the 2004 federal election, Adam Giambrone became a leading candidate to replace him in the 2003 municipal election.

On May 7,2009, Adam Giambrone sent an email from his mobile phone, warning fellow councillor Cesar Palacio to "stop messing in my ward" or face "problems".

Adam Giambrone apologized for the "hastily composed" email when Palacio distributed copies to local media.

Adam Giambrone served along with Greater Toronto Area mayors and regional chairs on the board of Metrolinx from its inception in 2006 until 2009.

Adam Giambrone established the station modernization and station renaissance renewal programs for TTC subway stations, the latter in conjunction with the Toronto Community Foundation.

Adam Giambrone started a program to install bicycle racks on all TTC buses.

Adam Giambrone announced the launch of the TTC's Transit City Bus Plan on August 21,2009.

Adam Giambrone appeared on CP24's monthly television show called On The Rocket in which he rides a streetcar and discusses daily transit operations, improvements, plans and concerns.

Adam Giambrone launched a campaign for Mayor of Toronto in the 2010 municipal election to succeed David Miller on February 1,2010, ending it on February 10,2010.

Adam Giambrone apologized for an "inappropriate relationship" and admitted to intimate relationships with women other than his live-in partner, to whom he is married.

Adam Giambrone did not run for re-election to his council seat, and his executive assistant Kevin Beaulieu was defeated by Ana Bailao.

Adam Giambrone claimed French lessons as a city council expense, as he was Toronto's representative to the Francophone Association of Municipalities of Ontario and does interviews with francophone media.

Adam Giambrone came in third place with 28 per cent of the vote, an improvement of 9 per cent from the previous NDP candidate in the 2011 provincial election.

Adam Giambrone has been a transit consultant for clients such as the city of Milwaukee and the Societe de transport de Montreal.

Adam Giambrone has since left the BQX project to head up transportation infrastructure projects in Saudi Arabia.

Adam Giambrone has participated in excavations in Sudan, Tunisia, Libya, Yemen, and Guatemala.

Adam Giambrone is of Italian-American ancestry; his father moved to Canada to avoid the Vietnam War.

Since leaving municipal politics, Adam Giambrone has been a commentator and panelist on the Sun News Network and was a columnist for Now, an alternative weekly newspaper.