Maurizio Bevilacqua is a Canadian politician who was mayor of Vaughan from 2010 to 2022.
15 Facts About Maurizio Bevilacqua
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Maurizio Bevilacqua was a Liberal member of Parliament from 1988 to 2010 and was one of eleven candidates for the 2006 leadership contest, but dropped out of the race on August 14,2006.
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Maurizio Bevilacqua has been described in the media as a "right-of-centre, business friendly Liberal".
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Maurizio Bevilacqua resigned his seat in the House of Commons of Canada and announced on September 3,2010, that he would be a candidate for mayor of Vaughan.
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Maurizio Bevilacqua is a graduate of Fordham University- The Jesuit University of New York City where he earned his Master of Arts degree.
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Maurizio Bevilacqua is a former secretary of state and.
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Maurizio Bevilacqua is a former parliamentary secretary to the minister of Labour and to the Minister of Employment and Immigration.
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Maurizio Bevilacqua was the longtime chair of the Commons finance committee.
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Maurizio Bevilacqua's supporters included MPs Gerry Byrne and Roy Cullen, former Cabinet minister Roy MacLaren and former party pollster Michael Marzolini.
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Maurizio Bevilacqua attracted the support of former Chretien organizers Tennio Evangelista, Jeff Angel and Jeff Smith.
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Maurizio Bevilacqua officially announced in early September 2010 that he was running in the 2010 Vaughan municipal election for the position of mayor.
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Maurizio Bevilacqua defeated controversial incumbent Linda Jackson, the former mayor who was still facing charges from election finance irregularities stemming from her 2006 mayoral victory.
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Maurizio Bevilacqua was re-elected mayor of Vaughan in 2014 and again in 2018, both times with greater than seventy percent of the vote.
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On June 1,2022 Maurizio Bevilacqua announced he would not be seeking re-election in the 2022 election and subsequently endorsed Steven Del Duca to succeed him.
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Mr Maurizio Bevilacqua's election declared void and invalid July 6th 1990.