39 Facts About Rick Bartolucci

Rick Bartolucci was born on October 10,1943 and is a former politician in Ontario, Canada.

Rick Bartolucci was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2014.

Rick Bartolucci represented the riding of Sudbury and was a cabinet minister in the government of Dalton McGuinty.

Rick Bartolucci was a Sudbury alderman and regional councillor from 1979 to 1982 and again from 1985 to 1991, and served as the city's deputy mayor for a time.

Rick Bartolucci was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1995 provincial election, defeating New Democratic Party incumbent Sharon Murdock.

The Progressive Conservative Party of Mike Harris won a majority government in this election, and Rick Bartolucci entered the legislature as a member of the Official Opposition.

Rick Bartolucci was appointed as his party's critic for Northern Development and Culture and Communications.

Rick Bartolucci later criticized the Harris government's decision to close two of Sudbury's three hospitals, arguing that it would compromise patient care.

Rick Bartolucci was one of the three MPPs prevented from attending the Harris government's first Speech from the Throne in September 1995, when police officers contracted by the government to guard against protesters refused them entry into the legislature.

Rick Bartolucci was a co-manager of Dwight Duncan's bid to lead the Ontario Liberal Party in 1996, and moved to the camp of Gerard Kennedy when Duncan was eliminated on the third ballot of the party's leadership convention.

Rick Bartolucci introduced a Private Member's Bill in early 1997 to limit class sizes in Ontario's public and separate schools.

Rick Bartolucci later introduced a bill giving police the power to apprehend any person under eighteen who was involved in prostitution, and take that person to a safe house.

Fourteen months later, Rick Bartolucci complained that the law had not yet been enacted.

Rick Bartolucci was re-elected by an increased margin in the 1999 provincial election, as the Progressive Conservatives won a second majority government.

Rick Bartolucci was appointed to the Liberal Party's election committee after the campaign, and later served as Chief Opposition Whip.

Rick Bartolucci indicated that he was exploring the possibility of a class-action lawsuit on the matter.

Rick Bartolucci made frequent calls for Highway 69 to be twinned between Sudbury and Parry Sound, citing a growing number of fatal accidents in the area.

Rick Bartolucci chaired the JoeMac committee, which undertook a national campaign to have the killers of Sudbury police officer Joe MacDonald moved to a maximum security prison.

Rick Bartolucci was re-elected in 2003 as the Liberals won a majority government across the province.

Rick Bartolucci was endorsed by the Sudbury Police Association in the 2003 provincial election.

In early 2004, Rick Bartolucci re-designated the Muskoka District as a part of southern rather than northern Ontario.

Rick Bartolucci had criticized this decision at the time, arguing that it would allow wealthy cottage communities to access funds earmarked for northern development.

Rick Bartolucci declined to intervene when Inco announced the closure of its Copper Cliff copper refinery in May 2005, saying that he would not compel a company to keep open a financially troubled entity.

Rick Bartolucci announced in March 2004 that he would end the previous government's efforts to privatize the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission.

Rick Bartolucci called for the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund to re-focus its attention on job creation, with support from the private sector.

The North Bay Chamber of Commerce and the union representing Ontario Northland Transportation Commission workers demanded the resignation or retirement of Rick Bartolucci, claiming a negative impact on the economy of northern Ontario.

In June 2005, Rick Bartolucci announced a twelve-year project for the expansion of Highway 69.

Rick Bartolucci presided over the opening of Ontario's first diamond mine in June 2006, and spoke of "limitless" potential for growth in the field.

Rick Bartolucci criticized the federal government of Stephen Harper in April 2006, arguing that its proposed settlement of a softwood lumber dispute with the United States would amount to "selling out Ontario".

Rick Bartolucci argued that this decision would not "impact the legitimacy of other mining claims in Ontario".

Rick Bartolucci was re-elected in the 2007 provincial election, in which the McGuinty government was re-elected with a second majority.

Rick Bartolucci introduced new animal protection legislation in April 2008 and the province's new Animal Welfare Act was officially proclaimed in March 2009.

Rick Bartolucci rejected calls for a moratorium on taser use in June 2008, when an Ontario resident died after being tasered in a confrontation with police.

Rick Bartolucci announced in October 2008 that the McGuinty government would overhaul Ontario's forensic pathology system and provide compensation for past miscarriages of justice, after receiving a report from Justice Stephen Goudge.

Rick Bartolucci personally apologized on behalf of the government to those who suffered as a result of these errors and later announced that the McGuinty government would adopt all of the Goudge Report's recommendations into law.

Rick Bartolucci rejected calls for a provincial inquiry into a native land dispute at Caledonia.

Rick Bartolucci argued that this dispute was a federal issue.

In October 2009, Rick Bartolucci faced some criticism from his constituents for avoiding a vote on Peter Kormos' private member's bill to ban the use of replacement workers during a strike.

Rick Bartolucci announced on February 7,2013, that he would not run for re-election in the 41st Ontario general election.