14 Facts About Remo Mancini

Remo Mancini was an elected member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario representing the constituency of Essex South from 1975 to 1993.

Remo Mancini served as a cabinet minister in both economic and social portfolios in the government of David Peterson.

In 1972 at 21 years of age Remo Mancini was elected to the local municipal council of Anderdon township.

In December 1974, Remo Mancini was elected Deputy reeve of Anderdon Township and Essex County councillor at the age of 23.

Remo Mancini defeated Klees again by a wider margin in the 1977 Ontario election, and easily retained his seat in the elections of 1981,1985 and 1987.

Remo Mancini was named as the Premier's parliamentary assistant from 1985 to 1987.

Remo Mancini was promoted to Minister without portfolio responsible for disabled persons on September 29,1987, and finally to Minister of Revenue on August 2,1989.

Remo Mancini retained his seat and was the only Liberal MPP elected in the entire Windsor, Sarnia, London region.

Remo Mancini was elected House Leader by the Liberal Caucus in a formal process and served until February 1992.

In February 1994, Remo Mancini joined the Canadian Transit Company which operates the Canadian portion of the Ambassador Bridge linking Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan.

When Remo Mancini retired in 2004 he was executive vice president of both the Detroit International Bridge Company and the Canadian Transit Company.

In 2007, Remo Mancini was elected chairman of the board of the Windsor-Essex Development Commission, a not-for-profit corporation that seeks to "maximize economic diversity, growth and prosperity" in Windsor and Essex.

In March 2008, Remo Mancini was appointed Acting Interim Executive Officer, making Remo Mancini the WEDC's fifth CEO in five years.

Remo Mancini resigned, along with the entire WEDC Board of Directors in March 2009 due to political interference after publicly stating such interference was contrary the principles under which the Dev.